Word: dullness
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...amiable way, she gives us Sybill, prim, quivering with repression, afraid that the hypnotist is a fake, terrified that he is not. She shows us another daughter, a hairdresser named Candy, happily and efficiently shampooing her dead mother's hair, and working in a little White Mink to dull out the yellow. She hears clearly the grouchy yap of Teenager Sean, driven loony by parent effectiveness: "I mean you come home from school really pissed about something . . . and they say something like, 'Gee, son, you're very angry!' and then if you say 'Well yes, I am pretty goddamn angry...
...says elections must be dull, worthy affairs? Three weeks before Brits go to the polls, the great pageant of British democracy was throwing off moments of offbeat hilarity that derailed the parties' ferocious message machines. The Conservatives have gained traction by pushing an annual limit on immigrants, which is why their Dorset South candidate Ed Matts released a photo of him and former Minister Ann Widdecombe holding posters reading controlled immigration, not chaos and inhumanity. Unfortunately, in the original, he was holding a photo of a family of Malawian refugees, and her poster said let them stay...
...process of entropy). And so what if the new stuff isn’t revolutionary? If it’s as thrillingly fun as “Beverly Hills,” you’ve got nothing to complain about, guero. And if it’s as dull as the new Beck outing, you can always challenge yourself by listening to that Nigerian stuff for a while. But whenever you want to hear your hero’s voice, just secretly pop in his new material for a quickie. I mean, it’s not like you?...
...while complaining about classes is one thing, complaining about the weather makes me want to remove my eyeballs with a dull spoon...
...American hero is traditionally a loner who risks his life cutting a glory path through officiousness and red tape. But the past few years have seen a subtle reversal. The dull organization man of yesterday's sociology has returned as the beautiful bureaucrat. Lee Iacocca and the executive thoroughbreds trotted out for In Search of Excellence and A Passion for Excellence have pulled off a corporate takeover of the national imagination. Best-seller lists are stacked with adventures in management. Even prime-time entertainment reflects this trend. Hill Street Blues, for example, is basically a series of dramatic lessons...