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...course no stereotype necessarily applies. Not every Jew is a pessimist, and only 75 percent of American Jews receive a college diploma according to the 2004 National Jewish Population Survey. Popular culture has found a representation of its changing self in trite Jewish stereotypes, and it has again pigeonholed Jews into those characteristics...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: The Never-Ending Stereotypes | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

...circuit and play our heroes in the finals…which, of course, goes down to the final point. I won’t “spoil” the ending by giving it away. These highlights are not enough to interest the audience in the characters. The trite construction of “self-centered man has mid-life crisis/man hits road with slightly less narcissistic buddy/man gets life back on track after epiphany” has been fully explored, most recently by “Sideways,” and “Tennis” adds...

Author: By Alexander W. Marcus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tennis, Anyone? | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, Bernard L. Parham, and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pop Screen | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

...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?...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mixtape | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Alex C. Britell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TV Watch: "The Boondocks" | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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