Word: kitschyness
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While most kids seem to take the code as merely an inside joke, some schools like Fort McCoy in Marion County, Fla., have banned the bracelets. "It's a hot-button topic here," says school-board member Sue Mosley, who has heard complaints from parents at middle schools. Some kids...
This is, of course, nuts, and at some level Paul knows that, but he gets to work anyway, making flash cards and constructing an oversize keyboard so Lorelei can type with her nose. Meanwhile Parkhurst intersperses Paul's quixotic efforts with his recollections (addressed to the reader in a chatty...
With its unpretentious attitude and kitschy decor, the Barking Crab fits nicely into the genre of salty New England seafood shacks—multitudes of which line the coast. Unlike other generic seaside establishments, the Barking Crab has more to offer than a nice view. Typically, when a restaurant snags...
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST. By all accounts, this new offering from veteran Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki is a bizarre, eclectic offering, trafficking heavily in dark humor and kitschy music. Kaurismaki focuses his story on an injured, amnesia-addled man who falls in love with the woman who...
This scene isn’t lifted from the police blotter: It’s the opening of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) safety video, which has been shown to first-years annually since its 1990 filming. But HUPD denies responsibility for the kitschy scene. “It...