| 单词 | flimsy |
| 例句 | The flickering images were a far cry from Lourdes’s childhood home: a two-room shack made of wooden slats, its flimsy tin roof weighted down with rocks, the only bathroom a clump of bushes outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In the latter state, he seemed a flimsy dingy-blond youth of medium height, fleshless and perhaps sunken-chested; disrobing revealed that he was nothing of the sort, but, rather, an athlete constructed on a welterweight scale. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The debate between the ‘ancient commune’ and ‘eternal monogamy’ schools is based on flimsy evidence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Zu flipped the flimsy notebook open to a blank page and scribbled something down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I leaned over the armrest, trying to make sense of the pastel colors and crisscrossing lines on the flimsy, ripped paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was appallingly little and flimsy—an open cockpit biplane with wooden struts, tied with piano wire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A factory stood on a hill to one side, the field below filled with flimsy buildings arranged in a square, fencing and razor wire strung around the perimeter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A few other people were waiting on the platform, all of them white and lean, in short, flimsy clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her red velvet shoes felt flimsy and thin against the wetness of the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Pens and pencils packed a dozen each in flimsy cardboard packaging with retro fonts and design. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Then, near the bottom of the first sack, William saw a strange book—it looked beat-up and flimsy, as if made not in a monastery but by some amateur hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her pulse was frantic, her breathing ragged, and it seemed impossible that people could live at all with such flimsy stuff as skin keeping blood, breath, and spirit safe inside their bodies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His own was the flimsiest cotton, and tender in every fiber from long wear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was thrilled, because I much preferred the wooden matches that came in boxes over the flimsy ones in the cardboard books. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Many items are rationed—meat, cheese, butter, lard, coffee, sugar, silk, nylon, shoes; our entire way of business changes as we work with those flimsy blue booklets. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The wives each had on a flimsy black scarf, which they wore not on their heads but ded loosely around the neck like an afterthought. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She would fix her hair, cover it with a flimsy net, put on a clean white cannery worker’s dress, and stick a brightly colored handkerchief in the lapel pocket. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The flimsy structure was still settling into the sand, causing the floor of each room to tilt at a different angle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The old mansion still stands deep within this property, though most of the flimsier structures around it have been swallowed by time and the elements. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then they started snapping their jaws and barking and bashing into the flimsy bars of Duke’s even flimsier cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I was disgusted to have to appear in court wearing my prison clothes of khaki shorts and flimsy sandals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed Enoch around to the back of the sideshow, where its wall-like facade gave way to a big, flimsy tent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I have to hold it real careful or it might break, that's how flimsy it is. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe right here? That old tent was flimsy, and now we’ve got a chance to make a better one.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As soon as the bird’s feet touched down, the flimsy cover of the top comic gave way, and the bird—with a startled Oh! Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Michelangelo ignored him, knocking with his enormous fist—it was nearly the size of Jeanne’s head—on the flimsy door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The woman in the skirt thrust forward a flimsy cardboard rectangle. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We were each issued three blankets so flimsy and worn they were practically transparent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The others watch, grunting their disapproval: too small, too flimsy, an ugly thing to see. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He considered the construction which was flimsy and the lot which might be valuable if a cannery ever wanted to expand. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of their pilots and navigators flew around ten harassment missions every night of the entire war in their flimsy open-cockpit Po-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Before he knew what was happening, Ricky improvised a hip throw and Luke landed on top of the flimsy coffee table, splintering the wood and glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But now she was aware of the powerful fighter plane in the sky above her, fully armed and more than four times faster than her flimsy Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For six months, the 586th Regiment had been defending strategic positions in their dangerous solo Yak fighters and the 588th Regiment had been harassing German troops with bombs dropped from their flimsy Po-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But my mother was loath to pass up even the flimsiest excuse for a celebration—she once invited friends over for our cockatiel’s birthday—in part because she loved to show off our house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You think I need, your money or your flimsy soap?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z How did such flimsy boundaries hold us here? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The few flimsy trees were naked of leaves, and a long scar snaked across the packed dirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Especially not on a flying raft with no seat belts and flimsy ropes for railings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Everyone in Faerie must be looking for him, and here he is, wandering around in a flimsy silver fox half mask, blinking at me with drunken confusion and swaying a bit on his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But even when her nightmares seemed so real—down to the scratchy carpet of their apartment that would always be caked with dust—they were nothing more than flimsy images shot through with fear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Look at her clothes. She is one of those children who ride the flimsy rafts to beg for money.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger room, dominated by an oven, was the bakery, and the other, separated by a flimsy curtain, was his bedroom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember round tables with flimsy tops, plastic chairs with shiny metal legs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “All the doors were locked from the outside at 7:15 each morning. Sometimes it made me sick to think what would happen in that big flimsy barracks if a fire should come,” Fannie said. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z And Boxer put out his nose to sniff at the bank-notes, and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Once our roof was up, we pulled the other tarp around the poles, securing it as best we could to make three flimsy walls. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I think his weight should buckle the flimsy cot, but it doesn’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The high wind rattled the flimsy walls; a door banged open and shut until somebody propped it open with a brick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Waves broke over the bows, where bucketfuls of water streamed through the flimsy decking. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There's a Mercator girl in a tantalizingly flimsy dress eyeing me from the door leading to the crowded garden. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The flimsy wood and tar-paper walls were no match for this wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I don’t see how a flimsy butterfly is going to help us transport a fast-growing dragon, but Ma and Sis must know something I don’t. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He’d walk us up the bluff like that, making every other kid on the beach with their flimsy fathers out of their minds with jealousy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Every time I brought to mind a memory or thought and tried to put an invisible wall around it, my defenses crumbled, as flimsy as waxed paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z How could a creature that looked so flimsy be so strong? