Word: tedium
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...importance, are liable to make the reader impatient. And the retelling of certain incidents from different points of view, while sometimes highly effective, is also frequently exasperating. Here, in his fidelity to a pure understanding of his subjects, Sourian carries writing about what he knows to the brink of tedium...
Julius' and Melanie's main aim in life is not to get bored to death, so they wander feebly to Spain and France, their pockets full of Merz money, their lives empty of solid interests. When Melanie dies (of tubercular tedium), Julius leaves their daughter to be raised by the kindly Merzes, and marries an Englishwoman who is kind to his pets. The stalemated wanderings begin again: soon the cosmopolitan millpond is covered with the crisscrossing tracks of society's idle, discontented water beetles. The never-changing House of Merz is the center and paymaster...
...much with their inept material. Audrey Hepburn looked lovely as usual, but her talents as an actress were confined to delivering an occasional shy smile. And Mel Ferrer once more exhibited his really astonishing capacity for looking bored. The one man who might have rescued the show from tedium, Raymond Massey, was not allowed to do anything but sneer in his role as Prime Minister. To be sure, they all appeared quite handsome in their fine uniforms, which were broadcast in color, but it is still very tempting to suggest that they return to their Cinemascope studios and try again...
...impact on the convention was emphasized from the start, when Paul Butler surprised everybody by banging the gavel on time. And in a sense, TV itself could be blamed for much of the tedium. Almost every speaker, painfully conscious of the camera's eye, addressed himself to "you who are watching TV." The galluses, the sweat, the unguarded gestures, the open shirts and bold-patterned ties were gone for good...
...play as a whole, however, is not so tense; in fact, it verges on tedium. Although Lyric makes a good effort, sadly, their results are not yet up to their ambitions...