Word: tediousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year in stock, took a vaudeville tour with the late Texas Guinan, made good on a Chicago radio hour. He did so well as a radio actor that he got a screen test from Producer Darryl Zanuck who, the day Ameche got to Hollywood, cast him in a tedious epic called Sins...
...much of the profit of this ingenious turn of affairs is wasted. There is litle interest to be derived from putting characters through revealing paces if the characters are not intrinsically interesting. Mr. Allen's creations are rather shadowy, tedious things. One character out of the ten, however, redeems the play, and demonstrates that the author can create, at least within narrow limits. This is a jovial Irish lawyer named O'Neill, who admits that he has plenty of brains but no character, and is therefore no good. He is altogether of the Sidney Carton pattern, except that...
More likely, though, the Kiphuth tradition has them worried. It's almost as bad as the Dartmouth jinx. Only, the legend that Bob has built up is not based on luck. There are long and tedious grinds through the tank, novel exercises and constant experimentation...
...observations which might be tedious in another play, such as those on the basic goodness of human nature and the limitless folly of war, are saved in this one through having them spoken by an extremely typical American with a rasping nasal drawl and a fondness for clinches. Heroics, chivalry, and faith are so out of place in this American handyman with his pack of dancing girls, that they come with the freshness of surprise...
...days of medal play followed by a match play tournament among the 32 lowest scorers. Because some of the ablest players often missed getting into the low 32, the U. S. Golf Association three years ago decided to change to match play throughout. This system proved tedious, uninteresting. Last week, at its annual meeting, the U. S. G. A. announced a new system meant to embody the good points of both old ones: 36 holes of medal play, followed by four days of match play among the 64 lowest scorers...