Word: drivel
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...Finagel A Bagel is pedantic drivel... as opposed to Bruegger’s, which I found rather stimulating and fun,” said Matthew S. Burr...
What he lacks in talent or effort--the dialogue can flop back and forth between smart talk and soap-opera drivel--Williamson makes up in casting. You often fail to notice cloying or clunky speeches when there are really good-looking young actors delivering them. Cahill, who played Rachel's boyfriend on Friends and a murderous junkie on Felicity, is charming as Mike, who comes home to try to figure out his father's suspicious death. Once there, he also has to deal with the angry townsfolk, all of whom he skewered in his best seller. Cahill is especially impressive...
...distinctly drawn characters that deal with real issues in a funny—but not overly outrageous—way. And hey, it even had an honest, feel-good message that didn’t reek of cheese. So if you’re looking for Varsity Blues-type drivel, apply elsewhere...
...usually take sentiments like these as treacly Hallmark™ drivel, platitudinous pomposities heard at Opening Ceremonies and Commencement and scorned in between. But their value becomes clear when you recognize the consequences of ignoring them. And the consequences of thinking of Harvard as a corporation are today unmistakable: more than 1,000 workers receive poverty wages—forcing many to work 80 hours or more a week at two or even three jobs—and it is commonplace to encounter abuse from supervisors...
...Comics Journal" without Groth would be like "Playboy" without Hef. Groth's cranky, anti-establishment-bordering-on-reactionary tone permeates the "Journal." He wrathfully loathes the majority of comics and will ask unwitting interview subjects questions like, "Why are you in favor of the production of more cretinous, illiterate drivel?" While this attitude creates an island of critical freedom against the crushing mainstream, it also isolates the magazine as elitist and intimidates the fence-sitters or casual readers. It signals "Stay Away!" to all but the most determined...