Word: dullness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What We Can Do About It).” His conclusions are quite surprising.A quick read by almost any standard, the book embodies political writing at its best. Poundstone’s discussions are timely, colorful, and compelling, even when one might expect the subject to be rather dull. He deftly balances the many elements of his text, alternating seamlessly from historical analysis to mathematical explanation, all the while providing relatable characters—and a good dose of humor—for his readers.Poundstone begins by investigating a number of elections in which “spoilers?...
...ebony and ivory fuckers.” The film begins with Zack and Miri’s 10-year high school reunion. This uncreative and unfulfilling premise—hello “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion”—proves as dull and hackneyed as expected. Miri makes a fool of herself by hitting on her high school crush, Bobby (Brandon Routh), who is clearly gayer than Richard Simmons. We meet Bobby’s gay porn-star boyfriend, Brandon (Justin Long), who recognizes Miri from a scandalous YouTube video in which...
When producer John Houseman suggested The War of the Worlds as the Mercury Theater's Halloween eve broadcast, director and star Orson Welles laughed it off as silly and dull. Eventually, the idea surfaced to update the 1898 H.G. Wells story and split it into two. The first part would take the form of a series of musical pieces broken up by increasingly urgent news bulletins. No radio play before had toyed with the form like this, and the bulletins - at this point old hat to Americans familiar with the dire updates coming out of Europe - gave the story...
...strategically place” trash and recycling bins “clearly labeled (even with samples of what goes in),” and “serve finger food . . . so people can just grab and go without needing plates/knives etc.” One can only imagine how dull, and, with so few cups and napkins, how messy, a social function sponsored by the Harvard Green Initiative would...
...light on an already over-exposed political figure. Instead, Stone settles for a hastily-constructed biopic of George W. Bush that unskillfully combines a sometimes comedic tone with serious subject matter. “W.” is neither provocative nor riveting; it’s simply dull and conventional...