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Michelangelo left the flimsy door standing open, so the fresh morning air swirled into the little house. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The wooden stairs felt flimsy under my feet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It means wishful thinking supported by flimsy evidence. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I’d seen the flimsy line that separated getting by and going under. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The tannery stood, its bricks and cement had held it together despite the raging winds; but the workers’ huts, of more flimsy construction, had been demolished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He’s not one who can be put off with a flimsy excuse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The man fell backward into the glass, which shattered at once, and the flimsy wooden frame went too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The shack—oh, it was a shack, no poetry of home and hearth allowed—was a flimsy cage, keeping me in and very little else out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I turned against the walls, pounding the flimsy wooden planks until my knuckles bled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had left behind many of the things they had salvaged from Endurance, including the scrap lumber that had made dry floors for their flimsy, canvas tents. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The horses stopped at the wire and rumbled a little, but apparently decided not to barge through the flimsy barbed strands and trample him to death. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few bites I looked up and glanced at Love, still slapping food down on white, flimsy plates for all kinds of different people. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The flimsy binds were a silly thing to take comfort in—they’d do nothing if Diko's mood soured—but he was subdued, at least for now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mom calls out that I’m not wearing shoes, but I ignore her and swing open the flimsy wooden door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Anne got a job in the high-school cafeteria, saved her money, and bought silk stockings, two short dresses and four flimsy pieces of underwear known as teddies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And everyone else won’t have fancy poster boards with foam letters that make my flimsy piece of newsprint that the teacher gave me look like gray toilet paper. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The greyhound wriggles away from her and trots over to a hole in the flimsy wooden wall and sniffs at it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I feel exactly the way I do when I wake up from the dream where I’m naked in the school cafeteria and only have those flimsy pathetic napkin squares to cover myself up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Lately I’ve been thinking hope is kind of a flimsy feeling to hold on to,” I confess. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The dolls stood upright in flimsy cardboard boxes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the crew was relieved, since it meant the flimsy decking was sealed against further leaks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Genie pressed his hand over his eye, but he kept pumping—two calls—hurdling over the fallen trees, the bottom of his feet pulsing in his flimsy Converses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The stills looked pretty and very technological as they floated on the water, but they also looked flimsy, and I was doubtful of their capacity to produce fresh water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Though it had turned to a faint drizzle as we walked, the damage had already been done to the flimsy cardboard boxes in our arms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The par- rotfish lady pounded at the flimsy door with her bony fists. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And it was during those same weeks that those entirely untypical incidents took place at Darlington Hall which must, one supposes, have provided what flimsy basis exists for these absurd allegations. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The refrigerated cakes come in flimsy cardboard boxes steaming with dry ice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were solid black trunks and flimsy tan suitcases bound with thin rope and more laundry bags than she could count. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Those smudged carbon flimsies,” Garland continued, “that you have there in your briefcase. Polokov, Miss Luft...your assignments. The next one is me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because of their screams as their flimsy aircraft went up in flames. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My second month, I found one old lock that was so flimsy I could almost twist it off with my hands, but not quite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a rather flimsy thing to trust your life to, as it was not much better than a big kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But the other—the little running figure reproduced on the flimsy paper was that of a woman. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform was crowded with black people, many of them fat, in short, flimsy clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That night, several of the flimsy open-cockpit Po-2s took off from Engels on a practice bombing mission—dropping concrete “bombs” on a parade ground at another airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mary holds up a flimsy sheet of tissue paper. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I heard most of it. It was hard not to. It’s a flimsy toolshed; it’s not soundproof. He’s desperate, that’s all.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He pulls the flimsy door half shut behind me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The flimsy partition that Southside had built for us years earlier came down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Burnham knew how to deal with Chicago’s notoriously flimsy soil, but Jackson Park surprised even him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a dangerous wooden dock, an old minnow tank, a flimsy tar paper boathouse along the shore. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed myself with both hands and pulled my tank top down to cover the embarrassing bulge inside my flimsy shorts. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It depicts a near-naked Native man holding a flimsy bow and arrow, and the plea “Come over and help us.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z On some flimsy excuse, Mother ordered Bailey out of the house. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She would turn the pages carefully, running her finger over the black lines on flimsy paper, mouthing the words to herself, until she found the one she wanted. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He dug his claws into the windowsill, chewed a hole through the flimsy screen, and hauled himself through the narrow opening. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The wood paneling was flimsy and stuck on with two-sided tape. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Some scientists have believed that Mars is inhabited on what has later proved to be the flimsiest evidence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He flipped open the flimsy box and took out the contents. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no private rooms, and patients were separated by flimsy plywood dividers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They were wretched, flimsy things, but cooking pots of any kind were always difficult to get. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I smiled, and she tried to smile back, but there was something flimsy in it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He was wearing a tight fitting kurta with his jeans, and every time he swung the gada, she could see his biceps flex through the flimsy material. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was two o’clock in the afternoon, and this time his office was filled with sunlight barely softened by a flimsy curtain. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As a climax, I attempted to climb atop the wagon, but the solidity of my physique proved too taxing for that rather flimsy vehicle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its wings were wrong, flimsy like cheap cloth. