Word: contrivedness
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Altman's characters zig-zag around L.A., crossing paths in a series of coincidences so contrived they are reminiscent of a Thomas Hardy novel, and accumulating moving experiences at a mind-numbing rate. They are united by common experience in the opening and closing sequences of the film: in the...
Lois (who prefers just a first name, maybe because Maffeo is hard to pronounce) used to be in a duo called Courtney Love, named for, but otherwise unrelated to, Mr. Cobain's troubled spouse. Courtney Love (the duo) used just an acoustic guitar and drums, which meant they could be...
What began with small-scale skirmishes, like a dispute over access to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall, escalated over time into a millennial blood feud involving the entire Middle East and turning the region into a pivot of superpower conflict. In light of that record, one of Rabin's statements last...
Somehow, the Mafia is never tied as deeply and complexly to the firm as some characters say it is. And Cruise's infidelity scene seems somewhat forced and contrived.
Said (pronounced Sigh-eed) owes his fame partly to his cultural criticism, notably his 1978 book Orientalism, a study of how ideas and images about the Arab world were contrived by Western writers and why. Now comes Culture and Imperialism (Knopf; $25). A plum pudding of a book, with excursions...