Word: trivializations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caring, they're studying. Is it any wonder, then, that the council has such a hard time capturing the imagination of its constituency? Next to saving the world and keeping one's head above water in the classroom, the concerns of the council can't help but seem, well, trivial...
Whether or not a new television show survives is usually a fairly trivial matter, but in the case of Sports Night the stakes are higher. This series, which airs Tuesdays at 9:30 E.T. on ABC, represents the best opportunity in a long time for network comedy to evolve into something sharper and more interesting. If it fails--a highly possible outcome, given its mediocre ratings--then the networks will be all the more wary of trying something novel. On the other hand, if the show succeeds, it just might revitalize a very tired form...
...stories that result may be legitimate, but in too many cases relevance and importance take a backseat to titillation. The more trivial the item, it seems, the more shrill the reporting, in print and over the air. It is sometimes hard to distinguish the evening news from Hard Copy. No wonder the National Enquirer is up for sale. Circulation and profits have been falling, in part because the rest of the media have become so competitive on stories that in years past none would touch. It is not surprising that many Americans view the media with increased distrust and disgust...
...school nostalgia. Though Glenn's pioneering journey came well before our time, we all know heroism transcends generations. How many of our kids, three decades from today, would flock to Busch Stadium to see Mac take a few (feeble) cuts? Though Glenn's encore expedition may be scientifically trivial, it is just as heroic as his first...
Janet K. McLauglin '99 praised Williams' ability to "relate the things that seem mundane and trivial to her general questions about race and class and the way people are perceived in a sometimes humorous, yet not dogmatic...