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a flimsy thing made of plywood covered with fabric, with two cockpits that were open to the wind and rain and snow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He pulls me away from the flimsy walls toward the stone of the bedroom, shuts the door, grabs Helena, and pushes us both down on the floor to one side of the bedroom window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It felt like a sudden statement, but I realized only then that he’d been talking for a while; I was so focused on this flimsy scalpel in my hand that I hadn’t noticed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Hundreds of workers were intimidated, beaten, hauled from their homes, and jailed on flimsy charges. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Lying on the sofa wearing this flimsy nightgown, Mrs. Delaney looked like a skinny little kid. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He pulled out a flimsy piece of yellow paper and handed it to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But soon, we had a flimsy shelter from the burning sun. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice is so flimsy and I notice for the first time how thin his hair’s getting as he stands and leaves the room. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z My teacher, flimsy pancake that she was, panicked and said okay. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The metal roof, which was hanging on by what looked like two flimsy joints, was swaying and bouncing under the combined forces of rain and wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wish Cinna had given me a similar outfit, I feel so vulnerable in this flimsy dress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It took her forever to get down the stairs, turned sideways, gloved hands gripping the flimsy railing, booted feet groping for every snowy step. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Books of all sorts of soul, all sorts of age, All sorts of face –Black-letter, vellum, and the flimsy page Of commonplace. Poem of the week: Among His Books by Edith Nesbit 2012-10-01T12:07:58Z Being overwhelmed and desperate seems a flimsy excuse. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z I’m thinking of that twin failing: the peony plant that sprawls at the first sign of a spring storm, and the bloom that is too big and heavy for its flimsy stem, so it breaks. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps more to the point, ersatz re-creations of long-destroyed architecture or landscape architecture almost always turn out to feel saccharine and flimsy. Two downtown L.A. parks and the tricky task of designing them to best serve the city 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z However, attempts to interpret any groundhog’s predictions are doomed to be even more flimsy than Clinton’s margin of victory over Sanders. Iowa's unreliable polls are like Groundhog Day all over again 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z These numerous, disorganized plot points attempt to make up for the flimsy dialogue and hammy acting — flaws that weren’t nearly so evident in last year’s movie. A month ago, ‘Incorporated’ would have felt different. Same with Dolly Parton’s Christmas movie. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Action heroes need only the flimsiest motivation to start killing people. Review: In John Wick, Keanu Reeves is Back Up to Speed 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Derek was correct, of course: if the logistics of a narrative are flimsy or absent, then it hardly matters how lyrical its lines are. The Problem with Poetry Students, and Other Lessons from Derek Walcott 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Scallions wilting in the fridge, some windowsill basil collapsing in on itself while discoloring, some cilantro or parsley getting flimsy and slimy. Fresh herbs: How to extend their fleeting shelf life for long-lasting, bright flavor and color 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z If she’s going for the uncanny, then some of her many, brief plots are too flimsy, not grounded enough in the recognizable, to succeed. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Though my favorite, they took practice; I’d often tear the flimsy material or, worse, mislay it over cuticles. Trial Run: Products for Do-It-Yourself Nail Artists 2012-02-02T17:00:42Z It has since come to describe any MacGyver-type tinkering — making do with available material, however flimsy or random. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Don’t just fix the problem. Kluge it. 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Eating on my patio was nice, but more and more I ate at the com binh dan’s flimsy tables, noticing how other customers ate — with chopsticks, with fork and spoon, or with a combination. Personal Journeys : Learning to Love ‘the People’s Food’ in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2013-05-02T23:30:49Z Never opened to the public, the recently discovered temple and its huge carved reliefs are protected only by sandbags and a flimsy corrugated tin roof, she said. Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures 2012-08-15T22:13:47Z The charges of misogyny, though, are about to start looking a whole lot more flimsy. The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z I started to see a man sitting outside the store on a flimsy folding chair every night, his long gray hair pulled into a ponytail, his feet swaddled in tie-dyed socks and sandals. The Curious Case of the Sudden Tie-Dye Store 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z When you lose something important, you lose an important part of yourself – your dignity, your integrity, your flimsy hold on whatever you convince yourself is firm ground. I ruined the family vacation 2012-11-10T00:30:00Z And alas, I wish this “Coppélia” did better honor to his memory; but this is a flimsy, lightweight staging. ‘Coppélia’ Returns to American Ballet Theater Repertory 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z But Perez is a flimsy leading man, and the film around him — a modest production that doesn’t exactly hide its budgetary shortcomings — is at best a borderline campy B-movie with bursts of bloody action. ‘La Soga Salvation’ Review: A Very Inferior Set of Thrills 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Serialised, short, printed on flimsy paper, cheap and luridly illustrated, penny dreadfuls were issued weekly to a large eager audience. Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z And I’d flee the flimsy mattresses of bleakly impersonal budget hotels and youth hostels and stay with families instead. Frugal Traveler: In Lebanon, in Search of Music, Souks and Home 2011-07-26T18:56:44Z The plot is as flimsy as a G-string and thoroughly spoiler-proof. Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL,’ Fleshing Out a Sequel With Heart as Well as Pecs and Abs 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z And, more to the point, we realize that America’s celebrity-making machinery, fabricating national fame out of the flimsiest of materials, isn’t such a modern piece of equipment after all. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Billy the Kid' 2012-01-10T19:00:45Z “Heathers” is almost proto-grunge in its disdain for the Reaganite fantasy: by presenting American violence side by side with American wholesomeness, the movie dismantles the flimsy alibi the latter so often provides for the former. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Wurtz’s indoor sculpture tends toward wry conjunctions of unassuming materials, including the kinds of flimsy plastic shopping bags that festoon so many urban trees, unintended ornaments to which these interloping “Kitchen Trees” nod happily. 3 Outdoor Art Shows and One Trusty Dog (With Tricks!) 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The four major musical revivals so far this season — “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Finian’s Rainbow,” “Ragtime” and “A Little Night Music” — were panned in some quarters for stage design that seemed thinly conceived or even flimsy. 2010-01-31T15:11:00Z Consumed through grainy black and white photographs, his ethereal spaces offered a refreshing antidote to what had become a watered-down architectural culture of shallow jokes and flimsy facades. Peter Zumthor: RIBA awards gold medal to architecture's man of mystery 2013-02-05T15:00:56Z I wanted a show far more fully developed than the sometimes flimsy “Mon Ma Mes,” but at every point it entertained and surprised me. Dance Review: Miguel Gutierrez’s ‘Storing the Winter,’ in American Realness 2013-01-22T23:19:10Z By its own flimsy membership rules, Instagram prohibits accounts to children under 13. Aren’t You a Little Young for DMs? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z There she is, staring from the cover of the latest New Republic under the headline “inevitable,” while other media outlets offer flimsy fig leaves like “If, as many suspect, she is running for president . . . ” Is Bill Clinton running for first gentleman? No? Well, it doesn’t hurt to speculate. There’s something equally flimsy and phony about the final scene. ‘Legion’ Series Premiere: Where Is My Minds? