Word: patheticism
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Now that Fielding's book is a new movie (and the movie is wonderful, by the way), the debate over Bridget Jones will begin again. The same critics who savaged the book will call her celluloid incarnation flighty, or pathetic, or destructive to the cause of feminism. And I will...
Ironically, Joe’s pathetic tale endears him to Kelly’s radio audience, and as the mockery turns to empathy, Joe’s down-to-earth goodness makes him a sort of a national champion, a tragic hero of the trailer class. His newfound fame quickly...
Attending sleepovers in sixth grade meant going through the torture of having my hair teased, curled, spritzed and finally, in despair, drawn in an tear-jerkingly tight ponytail, the stray wisps shellacked with hairspray or curled on my forehead in a pathetic attempt at bangs.
It is no wonder that the plot makes some wild swerves after this, trying to sidestep Soneji's pathetic whimpering and save Along Came A Spider from its inevitable demise. Unfortunately, the screenplay does not succeed-in fact, the movie is not even scary. Instead of relying on the actors...
But back to the problem at hand: As I said, I love getting mail, and I learned long ago that in order to get mail, I had to send it. It sounds a bit pathetic, I know, but I look forward all day to opening my mailbox and pulling out...