Word: shallowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fanfare and broad pundit support, he announced that the United States, along with some of its Western allies, had agreed to a $24 billion aid package for the former Soviet Union. This is great news for Russia, and also for America, which has shown itself not to be as shallow and self-absorbed as Buchanan wants...
...life of merely annoying everyone around him, and the "celebrities" with whom they associate are fools caught up in fads. Despite the film's humor and high sarcasm, it captures the dark, oppressed life inside the mind of its heroine. She is a selfunderstanding alien in this land of shallow monsters...
Despite Chellis' claims that each woman suffered setbacks on her route to selfempowerment, each portrayal is a finished success story. Any adversities, complications or relapses of the women are glossed over by Chellis' shallow analysis. It seems that all of these "Unfortunate" women were fortunate enough to have caring support networks, sufficient financial resources and an endless array of opportunities...
Rylance does play Konstantin with enough moodiness for several Hamlets but, unfortunate for an otherwise well-acted production, neither he nor Estabrook are able to rise above shallow interpretations of their pivotal roles...
...scenic design of The Seagull is blessedly free of pretension. Set designer Antony McDonald places the first act in a series of wide open spaces, both exterior and interior. This sense of liberty resonates in a scene in which the half-naked Estabrook cavorts in shallow water...