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Falchook’s photos turn flimsy facades and decrepit details into ideals of urban form. Review | In the galleries: Where have all the people gone? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z In some instances, it was the only thing propping up flimsy material. Alvin Ailey Dance Highlights Teamwork in Recent Performances 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z I joined wait-list hopefuls for a flimsy piece of foam board. Modern Love: The Mixed-Politics Marriage - Modern Love 2012-11-03T03:48:14Z Rogers’s materials often look flimsy — as if they are little more than sheen and wishful thinking. Perspective | Designer Christopher John Rogers is determined to be heard. His volume is set at deafening. 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z A gala that has two flimsy pieces out of three is thin fare. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z The first generation of hotel smartphone applications was about as useful as a flimsy shower cap: nice idea, poor execution. Hotel Apps Tailored to What a Guest Wants 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Iranians are so irked by the historically flimsy retelling of the hostage crisis that their government has commissioned its own version in response. And the winner is … Islamophobia 2013-01-15T08:30:03Z Perhaps you have a condiment drawer, which is likely also stuffed with flimsy paper carry-out menus and unused plastic utensils. Taco Bell's Fire Sauce: A condiment drawer staple and underrated caramel corn ingredient 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The real question was could they hold together a flimsy production through the force of their presence alone. Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:38Z Another challenge is that for many secular individuals, atheism is too flimsy a banner to organize around — they’re looking for more than that. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z When I visited him at the huge Seattle medical center, he lay flat on the bed, the flimsy bedclothes barely covering his commanding frame. My father loved epic solo road trips. But for his final journey, we all came along 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z I put my hand on his back, damp with sweat, soaking through a flimsy T-shirt he was wearing. A little room to write 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Morris’s latest work, “Renard,” is a good-humored, but nonetheless thoroughly flimsy, romp to Stravinsky’s score of that title. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z If he had to return to cubicle-land, where the dividers between desks are short and flimsy, he worries he’d be unable to focus. The return-to-office perk your boss won’t mention: Gossip is back on 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The psychology behind such beliefs is that we remember the hits and forget the misses, so that whatever superstitious beliefs we hold become confirmed by even the flimsiest of evidence through the remembered hits. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z Typically, though, their scripts were compilations of quotations and anecdotes, many of which might be culled from a Wikipedia entry, bent into flimsy narrative arcs. Critic’s Notebook: Creating Barbra Streisand in ‘Buyer & Cellar’ 2013-07-29T22:28:23Z Let’s end this holiday roundup with a stocking stuffer, a paperback flimsy enough to slip inside nearly all the books described above. A Roundup of Holiday Coffee Table Books 2012-11-22T19:55:15Z Schama describes as reeking of Old World prejudice Ulysses Grant’s Order 11 of 1862, expelling all Jews from his military jurisdiction on the flimsy ground that they were smuggling goods to the Confederacy. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s meant to highlight the role this lowly, flimsy utensil plays in our experience of eating various takeout foods. The Met, they’re not: The oddest museums in New York City 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z He noted the packaging was "about two thirds of the size...it's very flimsy". Fake Dr Dre headphones 'most seized' 2013-05-09T17:15:45Z He released the flimsy padlock and pushed open the doors, revealing two grand staircases that curve to fuse into a magnificent egg-shaped atrium. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “I am not a flimsy person by any means,” Emily tells me. Perspective | Reese Witherspoon is selling frilly Southern womanhood, and I’ve been sucked in, y’all 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Some lightweight, inexpensive portable heaters are almost “disposable,” with flimsy pans and reflectors that may warp after a few uses. Here’s how to warm your outdoor space for socially distant entertaining. But act quickly. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Put your coats on sturdy hangers, not flimsy wire ones that sag under the weight of wool. Take tiny steps toward decluttering your house 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Like most of the old, they favor sensible shoes over flimsy moccasins. Reporter?s Notebook: An Uneasy Exchange Between Fashion and Navajo Culture 2012-03-14T19:47:42Z Even the best budget laptop is going to feel flimsy compared to a $1000 system. A great cheap laptop 2012-08-26T16:00:00Z After being dangled like flimsy, adorable props in previous episodes, the children were dispensed with entirely this week. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 4: A Way Forward 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The degradation of inspirational language generates synthetic optimism and flimsy pride, the compost in which cynicism eventually takes root. Review | Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z I’m talking about dark, snug-fitting masks — not the flimsy scraps in drugstores and lingerie catalogs. The Getaway: Can’t Sleep? This (Yawn) Might Work 2013-09-04T16:05:15Z Danny Lee Clark, who played the cocky and womanizing Nitro, said that competitors were expected to wear flimsy uniforms, which failed to protect them from potential physical harm. The 6 most shocking “American Gladiators” revelations from Netflix’s “Muscles & Mayhem” doc 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Even when he’s arrested on the flimsiest evidence and sentenced to Nickel Academy, Elwood clings to his faith that goodness will be rewarded, that the rule of law will prevail. Review | In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z It lacked entirely the irony, color and sense of humor — not to mention the scenographic, sometimes flimsy quality — of buildings by those younger figures. A vast Louis Kahn retrospective lands at the San Diego Museum of Art 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The environs of Madison Square Garden lend less to “Elf,” which seemed a little lost onstage, its sets flimsy, its good cheer not quite infectious. Review: ‘Annie’ and ‘Elf: The Musical’ Stay Kid-Friendly 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Perhaps naive optimism persuaded Yusuf these flimsy assertions would pass muster. Imran Yusuf ? review 2011-08-15T14:14:29Z The photographs remind us, repeatedly, that the racial delineations imposed by society are often arbitrary and flimsy, always fraught. An Artist’s Costumed Alter Egos Cross Racial Lines 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z And, although farce is sometimes viewed as inherently silly and flimsy, the plot of The Painkiller turns on homicide and suicide. Farce is everywhere on stage – but why? 2012-06-10T17:30:01Z While I would dispute that characterization, opponents’ ostensible reason for killing off the NEA in particular is equally flimsy: cost savings. Federal blow to the arts: How the NEA’s measly millions keep America’s museums alive 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z But this flimsy conceit enables the film to jump back in time, to tell the story of how a teenager became so confident in her ability to take care of herself. ‘Wildflower’ Review: The Parents Are All Right 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Case in point is another film named for a singular person – that came out on the same day as " Oppenheimer" in fact – and proves that argument flimsy at best. That "Oppenheimer" sex scene speaks to a larger problem with Christopher Nolan's storytelling 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Though airlines still generally supply pillows and blankets for long-haul flights, they are flimsy. He was dreading his 13-hour flight. So he asked experts for some tips. