Word: maudlinity
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...biography of one of our best-loved/least-loved entertainers, "America has had more of Jerry Lewis than it has known what to do with. Indeed, it has had more Jerry Lewises than it has known what to do with." O.K., let's see. There's Jerry Lewis the assaultively maudlin telethon host, choking up as he sings You'll Never Walk Alone to "his" kids. There's Jerry Lewis whose bitter falling out with former partner Dean Martin is probably better remembered than the duo's actual body of work. There's Jerry Lewis the director and star...
...wasted on the young. By this he means to express more than a wistful regret for days gone by. He is convinced that the young (specifically his grandson) have no appreciation of their singular privilege. I'm pretty sure that he has very little time for an adolescent's maudlin antics...
Page and Plant didn't play "Stairway to Heaven," but they charmed the audience with a string of classic Zeppelin hits, including "When the Levee Breaks," "Ramble On," and "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do," to which the audience sang along in maudlin harmony...
...Paul, in which the hidden ambiguities of their relationship are exposed. Paul longs to be the Kittredges' son and spiritual heir while Ouisa needs the genuine emotional connection which she and Paul share. This extended scene is the production's greatest triumph, never succumbing for a moment to the maudlin and vaguely mystical undertones which constantly threaten to swamp Guare's dialogue There is a good deal of symbolism at the send involving a double-sided Kandinsky, which one struggles to resolve into some kind of coherent meaning, but this production wisely downplays it as much as possible, allowing...
Whoever produce d this maudlin and hideous ass emblage deserves t o be condemned. Please step for ward now and take the b lame...