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Word: vapidness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Exceeding the expectations of even the most hardened critics of the independent right-wing weekly, the Review published a Yom Kippur issue with this frightening quotation in place of their usual vapid front page "credo": "I believe today I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work," a repulsive little epigram lifted directly from Hitler's Mein Kampf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Have They No Decency? | 10/16/1990 | See Source »

...commonly acknowledged truth that horror films are not well made. Usually they feature screams for dialogue, vapid female victims for characters, ketchup and water for blood. Directors replace psychological complexity with gore, and the paying audience experiences more disgust than fear...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Finally, a Horror Film That Is Well-Made | 8/17/1990 | See Source »

Kaiser's portrayal of Jane Eyrehead had the potential to be insufferably annoying (Kaiser gives new meaning to the word "vapid"--it is unbelieveable that he can keep that expression on his face for the whole two-plus hours). But he turns out to be funny and a very good singer, as shown in his duet with Harley, "Leather and Lace...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Pudding Heights | 2/21/1990 | See Source »

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