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The saving graces of “Joyful Noise,” a flimsy movie musical whose parts are pasted together with chewing gum and Scotch tape, are its ornate gospel renditions of familiar pop tunes. | 'Joyful Noise': ?Joyful Noise,? With Latifah and Parton - Review 2012-01-12T22:27:16Z "I love that people have conspiracy theories," he said, though notes they are "flimsy and thin." TCA 2015: A 'Mad Men' cruise? Don't count on it, Matthew Weiner says 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Apart from the interesting but short Parson solo for Ms. Whelan, however, all the choreography is flimsy; most of it is, at best, minor camp. Review: ‘Whelan/Watson: Other Stories’ Pairs Stars of Ballet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The high emotional temperature of the performances can’t quite disguise the mechanical nature of the story — it’s at once over-plotted and flimsy, a welter of reversals and revelations that don’t so much resolve as collapse. ‘Everybody Knows’ Review: Penélope Cruz’s Homecoming Turns Frantic 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z I walked out of court into so much sunshine, gripping my flimsy piece of paper, which I would add to the inches-thick file I already had amassed on the Respondent. Modern Love: The View From the Victim Room 2013-06-27T20:45:27Z The "cult of low carb high fat eating" was based on a lifestyle choice and the flimsiest of evidence, she said. Both low and high-carb diets can raise risk of early death, study finds 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Vivre Ensemble was a flimsy, flyweight counter-culture comedy that played at the Cannes film festival and found itself hauled over the coals. Anna Karina on love, cinema and being Jean-Luc Godard's muse: 'I didn’t want to be alive anymore' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z A husband executes his wife on the flimsiest evidence of infidelity, and corruption invades the highest places so that rulers use authority for sexual advantage. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z Dunst makes Rose's fragility and vulnerability poignant, even tragic, but it is a flimsy role, given the narrative shift the film takes. Benedict Cumberbatch is intimidating in Jane Campion's exquisite and potent "Power of the Dog" 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The takeaway, I think, is that Frank gets how flimsy his whole facade of success is, but he’s willing to turn whomever he needs to into goo to protect it. 'True Detective' Recap: Big Blasts and Diminished Men 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The cheap costumes are a puzzle with few satisfying solutions, the sets wincingly flimsy. ‘Complicity’ Review: A Muddled #MeToo Drama 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Otherwise, it’s a tepid midtempo dance song built around a flimsy guitar figure. The Playlist: Miranda Lambert Bounces Back and Michelle Obama Sings the Hits 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The Kanye West of “808s” was confronting how much of a lie fame was, and how flimsy its advantages really were. Review: Kanye West Shines Light on His Darkest Hour 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The story is as flimsy as a Michael Bay script, which shouldn't be surprising, because why bother trying to elevate something that exists merely to sell movie tickets? Game On: 'Alice' sequel wonderfully warped; 'Transformers' a waste 2011-06-22T18:34:15Z Celebrating Nottingham's connections to the flimsy fabric, with everything from films and talks to workshops on how to make your own. This week's new events 2012-11-17T00:05:40Z If it were, they would feel much flimsier, morally and aesthetically, than they do. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z By the time I got there, my flimsy dress was stuck to my otherwise naked body and my hair was plastered to my skull. Federico Fellini wanted to cast me in Casanova. We ended up in bed together 2010-04-11T20:45:00Z The result is sordid, flimsy Holocaust kitsch, fanatical chic, with all the actual political substance of a designer Che T-shirt. Review: Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” Is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Designer Che T-shirt 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The case against the tailor, Franz Müller, was almost comically flimsy; he remained well within doubt’s shadow. Newly Released: New Books Include ?Out of Oz? and ?The Boy in the Suitcase? 2011-11-16T23:05:14Z The baby gorilla climbs to the top of a flimsy tree and giddily glides down it, his weight bending in half the trunk, which is just a few inches wide. A trek to gorilla country in the Congo Though hampered by flimsy scenic design and somewhat shoddy projections and sound, many of the performers do fine work. Review: ‘Sayonara’ Reimagines a Story of Cross-Cultural Love 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, the tallest of the three picked up a cheap yellow napkin, laid it on the flimsy modern cafe table and started to scribble. WikiLeaks: Strained relation, accusation ? and crucial revelations 2011-01-31T20:00:01Z Large unsecured objects fly about, flimsier houses crumble, cities shut down and politicians try to look in control, as in Lord Beginner's wonderful contemporary account of the 1951 Jamaica Hurricane. Readers recommend: songs about wind – results 2012-11-08T15:16:41Z The ship which keeps a life afloat is constructed of surprisingly flimsy material. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z In the most disturbing Herzog films, human life is a beleaguered property, a flicker of consciousness sustained within an equally flimsy civilisation. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z The secret attraction of "Gunpowder Milkshake" are the real bad mothers in a flimsy romp whose plot revolves around an estranged mother and daughter who slay for pay. Netflix's "Gunpowder Milkshake" is another dumb fun lark about women who kill 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “The Night Before” depicts pop-cultural effluvia as a defining force of social identification and personal experience, and contrasts it with the sentimental but flimsy commitment to the rites and doctrines of organized religion. “The Night Before” and Seth Rogen’s Ethical Comedy 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z When we arrived, dozens of reptiles lay dozing on a sandbank, which was surrounded by a flimsy wooden fence. Personal Journeys: Hiking Deep Into Dogon Country in Mali 2010-03-05T04:11:00Z He makes decisions based not in Top 100 placement but in grand conceits, ignoring flimsy catchiness in favor of weighty aural pedestals packed with memory, history and echoes of souls and sounds past. Kendrick Lamar's 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z When Marathon became Snickers, blue became yellow and words suddenly looked as flimsy as capital in the credit crunch. David Mitchell: I'm glad the asbo is going, but most rebranding is just a distraction 2011-02-13T00:05:37Z But on a meta level, it’s about being an actress trapped in flimsy supporting roles in shows about men, and longing to play something with greater substance. When Women Won’t Accept Theatrical Manspreading 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z After a few minutes, you stop noticing, even though the film occasionally embraces the absurdism, especially in a fight scene between two angry naked men in a flimsy mobile home. Free willy: are film and TV finally growing up about male nudity? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Afterward — and after Walter White — he’ll devolve into a mustachioed man in a flimsy apartment, a lonely, paranoid shell bled of any aspirations. “You will pay”: Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” accelerates into the dark 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z A gruff general, disagreeing with Kirkman and peacocking around the edges like a cartoon villain, serves as a pretty flimsy straw man. ‘Designated Survivor’ Series Premiere: Glasses Off 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Out in the mountains, you’ll find an indoor bathroom, yes, but most changing rooms are separated from the elements only by a curtain or flimsy door. Where to soak on a trip to Steamboat Springs 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z In his study he still possesses the flimsy 1967 issue of Review – price two shillings – that first featured his work. David Harsent: A life in writing 2011-02-21T08:00:00Z The first sounded flimsy and grating; the second was more solidly celebratory. Twyla Tharp’s unceasing quest to reveal truth in human movement 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In The New Republic, Malcolm Cowley denounced them as flimsy, which they were: These books could supposedly survive no more than six readings apiece. 'When Books Went to War’ by Molly Guptill Manning 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Yes, Sinha scores cheap points at the expense of that party's flimsy ideology, including a routine that – riffing on Griffin's Holocaust denial – suggests alternative reasons for the sudden disappearance of six million Jewish people. Paul Sinha ? review 2011-02-25T12:30:32Z The investigation yields some appreciably icky encounters with putrefying corpses and deranged prisoners, which is good considering the sometimes flimsy cop-movie stuff that surrounds the scares. Review: ‘Evil’ mostly delivers 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z His harried mother, Bessie, tries to command things from wherever she is — maybe the dining room, maybe the living room, poorly separated for privacy by a flimsy curtain. Odets still in full voice with ‘Awake and Sing!’ at Olney Theatre Center If the statues themselves are flimsy, the governmental and societal bolts that keep them in place are strong, as some activists have learned. Controversial memorials are surprisingly easy to pull down. Fixing the world that built them is harder. 