Word: vacuous
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Surprisingly, the show is stolen by none other than Reese Witherspoon, who plays Nicky's angelic mother. According to the movie, heaven is a lot like the high school from Clueless, populated by vacuous, bubbly, seraphic teenagers. Witherspoon is perfect for the part. Like in all Sandler movies, the funniest moments in the film are the ones that seem to come out of nowhere (i.e. the hemorrhaging clown in Billy Madison, a comedic gem of the twentieth century). Fortunately, Little Nicky is packed with these random moments, and in the end, they are what make the film a hell...
...inability of the Democrats to articulate the issues at stake. These three tragic elements combine to give working-class independents, who will swing the election, the mistaken idea that the route to education reform, environmental protection and a fair wage for a fair day's work runs through a vacuous philosophical sham termed "Compassionate Conservatism...
...protect the stage-a move that ultimately resulted in vicious beatings, Jefferson Airplane's lead singer Marty Balin getting knocked unconscious and one ferocious stabbing death. Some of the film's best and most chilling moments display the palpable tension as drunken bikers thuggishly stomp around the stage while vacuous tripping hippies wave their hands and the performers look particularly ill at ease. In one instance, Marianne Faithful of Jefferson Airplane dogmatically muses about "loving your brothers and sisters" while four Angels savage a listener with pool cues...
...Saturday, 1 p.m., Porter Square, red line. This vacuous stop is fried for the day. Two young women pack up their professional equipment. Allison Dimond and Emily Cox have been playing at T stops since only November. Both guitarists and vocalists, these two usually submerge on Saturdays to practice and promote their music (see them at the Dogwood Cafe in Jamaica Plain on Sunday nights). They even gave a private feel-good performance for FM. Working at Radcliffe and teaching at a local charter school keep them busy during the days while musical expression keeps them smiling at nights...
...accidents aren't identical, but the lessons they teach mutually reinforce one another: life is a lot more than what takes place on the court or field, and it can change awfully fast. It makes the advertising slogan "Life is short. Play hard." seem dreadfully vacuous...