Word: trite
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There are several possible explanations for the desire to downplay our status as Harvard students. Some of us may feel that we are not worthy of the privilege bestowed upon us. It's like the Room 13 poster, trite but true: "Was I the mistake?" And some of us may feel a need to apologize for being at Harvard, an institution with an international reputation for elitism and egotism...
...guitar which rings loud and clear like a siren, then mimics the sounds of conflict: hysterical sobs, helicopters, motorcylcles tearing through urban canyons, ghostly whistles, nightmarish soft tones bent with the whammy bar, a brief display of pyrotechnics and then silence as the song ends and the world becomes trite again. There is a beautiful moment of absurdity preserved forever on record after "Machine Gun" ends when a lisping voice intones the pathetic replay to Hendirx' forceful musical statement: "No bullets...
...temptation to further our own fortunes by taking advantage of others, and our ability to resist this temptation is the result of a lifetime of learning and experience. The most common arguments for acting honestly, such as "it's the right thing to do" and "do unto others..." seem trite, corny and often fall on deaf ears. Quite simply, when viewed by themselves these phrases seem no more than empty shells and offer no good reason why we should pass up $3,000 in exchange for a bit of rhetoric...
...courtroom-melodrama ending ruins any hope of "Dolores" being a great movie. Not only is it unbelievable, but it is so cheesy that one wonders whether or not director Taylor Hackford spliced in an out-take from "The Player," a movie that makes delicious fun of such trite Hollywood endings...
...Irish setting, however, which could have redeemed the trite storyline, is sorely underused. A few external shots of Trinity Colleges and a model Irish village are the only things that locate us in Ireland. In many ways the protagonists are American teenagers, going to see On the Waterfront and listening to Buddy Holly impersonators. Only the characters' naivete could prevent their being transposed to the United States...