Word: patheticism
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Amazingly enough, the cliche is convincing on the screen. One reason clearly is Vittorio Gassman, who plays Bruno with such vitality and abandon that the playboy's frenzy to "live every minute" seems only partially pathetic. Such a life can be rich and genuinely enjoyable. His experiences are no more...
Old age is what Playwright Bagnold, who is 74, meant to write about, but unwittingly, or so it seems, her play is about the youth complex. The notion of a woman of 70 setting out to find the "real me" would be ludicrous and pathetic if it were not camouflaged...
What bothers him these days is the letter that, because of his syndication, arrives from some outlying paper a week or two late. "There is nothing more pathetic," says Miller, "than a letter dated ten days ago that reads: 'My eleven-year-old cocker spaniel shivered and wheezed all...
Inman contributed 22 points for Harvard; McClung scored 21 and Williams had 12. But these three had no support. The rest of the team connected on a pathetic 4 of 23 field goal attempts. Fran Martin, Leo Soully, Al Bornheimer, Keith Sedlacek, and Bill Fegley were all ice-cold.
Another problem in characterization arises because Godard tries to present Nana's life as an example of a way to salvation. In. her attempt to combine the roles of philosopher, sexual deviant and refugee from Feiffer's world, she seems too pathetic to be a model.