Word: contrivedness
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Interspersed between the occasional defecation and perverted spying of a man taking a bath, My Favorite Martian lacks cohesiveness. Such a shortcoming can be seen in O'Hara's sudden deep sense of friendship with Uncle Martin. After one conversation with Martin in the bathroom about O'Hara's non...
Its characters are stylized and predictable, from her distant father and elegant mother to the Swedish personal trainer named Greta. Her parents have all the standard trappings of wealth: mansion in Connecticut, Florida beach house, Aspen condo. Even the psychological background created through carefully spliced-in childhood flashbacks is contrived...
I couldn't help my own cause. I recalled my second effort at the SATs, when I was stumped by the word "jejune" in the analogies section. Everywhere I looked for the next week, there was jejune--the women was jejune, the tree was jejune, every thing was jejune. Now...
Dawson, uh, James Van Der Beek, is the second string quarterback who sees no action on and off the field until the town hero is sidelined by a tendon-tearing sack. His band of yuk-ups consists of a jolly redneck Billy Bob, a Casanova with a strategically placed cowboy...
In fact, nowadays, the romance and contrived nature of Valentine's Day, do not strike his immediate interest. Dr. Love, meet Dr. Life.