Word: overblown
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...There were movie moments, too—set pieces in real life that were overblown, theatrical gestures...
...There were movie moments, too—set pieces in real life that were overblown, theatrical gestures...
...Local authorities are investigating the matter and refuse to say whether charges will be filed. I hope they won?t - this whole thing seems more than a bit overblown to me. What college freshman hasn?t downed a few beers? Yes, Mom and Dad, it?s true. While my angst-ridden first-born personality kept me in check while I was in high school, once I left for college, I engaged in a few games of quarters. And I spent one woeful Sunday morning outside my freshman dorm communing with the roots of a magnolia tree. Without delving into...
Love, Janis is a more ambitious but less satisfying show, in which well-amplified renditions of Joplin's hits (Piece of My Heart, Me and Bobby McGee) are interspersed with excerpts from letters to her parents. It's overlong and a bit overblown: so great was Joplin's talent that it takes two performers (one sings; the other does most of the talking) to encompass her. Make that three: because of the role's "vocal demands," two performers alternate nights as the singing Janis...
...music isn’t bad, it just manages to avoid any recognizable musicality. It is riddled with narrative bits and overcrowded lyrics that make it reminiscent of an overblown rock opera à la The Who’s Tommy, but there’s not really enough to make sense of the stories of child-eating hyena-cicadas (Track 17: “Lecithin’s Tale of a DNA experiment that went horribly awry”) or anything else. Apparently they made a movie as well. Maybe that would help. “Let?...