Word: contrivedness
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Shots; penalties; disallowed goals; last-gasp interventions; end-to-end counter attacking; a valiant comeback; overtime; goal-tending at its very finest. Everything a fan of the Harvard women’s hockey team could ask for in an ECAC Tournament semifinal matchup.Everything, that is, except a win for the...
Soft-core porn has rarely been as wonderfully unsexy as in Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s thoroughly engaging drama “Serbis.” Rather than exposing the unseen underworld of the sex-for-sale industry, the film—shot in Tagalog with English subtitles?...
Adding to the contrived nature of the exhibition are statements by the individuals depicted in the photographs. While Vanderwarker attempts to inject a personal voice to the portraits, most of the writing sounds like an excerpt from a cover letter. Moreover, the labels seem like product placements; each placard also...
It is a well known fact that road trips bring sports teams together. But they also bring beat teams together.This past weekend, the men’s basketball team travelled to Ithaca, New York and New York City to square off against league foes while we—men?...
The adulation for the movie is much deserved. It reminded me more than a bit of the 2005 film Crash—heartfelt and vivid, if contrived at times. But these minor flaws are overshadowed by the unfair and worrisome criticism that has been aimed at it by many Indians...