Word: overwrought
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...wasn't working," David says later. "The Italian element was too dominant. It didn't feel like our show." Seinfeld agrees: "We had created this Italian barber opera. It was a little overwrought...
Perhaps this silliness/stupidity is TrippingDaisy's take on alternativity, for the albumcertainly has its share of silly moments. "Milesand Miles of Pain" recalls Guns N Roses' "NovemberRain," with its overwrought, whiny vocals. "TheMorning," an instrumental piece apparently meantto showcase the group's ecological awareness, ismarred by annoying overlaid spoken vocals whichdetract from the simple tune. Yet goofiness atleast gives the band a sense of humordistinguishing it from similar bands; be sure tolisten to the extra piece nine minutes after theend of the last tune, which is crude and strange,but certainly funny...
...blatant pitch to the sensibilities of middle-class matinee ladies comes when the mother (Judith Scarpone) moans about living in a world of moral complexity and invites the audience to share her nostalgia for the days when everyone seemed alike -- not, she adds, that she has any prejudices. This overwrought, distasteful monologue consistently brings shouted agreement and applause. Of course, Tolins is having it both ways: in allowing straights to vent a tacit wishing-away of gays, he validates his fears of a gene-engineered apocalypse...
...story, of course, has a tragic ending: the heavyweight champion was convicted of raping a contestant at the 1991 Miss Black America Pageant and is serving six years in federal prison. Fallen Champ recounts that notorious case with evenhanded sensitivity and an absence of polemical heat. Queen is overwrought but ultimately comforting; Fallen Champ is understated and as punishing as a left...
...MIGHT NOT HAVE LURED MANY VIEWERS FROM All My Children. But when it came to furtive subplots, greed, jealousy and spine-chilling intimations of impending disaster, Bill Clinton's televised 19-hour economic talkathon was right up there with daytime's most overwrought soap fare...