Word: maudlinity
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...Kitzinger '03, Caitlin Harrington '03 and Liz Clinkenbeard '01, as Antigone, her sister Ismene, and her nurse, respectively, suffer from a similar problem in their early exchanges: they belabor the irony of remarks about Antigone's future with such self-conscious intensity that the production threatens to become both maudlin and fatally unsubtle...
...upbeat tempo that guarantees your toes will be tapping on the first hearing. Sentimental ballads like "5" and "1?2-Minute Hallway" float along next to spunky declarations of independence such as "I'm Not a Virgin Anymore." Yet in spite of the subject matter, Poe never becomes maudlin or bitter. Instead, her verse feels infused with the strength she's gained since having herself declared legally independent at the age of 16. In addition to providing sparkling vocals, the versatile Poe also composed, produced and engineered the album...
Rather than get into the maudlin Ew-logy that some may see coming, I'd like to spend a bit of time taking a look at the team that Patrick left behind. The Ewing trade makes little sense from New York's perspective absent an additional move, and Knick management seems curiously content with the current situation...
...better; finally, at 7 in the evening I had to resort to ESPN2 for my Tour coverage (taped, of course, so as not to interfere with the very important synchronized swimming event scheduled earlier in the day). I found the network's recap stirring, if occasionally maudlin, and sniffled a few times as I watched Lance's hapless challengers fall to the wayside as the man of the hour pushed past them as if they were standing still...
Despite their ambition, the revivals offer elements--"a whole series of sidesteps," says Christianity Today's Maudlin--that minimize their challenge to male dominance. Lotz has chosen not to be ordained; she calls herself a Bible expositor not a preacher, and Just Give Me Jesus is technically aimed at women. But if she performs as she's capable, all that will burn away. Sometimes when she speaks, she acknowledges, "It's like the fire falls, and the Lord just pours out," as happened with the prophet Elijah. "If a man walks in the door," at the revivals, she asks...