Word: tripe
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...that Allen's brilliance denatured outside the narrow confines of Manhattan, and that the jokes and insights New York fans loved would not only fall flat but offend when transpose to a different environment. You never knew, either, whether the latest Allen film would be hailed or condemned as tripe after its initial upward climb. Not only did no one know what Allen would do next; no one was under any obligation to admire...
...Jewish son of an undertaker who inherits the business; and Georgia (Jodi Thelen), a vivacious, lusty young debauchka who drives all three boys to be forever singing "Georgia in My Mind." Georgia is supposed to be dynamic--she has more personality than a pingpong bail has bounces--spewing endless tripe about her heroine Indoor Duncan, her first grey hair, her boundless love, and youth. Instead of responding to each other, the characters make embarrassing should-baring speeches. We care and know so little about them that they seem to be reading for a screen test for some other film...
...Class of 1946 who was drafted for a total of three years' service from April 1943 to 1946, may I say that Daniel Ellsberg, as quoted by the Times a few days ago--"unquestioned obedience is demanded of today's young people"--is talking a lot of tripe...
...Soviet Union has clearly demonstrated that its claims to be the "defender of the third world" are tripe. The U.S. should demonstrate that its "concern" will be translated into real benefits and genuine support for Afghanistan and other potentially threatened nations...
...lusty words. He churned out blockbusters like The Carpetbaggers, The Adventurers and The Inheritors, books crammed with characters who caress and curse, curse and caress their way through life. "I'm a people writer," he has explained. And right he is: though critics may jeer his work is "tripe" and "crud," the people have made him a millionaire many times over. A mansion in Beverly Hills! A villa in Cannes! And an empire of readers throughout the world! Some time this month, a fan will buy the 200-millionth paperback copy of a Harold Robbins novel. A sensational achievement...