Word: trite
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...theatrical comedy goes, Neil Simon's Fools is pretty lame stuff. Why would anyone aspire to write a play such as this unconscionably trite piece of drivel? And why would anyone choose it for performance before a Harvard audience? Our campus has simply not been so blessed with performances of really worthwhile theater that anyone should be looking to put on self-consciously third-rate works, however well executed...
...first things first. The plot is, well, trite, and it's the main liability of the production. Predicting the next development, and sometimes the next line, is about as difficult as passing Moral Reasoning 30. Sometimes it's unavoidable; the next event just pops into your head, and all the dissembling by the actors cannot obscure the set-up for the Jimmy Zoole's (Daniel O'Keefe) next one-liner or prank...
Agnes of God is a worthy and gripping play. It manages to be moving without being trite, witty without being overly jovial and intelligent without being intellectually oppressive. If occasionally it falters, it is through an excess of ambition rather than a lack of effort and skill. It is to be commended...
...play around a chance meeting between Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein. The space is a New York hotel room, the time is 1953 and the motion comes from the interaction between the characters on the stage. The premise seems a highly inventive experiment, though it leans toward a trite conclusion...
Though the plot may be trite, the vibrant cast turns this sitcom-like melodrama into an hour's worth of truly enjoyable entertainment. In organizing Project Space 6, Weiner and Hanning wanted to inject some raw and new energy into Harvard theater. They did this by enlisting the talents of students who have had little or no dramatic experience. Providing the actors with a skeletal script, Weiner and Hanning let the performers project themselves into their characters, bringing a ring of authenticity to their roles...