Word: sentimentalization
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Having behaved on camera their entire lives, the Olsens know how to counterfeit emotion, though not, yet, how to convey it. Then again, De Niro and Streep would have trouble bringing to life an inert mix of farce and sentiment that ends up being both exploitative and bathetic--kiddie corn...
With Harvard poised to offer undergraduates a concentration option in film studies for the first time this fall, Connor and Rentschler echoed Fox’s sentiment...
...only reason I’ve heard is that it’s not worth the resources,” said Green, expressing a sentiment shared by Feldman. But he said he found this to be “totally not a legitimate reason, in my opinion...
...globe that showed American soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad engaging in malicious torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners. Yet, in addressing the atrocities, President Bush said curtly: “I think they’ll be taken care of.” His sentiment was similar to that voiced by New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allan, who refused to publish pictures of the abused Iraqi prisoners. Allan reasoned: “If there’s a handful of U.S. soldiers who’ve mistreated prisoners, I don?...
...despotic rule and force democratic ideals on a people who, for the most part, see Americans as unwelcome occupiers? Perhaps it is time to admit our mistakes and let the Iraqis decide their fate. To remain in Iraq, using tit-for-tat retaliatory violence, only increases anti-American sentiment in the Middle East and elsewhere, and makes the world even more unsafe. FRANK BENSON St. George, Utah...