Word: tritely
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...West. When Kanye debuted the video on BET’s taste-making music video program, “106 & Park,” he claimed sole director’s credit, making only a passing reference to Plympton’s contribution. Plympton’s obvious and trite interpretation of West’s song indicates that he was probably kept on a very short creative leash.Rumor has it that music video auteur Michel Gondry has also directed a version of “Heard ’Em Say” that is due for release near...
...Drugs, Basketball, & Rap” falls prey to the same fate as the “message” tracks on “The Beautiful Struggle.” Instead of sensitively presenting the listener with his profound thoughts, he panders to pop convention with trite choruses and aluminum beats.Talib adopts enough contradictory guises on this album to make a schizophrenic blush. “The Beast,” “Who Got It,” and “Roll Off Me” attempt to roll up the message of KRS-ONE?...
It’s all kind of ridiculous. The jokes feel trite, the commentary feels forced, and, at times, offensive. One can’t help but feel that this is much better off compressed into three small squares on a newspaper page...
Pointing out that Harvard is better than Yale is like pointing out that it’s really cold in Cambridge in January: it’s perennially true, to the point that it’s trite and, frankly, boring. We’re not above that. We are, however, above repeating the fact in the same way every year, and so, every year, we try to mix it up a little bit and find new ways to point out the inherent inferiority of Yalies. We’d hate for them to get complacent. So, this year, rather...
...action fare. Judging by Campbell’s success with the Bond flick “Goldeneye,” he’s capable of pulling a crowd to see their favorite character, no matter how hackneyed the adventure. However, viewers with taste who are sick of this trite gruel might sympathize with a seven-year-old who had to watch Alejandro and Elena kiss during the press screening: “Ewww...