Word: tritely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Joffe still marvels over the genius of this publicity. "It was the first 50's-oriented nostalgia ever. Now, that kind of stuff is so trite, it would be hard for most people to imagine it as a creative act. But it was brilliant...
...four p.m. deadline. His writing is a kind of hit or miss occupation. He doesn't have the time to make each word mean something. Regardless of the complex emotional feelings he has towards his subject for the day, the copy often rolls off the presses sounding trite and over-simplified...
French is neither the first nor will she be the last to voice these views. Her realizations, or rather those of her characters, all of whom come across as believable people instead of polemical mouthpieces, at first seem trite and backward looking. The housewives meet daily for coffee, constantly interrupted by clamoring children. They turn their husbands' selfishness into a joke, but refuse to acknowledge their oppression. Identifying with these women is difficult; if anything, they represent the lives of our mothers, lives that we have rejected...
...virtues of the score can make up for the sins of the book. For most musicals that does not pose a problem; audiences want big production numbers and catchy tunes to hum as they leave the theater, and are normally willing to suffer the inanities of a trite romantic plot to get what they want. The operative word is "entertainment," and a strong score can usually bring the musical message home...
...uses a flashback structure for the narrative. The film keeps returning to shots of Valentino's various former lovers and co-stars pouring out their reminiscences alongside Valentino's corpse lying in state. Their histrionic babblings begin to grate after the first 30 minutes of the movie, and the trite sarcasms tossed out by reporters covering the funeral only compound the absurdity of these scenes. Another sequence finds Valentino behind bars on a bigamy charge. His fellow jailbirds include a couple of whores and a host of assorted low lifes who eagerly pounce on the opportunity to introduce the fabled...