Word: tritely
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Well, without sounding too trite, Sept. 11 happened. The cynical, derisive attitude that Miller had cultivated on his show seemed to have a place during the Clinton-Gingrich years. But after 3,000 people were slaughtered on American soil by genocidal terrorists, skepticism for the sake of skepticism was no longer chic. Indeed, it seemed drastically inappropriate...
...else remember HIPJ’s farcical “We are all children of the earth” protest against war in Afghanistan that took place on the steps of Widener Library in the fall of 2001?) War is, unfortunately, sometimes necessary, on both pragmatic and ideological grounds. Trite arguments, such as the suggestion that “war [in Iraq] is part of a long and carefully-planned campaign by elites like Cheney and Rumsfeld to…achieve U.S. control over the world’s oil resources,” do not help to resolve whether...
...films: even the name sounds second-class and second-rate. "It narrows the experience," says Meryl Poster, co-president of production at Miramax Films, which distributes Chicago and is a partner in The Hours. "It doesn't sound like a full picture; you think it's weepy or trite." Another pejorative, chick flicks, is even more limiting. "It denigrates a male appreciation of the female experience," says Diane Lane, who won the New York Film Critics' Actress award for her turn as an adulterous wife in Unfaithful. "I think men are very curious and surprised by the female experience they...
...double album is a long, wandering and sometimes abrasive trip through his relationships, family and mind that lives up to much of its hype. Though ChesnuTT runs the risk of cultivating his image at the expense of his music, The Headphone Masterpiece is neither trite nor a one-liner. The music benefits greatly from being recorded without influence from outside producers or label executives...
...other songs, Common addresses deeply personal issues ranging from insecurity and death to his own rumored homophobia. Though albums about artists’ vulnerability often risk sounding trite, Electric Circus never delivers the easy answers to fundamental questions. In “Right Ta” Common asks, “Hip-hop is changin’/Y’all want me to stay the same?” With this album, Common shows that he has already changed since 2000’s Like Water for Chocolate, and will likely continue to break boundaries...