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z When it comes to sides, I'm not a proponent of flimsy and flaccid steamed vegetables or mashed potatoes, so I almost always opt for pasta. Think chicken is boring? These inspired takes on Italian-American classics will change your mind 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z When, after a day of curing, they seemed a bit too flimsy to trust, I used a third pack to reinforce them. Green Swag: Play-Doh for grownups who want to fix things 2014-02-27T19:24:00Z The books were "flimsy", but in a good way. Penguin is 75 2010-06-30T18:45:00Z Boucher's erotic mythological fantasies are floating concoctions of silk and skin, ethereal and flimsy and ... hugely pleasurable. For critics, it's better to be interesting than right 2011-01-28T13:02:56Z Between procedures, I sit in a flimsy johnny in the waiting room, leafing through magazines. I wasn’t supposed to get breast cancer 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But will a flimsy piece of underwear threaten their rom-com when the show returns for its third season? Mindy Kaling talks Season 3 of 'Mindy Project' -- a thong-y situation? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But the play’s central conceit is too flimsy for political satire. ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z In less capable hands, this tale of passion, betrayal and vengeance might play as a flimsy, overheated soap opera. Review: In ‘A Wolf at the Door,’ a Fiery Affair Turns Rancid 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z This fact can’t help but make “Superior Donuts,” premiering Thursday, seem like a flimsy attempt to diversify. ‘Superior Donuts’ doesn’t come close to filling the diversity hole in CBS’s schedule 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z It is one of those books so intensely alive in the past that it makes the world you actually live in feel flimsy and thin. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z When we identify talent, we say that we’ve found “the real deal,” a flimsy idiom for a solid belief—that, although talent as an entity may be undefinable, it’s still provable. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z I need additional napkins because the ones in hand are so flimsy they can barely handle three swipes. Napkins: rant and rave 2010-08-13T16:14:00Z Even when Mr. Brown is taking it easy, though, the band is working hard, eager to show it’s trapped inside a flimsy box. Review: Zac Brown Band’s ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead of fast fashion — disposable, flimsy, forgettable — this seemed to be a night of fast dance. Review: The Costume Dramas of New York City Ballet 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Now most of it is flimsy and tacky and marketed to teenage girls which is pretty creepy. Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Ornamenting its flimsy back story with assaultive sound effects and asinine behavior, “Out of the Dark” strains to shock. Review: ‘Out of the Dark,’ With Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Curled in on itself, that wall forms a cylinder, providing rigidity to an otherwise flimsy material. Tiny Architect-Designed Houses to Build at Your Desk 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The ties between the ancient myth and the contemporary murder are fairly flimsy. Review: Handel’s ‘Semele’ Comes With Sumo Wrestlers at BAM 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Jones wasn’t that intellectually gifted, for one thing; he did have a “stunning charisma,” but his ideas were a flimsy synthesis of New Age tropes and spiritual Darwinism. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Characters heave musical confession after musical confession at the audience, content to bathe us in their bathos even as they ignore the show’s flimsy and often inconsistent logic. ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Standby’ 2013-07-24T16:21:19Z But I was mainly struck by how repetitive the choices were, no matter where I went — lots of leggings, drapey T-shirts, washed leather jackets combined with a dull fabric, flimsy jersey dresses galore. Those Pre-Season Jitters 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z Anne also wrote 360 loose pages written on flimsy paper, mostly revising earlier diary entries with the intention of publishing it after the war. Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam 2010-04-28T13:13:00Z But the flimsy detective story draped over them is underdeveloped and too sluggishly paced to take hold. ‘Go for Sisters’: Friendship gets second chance in noirish thriller 2014-01-09T21:14:14Z The board’s pips, flimsy and Mento-shaped in inferior backgammon cases, were mammoth silver lozenges, freshly polished. At Goyard and Valextra, Leather Goods That Are Durable, Versatile — and Invisible 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z This is clearly something that increasingly matters to Debicki, at a moment in history when the film industry is waking up to its flimsy treatment of female roles. Elizabeth Debicki: ‘I’m not interested in being comfortable’ 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “I didn’t want to have something flimsy, because a lot of people drive fast down this street,” Ms. Loiselle said. Outdoor Dining Offers Fresh Air and Fantasy to a City That Needs Both 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z In the second act of “Living on Love,” a fun and flimsy entertainment at the Williamstown Theater Festival here, she glides into the room warbling sweetly. In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z In eerily empty, rubbled streets, war damage had left many buildings as transparent and flimsy as lace. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Espionage was not his career goal, yet he finds himself appointed commander of the cryptically named Statistical Section of the military, which helped provide the flimsy evidence that convicted Dreyfus in 1894. Books of The Times: ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Is Robert Harris’s Latest Novel 2014-02-03T22:23:02Z But his role was mainly that of ending a flimsy argument; the rest was artful dodging and schtick. From "Survivor" to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Like fossil fuels themselves, this behavior had long been construed as a necessary evil, one for which any purported cure seemed as futile and flimsy as a reusable shopping bag. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z It stormed as she walked down the aisle to join her husband at the altar, where he waited under a flimsy umbrella. A blind date — to say “I do”: “Married at First Sight” proves the unpredictability of romance 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That night we camped in flimsy tents, like windbreakers on hangers. Grand Canyon National Park: An Absence of World 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Just like stock in a dollar shop, there’s an astonishing range of quality: Some offerings appear perfunctory and flimsy, while other works — the true bargains — thoughtfully engage the assignment. In Detroit, Artists Explore the Riches of the 99-Cent Store 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z But opera would be pretty flimsy without the music. “House of Cards” Season 4 Is Less Vulgar Than Real Politics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The novel is immensely entertaining, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, but it’s also a pretty flimsy production, with an unsatisfying and jerry-built conclusion. Books of The Times: ‘Skios’ by Michael Frayn 2012-06-27T21:35:39Z With such a flimsy story and no attempt at psychological realism, the script cries out for more jokes. Cannibal Women of Mars – review 2013-07-11T17:57:00Z This production is not an instance of a strong-willed director seizing on some flimsy subtext to make a contemporary statement. Music Review: ‘David et Jonathas,’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-04-18T21:56:57Z The film’s plots are soft and flimsy, and they don’t mesh as gracefully as they might, but they do serve as an adequate trellis for Mr. McKellen’s performance, which is gratifyingly but unsurprisingly wonderful. Review: For Ian McKellen’s ‘Mr. Holmes,’ Retirement Is Afoot 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It's a nearly impossible task in a day of incredible poverty and flimsy social contracts. 