Word: triteness
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...Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer; produced by Edward Gross) shows something more than musicomedy's aspirations but something less than its appeal. An all-Negro period yarn of the '90s, it pins its faith almost entirely on its story and its music. But the story is too trite and trumped-up to deserve such prominent treatment. The music, which therefore needs to be specially engaging, is no more than agreeable...
...hereby warned to take cover! Hope and Crosby, those merry knights of the open road, are here again in another of their wonderfully wacky travelogues. And whether their destination is Zanzibar, Morocco, or Utopia, (in this case the gold-laden Klondike), the end-product is the game: a trite but entertaining concoction of gay repartee, old-fashioned slapstick, and straight Iowa corn...
...dozen British officers, all experienced lawyers, did their best to defend the accused. Their argument: conditions at the camps had been caused by circumstances beyond the guards' control. As the trial wore on, death and torture began to sound commonplace, the vocabulary of horror grew too trite for the inferno that was on trial. Said one witness: "It might have been something Dante could have described. I could...
...There is a saying about 'putting your own house in order, before the law does it for you with a rough hand.' It is an old, trite saying, but still true, as many a proud industry, from the railroads to the stock exchanges, knows to its. sorrow...
...Strauss as a Don Juan in Sinatra clothing acted by an insignificant George Rigaud, who, though portraying the role of the Vienese Waltz King took no pains in disguising an obvious French accent. Picture Ralph Dumke as a mediocre W. C. Fields, General Grant popping in and out with trite world peace comments, Beacon Hill prudes condemning the immoral waltz, ballet scenes dragged in now and then, all this with gaudy costumes, plaids of all descriptions and colors splashed on the stage...