Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...food because of the hunks of bone-dry chicken and the single hard-boiled egg plopped in the middle. If the house special was what the critics were thinking of when they gave Asmara its award for excellence in "spicy meat dishes," those critics must have liked their spices dull. From the vegetarian section, we chose a lentil mush, which didn't taste much different from the other mush they slopped down for free in the center of our platter. Not to say that that was a bad thing; although a bit bland, both of them were entirely unoffensive, until...
...says he thinks the utensils "spruce up" the rather dark and dull serving area...
...himself into his role whole-heartedly, the portrayal becomes self-conscious. Aaron Zelman succumbs to this danger in his portrayal of Gould. As the play progresses, he adapts his style admirably to the ups and downs of his character's troubled psyche, playing the sobered, morning-after Gould with dull compassion. But, especially in Gould's brasher incarnations, Zelman never seems quite convinced that he can carry off such an outrageous script. He knows that we know that he's acting...
...nouveau whatever. The appetizers are on the boring side. You can get them anywhere, except for the hummus and tabouli, which you can get almost anywhere. We got the calamari ($4.95); the batter-to-squid ratio is favorably low, but the dipping sauce--and the overall dish--is dull...
Pets brained with blunt objects, toddlers gurgling for help in icy waters, small children lobbed off precipices: The Good Son is good clean fun. Despite the promising subject of a sweet-talking grade-scool psychopath, plenty of mollifyingly gratuitous violence, fine acting, and tension, the film is dull. Not knowing with precisely which weapon the final duel will be fought does not constitute suspense...