'Solitary House' a mystery with a dose of Dickens 2012-04-30T18:38:09Z “Wow.” is boastful but not melancholy — “I got a lot of toys/720S bumpin’ Fall Out Boy” — and he’s largely rapping, with only a flimsy skin of melody. The Playlist: D’Angelo’s Cowboy Soul, and 9 More New Songs 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Buyers seemed eager to spend their money and obtain something tangible in exchange, however flimsy the aura surrounding the works might appear to be. 2010-02-11T17:00:00Z This mishmash looked downright flimsy until I started following along on my laptop with Rich’s five- to 30-minute videos. These easily packable products allow you to bring your workout along on your travels 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The stone clamp, slid by thumb, is flimsy, however, and easily detaches itself. Kitchen gadgets review: 5-in-1 avocado tool – it works, but so does a spoon 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z My youth pastor glued together two pieces of flimsy tissue paper — one red to symbolize sexual sin, one white to symbolize purity — rubbed them together vigorously and pulled them apart. How the religious right's purity culture enables predatory behavior 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z After initially shielding herself with a flimsy dorm-room curtain, she emerges, fully nude, and explains, with an air of superiority, that she simply could not resist taking on a lover with the name Asdrubal Electorat. ‘On a Magical Night’ Review: Ghosts of Lovers Past and Present 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z On Friday, the second day of the exhibition, many of the links to Mr. Le Roy’s works felt flimsy or forced, and references to his name sometimes made him sound like a cult leader. Xavier Le Roy’s ‘Retrospective’ at MoMA PS1 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Some of the tracks on their album have a certain flimsy funkiness, but there is nothing here to rival the liquid groove of a Fools Gold or the acrid energy of a Hallelujah. New band of the day ? No 816: Shit Browne 2010-07-01T16:04:00Z The songs are flimsy when compared with Sondheim’s later work, but they delight — from the assertiveness of “Comedy Tonight” to the cheekiness of “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” and the breezy whimsy of “Lovely.” Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z They just presume that your marriage vows are so flimsy that you can’t be trusted to uphold them unless a babysitter monitors you. Perspective | The ‘Billy Graham rule’ doesn’t honor your wife. It demeans her — and all women. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The secondary characters like Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Black Panther, and Black Widow have more developed arcs than flimsy action figures like Wonder Woman. Why Captain America: Civil War is better than Batman v Superman 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Fans of The Blacksmith will be happy to see one of Keaton's flimsiest romances fleshed out – and the ending of the film makes a lot more sense now. Film historian discovers unseen footage of Buster Keaton's The Blacksmith 2013-07-17T13:54:32Z Most of the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who got at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine in the past few months received a flimsy piece of paper. A Look at Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Passports,’ Passes and Apps Around the Globe 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Many are flimsy and ineffective, relying too much on an obvious exchange of power, or keeping the concept of kink on too short a leash. ‘Kink’ Is Not a Book About Sex. It’s a Book About, Well, Kink. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The objective here is to remove any brown or flimsy edges and get rid of the fibrous bits where the bean was once attached to its stalk. Hey you! Freeze those summer green beans 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z The plot feels like a flimsy excuse for an expressionist look at a man and a city mired in doomed expectancy. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z After removing the tube from its flimsy cardboard box, I hold it heavy in my hand. I want to be more like Ramona Quimby, Beverly Cleary's patron saint of messy girls, as an adult 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Written thinly, “Nocturne” turns its age-old themes — sibling rivalry, Faustian bargains in the pursuit of art — into flimsy scaffolding for implausible plot turns. ‘Nocturne’ Review: On a Low Note 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In one of Shannon's many fine moments, he curses disgustedly at such flimsy prey: a mere bicycle. Review: Shannon rides away with 'Premium Rush' 2012-08-23T14:09:08Z Surely some journal would weed out flimsy numbers and peer reviewers would reject shoddy work, right? Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z That the sketch itself was a flimsy showcase for Grande’s chameleonic comic gifts mattered less than the fact of those gifts’ existence. Ariana Grande's 'SNL' Performance Was a Triumph 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The novel was tedious, the plot feeble, the characters unconvincing, their fate uninteresting, the point lost; the essay was flimsy, lacking in substance, poorly argued, poorly written. Yann Martel 2010-06-22T19:00:00Z Husbands squander their wages on “the last lingering pint and the chip-shop queue”; old men, clutching flimsy welfare checks, “walk around and fill in the day.” Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But the effect doesn’t quite live up to the vision, thwarted by the flimsy pulling system and the limited possibilities of panel arrangement. Familiarity of fiber art rendered compelling at Bellevue Arts Museum’s Biennial 2013-01-16T22:57:38Z "Loki" justifies its existence by functioning like a standalone TV show instead of a flimsy bridge to the next movie. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Barbara ripped the receipt from the register, pointed at the flimsy paper and, in a tone that sounded as if she were revealing a sworn secret, she delivered her favorite line. First, this town lost its Macy’s. Then Sears. Now, all eyes were on J.C. Penney. 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Anyway, Weller and company found themselves trying to contain an about-to-discharge biological bomb with a flimsy sheet of plastic. 'Blindspot' Recap: 'Bone May Rot' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Paper or foam models are the next stage – think paper dolls, flimsy and flat – and finally, the works still in play become refined three-dimensional models. Soon to rule the roost at National Gallery of Art: A 15-foot blue chicken 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Storm Thorgerson Storm Thorgerson could be inscrutable, grand and archly funny – all qualities that placed him some distance from the music industry's standard mixture of flimsy bonhomie and superficiality. Storm Thorgerson, Pink Floyd and the final secret of the world's greatest record sleeve designer 2013-04-19T17:32:49Z Despite attempts to escape, he was institutionalized for more than 30 years on flimsy diagnoses of mental incapacity, including schizophrenia. The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's new museum 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z But here’s to another 300 shows by 30 Seconds to Mars, if only as a reminder of the band’s fundamental flimsiness, and of the flimsy system that props it up. Music: Rock in 2011: Hot Chelle Rae, Foster the People, Chevelle 2011-12-29T12:00:00Z No waiting for dough to proof and rise and no delicately twisting flimsy bits of pastry praying they don't shred between my forefinger and thumb. 5 easy ways to jazz up your box cake mix 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z She’s dragging it while clad in the same fantastically flimsy Rodarte drapery and teetering high heels she wore for the film festival’s traditional photocall, a smidgeon of moxie underneath the carapace of glamour. Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z I'm no legal expert, but ripped ticket or no ripped ticket, the case against Bates seems awfully flimsy. 'Downton Abbey' recap: Not without her daughter 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z “The Peripheral” is plotted as a traditional, even conservative thriller, and its fascinating, funny, unsettling ideas are slowly buried beneath a hackneyed plot and flimsy characterizations. William Gibson’s Man-Made Future 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Yet the latest nod to the reality surrounding the show seems flimsy and unfun. “Arrested Development” Is Back Where It Started 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “Well, I had some alcoholism. That slowed me down. And I ... wasn’t six feet. Does that work? No, that’s a little flimsy. Let’s keep thinking.” Dermot Mulroney: 'I remember Charlie Sheen climbing over a balcony, half-clothed …' 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z We would hover over our circular dining table — the shape best suited for sharing dishes family-style — folding and chuckling over the flimsiest looking sui gao. How 40,000 dumplings empowered solidarity for the Asian community 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z And your argument for her motivation is flimsy. I Haven’t Talked to This Asian-American Friend in Years. Should I Call Now? