Word: substanceless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ofmusical theater? If you believe it is simply toentertain, to create pretty images onstage andapplaud special effects without even thinking ofthe word "art," then to you I apologize. In thatcase, this is your show; watch it and enjoy it.But if you, like me, want to believe that even thetraditionally substanceless genre of musicaltheater is finally starting to be pushed in a newand meaningful direction--if you want people to beshocked or reborn by Rent rather thancheerfully and contentedly applaud ShowBoat--then think about these words a littlebit more. True, perhaps some kindness should beshown because Beauty and the Beast: TheMusical...
Finally, there is no reason why the Council should try to take on the characteristics of a sovereign governmental body. It should work altruistically as an agent for students' wishes, not as a breeding ground for future Washington cocktail party cannon fodder. Hopefully, no more of these substanceless, money-wasting ads will appear. Council members spend too much time worrying about their political images, and not enough time finding out what students really want...
...Pesci and Marisa Tomei in a substanceless and unfunny "comedy...
...FACT, maybe if those of us in the print media stopped being self-satisfactorily obsessed with the notion of television as a weightless, substanceless medium, we and the people behind the cameras would begin to take their subjects more seriously...
...WHOLE REASON the question keeps coming up is vague, substanceless statements just like that. Of course, Radcliffe is a distinguished educational institution with a unique partnership with Harvard. Who ever said it wasn't? What people are really asking for is a clearer definition of that "unique" partnership, and that is precisely what the Radcliffe administration keeps failing to provide...