Word: overblown
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Some waterfront residents feel that official claims about the cleanliness of the Thames are somewhat overblown, but even they acknowledge that the river is less polluted than at any time within memory. Betty Potts, who lives aboard a houseboat, notes that when a workman fell into the river three years ago, he was quickly rushed to a hospital to have his stomach pumped out. Now, she says, "I don't think the water could...
...physical and sexual starvation with her mistress; and Tegeus, or as he is called by Dynamane, Cromus, a steedly Hoplite who blunders into the whole affair and falls in love with Dynamane. Using this simple plot and character framework, Fry works much mischief on the classical tragic genre with overblown and thoroughly ludicrous speeches on honor, fate, love and life. His parodies of Greek tragic conventions sometimes tend to be either too subtle or too overdone but in general the play keeps up a lively pace, largely because Fry knows that words like "come" get a laugh--legitimate...
...Club expressed surprise. Club Chairman Jerome C. Draper said, "We're very upset. We had a written agreement that our name would not be used in the ad." Wine merchants' reactions are mixed; though some wine merchants believe Taylor's claims for its California wines are overblown, quite a few are increasing their orders because the ads are boosting demand...
...directed the movie at a screeching pitch. He matches the script's verbal and physical violence blow for blow with slam-bang editing and ; pounding musical score; he never give the audience a chance to catch its breath. What is intended to be operatic come out overblown and, at times, overacted Goldoni's Mom is so crazed she seems to have stepped out of Exorcist...
...acting, with the exception of Strang and Wilkins, is overdone and the delicate, sincere moments are lost in superficial sighs. Strang is convincing, making her presence in the drama count, and the overblown Wilkins (no pun intended) can never really overact the part of an asshole as intolerable as Bernie...