Word: triteness
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...subject matter may sound trite, but the play itself astounds with constant wit and poignancy. The intensity of the action, with just four characters thrown together in a cramped Manhattan apartment, accentuates the emotional desert which these characters inhabit. The hysterically funny but caustic dialogue undercuts any romanticism in the relationships portrayed. Burn This propounds a pessimistic vision of human nature...
...book, Black Dogs, and so, in turn, the book affects the reader. It challenges our beliefs and evokes a longing for an unfathomable, mystic philosophy. McEwan describes a man trying to overcome spiritual confusion by writing a psychological portrait of his parents-in-law. Yet there is no trite summary, no kernel of meaning to be extracted, because the book poses questions, rather than answering them...
Many issues, like the issue of Reevaluation Committee membership, are pushed by Beys into the false dichotomy of "new energy" versus everything else. The real problems are often more trite or simple than that: a small group of council insiders continues to control...
...statement reveals the tired and trite claim by anti affirmative actionists, who argue that standards are lowered in order to accomodate "less qualified" Black students at schools like Harvard. Further, it calls into question his ability to fairly and objectively evaluate the performance of Black students in his classes...
THEATER Broadway stars can't save a trite melodrama...