Word: trite
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...sporting a tiresomely defiant grin throughout the whole movie, brings little life to the character of Blair. He is teamed up with an equally shallow Matthew Lillard as best friend Maniac, a hotshot wild man and sidekick who does little to advance the plot. In fact, because of a trite dialogue, there is relatively little character development from the entire cast. Aside from Blair, the other characters may just as just as well have cameo roles, as they do little to influence the course of the movie...
...teenage mother, desperate for a handhold in the long climb through a childhood in the ghetto names her child Imani or "Faith." Though the simple significance of the appellation may initially seem shallow and even trite, it's this almost innocent, simple connection that gives Imani All Mine its poignancy. The account of child mothering child becomes a story of epic determination which grabs readers and takes them on a ride through a world about which they know little, if anything...
Moreover, the vague speeches, the trite chants of "no justice, no peace" and banging of tom-toms and tambourines created a circus-like atmosphere that made you wonder whether the Faculty or administrators would take the students' demands seriously at all. Flyers promoting the event promised "great music, entertaining speakers, delicious refreshments, and invigorating chants. It's a terrific opportunity to show your support for justice at Harvard." Was it a party or a protest? Even after stopping to listen to part of the rally, one thirty something woman turned to me and asked, "What is this about?" I half...
...claim to have been abducted and sexually molested by aliens, a married surgeon who sleeps with 10 women a month. But her writing style can be monotonous and self-conscious, and her need to place these people in cultural context and blame society for their freakish proclivities is trite. Still, the book is worth skimming--you'll feel contentedly average afterward...
Perhaps the story's repeated usage through timehas caused the plot to appear overly trite: Amorally corrupt American man deserts his innocent,trusting Japanese geisha-wife who waits faithfullyfor three years despite numerous signs of beingforsaken. The man then returns with his newAmerican wife expecting the Japanese wife to giveup their...