Word: earnestness
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...simpler than the costumes, consisting of double-sided backdrops that portrayed a basic forest and a castle. The backdrops moved even during the action, usually accommodating the blocking well but with a few occasional glitches.Friedman managed to strike a balance in portraying an amusing but earnest Arthur. However, Friedman’s appropriate sincerity in his portrayal of Arthur underscored a lack thereof in the interpretation of Emmeline’s character. Crutchfield performed the comedic aspects of the role well, yet displayed too great an awareness of its inherent implausibility. Every opportunity to make Emmeline’s naivet?...
...With the earnest tone of a teacher aching for his students to understand, Kotlikoff creates a stark picture of our looming financial straits. The "fiscal gap," or difference between what social programs cost and the money the government is bringing in to pay for them, is now about $230,000 per citizen...
Freshman City Councillor Craig A. Kelley is either an earnest, progressive reformer or an unbearable, self-righteous gadfly...
...positively contrived. The Backstreet Boys’ biggest downfall is their inability or unwillingness to let go of the serious schtick. The album is not fun, unapologetically poppy, or silly by any stretch of the imagination. Out of the 17 songs on the album, 12 are nauseatingly earnest slow songs. “Unbreakable” clearly demonstrates that an entire album of synthesized boy band angst is just not a pretty listen. The Backstreet Boys didn’t seem to get the memo that they’re an aging boy band, not a collection of inspired musical...
...quite suddenly, we learn that the recipient of all of our earnest faith and affection has been a frou-frou all along! Especially for Americans, this comes as utter shock. Dumbledore has suddenly become the best-known gay icon… ever. Never mind Da Vinci, Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Freddy Mercury—these eccentrics and geniuses we can ignore. But Dumbledore will change our image of homosexuality forever...