Word: patheticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The answer to how Clinton does it is evolution. He is a politician who studied America's brand of "political Darwinism" and acclimated himself to the form-over-substance environment of our process. Unfortunately, this is not a criticism of Clinton so much as an indictment of the pathetic U.S...
Exhibit A--The Rushmore Debacle: Bill Murray's performance in Rushmore is not only uproarious but finally an example of Murray's (usually latent) virtuosity. He combines his characteristic bitterness with a tinge of both pathetic sentimentality and self-awareness. The result is comic perfection. Despite numerous critics' awards, the...
Playing by Heart often feels like a high-budget soap opera, with so many characters and thin, unoriginal dialogue. Each relationship is basically stereotypical, with some clever little twists sprinkled in from time to time. There are so many names and details to remember that the director often provides scenes...
Here's the scoop on this year's Yard interbreeding: all the dope freshmen girls are dating upperclassmen, leaving their male counterparts in a pathetic scramble for leftover booty. Rumor has it that FF ticket sales have hit a new low. "If the freshman facebook is any indication of our...
Wasn't it only two years ago that men's magazines were loading up on earnest service pieces to respond to the success of the Cosmopolitan for guys, Men's Health (which currently boasts a circulation of 1.45 million)? Yes, but now all the fellows are slapping cleavage on their...