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z He wore flimsy black pants, a long-sleeve black shirt that looked as if it had been bought on sale at a discount retailer and black lace-up leather boots that were popular among grungy teenagers. Modern Love: Death Bear Will See You Now 2010-03-05T20:25:00Z Meals are spent in pain, or filled with worry that a flimsy chair might collapse. For Larger Customers, Eating Out Is Still a Daunting Experience 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The further away from the health care provider the records get, the flimsier the enforcement mechanisms for ensuring the data are protected. Unsecured medical records show risk of digital 2011-08-21T12:07:00Z Yet upon closer inspection, the decorations were flimsy, their designs repeating from vendor to vendor as if they shared the same supplier: an industrial factory in a distant land. Dreaming of an Artisanal Christmas 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z You probably know it as flimsy grocery bags. What happens to recycling once it leaves the curb? 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Car booster seats for small dogs were selling well, he’d learned, but the most popular versions on Amazon were, according to reviews, flimsy and only suitable for very small dogs. The Great Amazon Flip-a-Thon 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The difference, of course, is that Hawley’s legitimate procedural action — carefully worded, if rhetorically flimsy — was happening within a larger, delusional narrative of a stolen election. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z “Yes, it didn’t get covered, on the flimsy excuse that there was no ‘Bowling Green Massacre’,” he said. Late night hosts on the evolution of Trump: 'Dickish to dictatorish' 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z However, for many of our country's most vulnerable, this close call was just another reminder of how flimsy the safety net supporting hungry Americans already is. No one should go hungry while Republicans are "playing partisan games with peoples' lives" 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Incredibly, now that Don has nothing to hide, his truth is flimsier than ever. "Mad Men" recap: A man in a room with a checkbook 2010-08-09T12:13:00Z The soft stitches felt like a flimsy shield. Becoming a Woman Without Her 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z But such cursoriness becomes flimsy when it’s stretched across multiple episodes. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 4: There’s the Rub 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The show has a thematic spine, though this spine is somewhat flimsy. ‘Asi Wind’s Inner Circle’ Review: Pick a Card, Not Just Any Card 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z In its place, Lunenfeld overworks a flimsy metaphor, tenuously mapping the alchemical elements of earth, air, fire, water and aether onto his 11 chapters. The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Before Braddock’s March, a contingent of men led by Washington faced bloody defeat at the hands of the French and Indians on July 3, 1754, at this flimsy fort. History buffs trace the steps of a young George Washington through the DMV 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Of course, the Manhattan of his flimsy new play “A User’s Guide to Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff” is not exactly like the city. Theater Review: ‘User’s Guide To Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff’ by Project Y 2013-09-09T21:37:18Z As for the lines that separate the members within each household, and their present and past selves, they’re as flimsy and translucent as tissue paper. Theater Review | 'A Lie of the Mind': Home Is Where the Soul Aches 2010-02-19T04:40:00Z Point Break, which also starred Gary Busey and Patrick Swayze, was based on the glossy action template of films like Top Gun, with adrenalin-rush skydiving and surfing sequences bolstering a somewhat flimsy plot. Keanu rules out Point Break remake 2013-12-24T09:01:19Z The optional case is flimsy and entirely unsuitable for travel. Perspective | Don’t use your phone in the bathroom — and other ways to keep your devices safe while traveling 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Don’t buy cheap, flimsy tools that will soon need replacing. How to nurture your small piece of the Earth, without harming the rest of it 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Still, even as one of the largest and most profitable music festivals in the world, its initiatives are flimsy. Covid put music festivals on hold. Climate change might offer bigger long-term problems. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z These coping mechanisms, such as they are, feel as flimsy and pathetic as keys jammed between clammy fingers. Review | ‘Whistleblower’ and ‘Uncanny Valley’ offer a chilling look at life in Silicon Valley 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Several equally flimsy contrivances later, he’s browbeating them into shape for a choral contest in which the competition includes the megachurch that wouldn’t bury his wife in its cemetery. Fall TV Reviewed: Choir Wars, Zany Immigrants and Demons of the Week 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A. Compared with the other ballerinas, I think I look a bit flimsy and superficial. Anastasia Meskova on the Bolshoi: ‘I Was in the Middle’ 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z These former youth performers remember everything: desperate auditions, capricious rejections and a dawning concern that one’s dreams of stage success are as flimsy as spray-painted cardboard stars. ‘Theater Camp’ Review: Cabin Into the Woods 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Rebus had edge and noir, while Doors Open, though set in familiar Edinburgh locations, was flimsy. TV review: The Girl; Doors Open 2012-12-26T23:00:01Z Pastors employed visual aids to caution against premarital sex; mine glued together two pieces of flimsy tissue paper — one red, one white — rubbed them together vigorously and pulled them apart. Christian author Joshua Harris is sorry for the damage he did. Now what? 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Saval describes the image we have of the cubicle today: “the flimsy, fabric-wrapped, half-exposed stall where the white-collar worker waited out his days until, at long last, he was laid off.” Books of The Times: Nikil Saval’s ‘Cubed’ Tells the History of the Modern Workplace 2014-04-24T19:44:01Z The plot lurches and meanders, stapling tepid scenes of comedy to flimsy bits of melodrama with musical passages and repetitive long shots of the pretty countryside. In ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ Kitchen Wars Break Out 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Propped on such flimsy scaffolding, her sense of self was compromised. Supermodels as They Age Is Focus of Documentary 2012-07-25T20:13:12Z But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous. ‘Ghosted’ Review: A C.I.A. Meet Cute 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The aspirations of his tribe were close and palpable while mine seemed flimsy and distant. His Family Had Money. Mine Didn’t. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “Leftover in China,” the flimsier of the two, examines the phenomenon of sheng nu, or “leftover women” — highly educated, ambitious women who cannot find partners, or so the story goes. First Comes Love, Then Comes What Exactly? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Diane Charnov summons high school trauma with an incomplete SAT answer sheet, transferred from flimsy paper to a sturdy ceramic block. In the galleries: Unfinished works at Target Gallery 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The characterization is thin to the point of being flimsy and the world-building doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Visit These Science-Fiction Worlds to Make Sense of Our Own 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Horror and hard-core both use narrative as a flimsy excuse to show the audience the action it really came to see. ‘X’ Review: Trash, Art and the Movies 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Only a kangaroo court in a one-party state would pass judgment on the basis of such flimsy evidence. Slave trader’s home, slum, des res: the stories of one house raise restless ghosts 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z It is flawed and flimsy in some ways, but it still manages to be touching, surprising and, in its bittersweet fashion, a lot of fun. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z Pringles are useless for the opposite reason: they are too flimsy for all but the drippiest of dips. How to eat: chips 'n' dips 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z “There’s No Need to Fear” gently but pointedly mocks our need for reassurance, our flimsy hopes for deliverance. The Underdog on Post-it notes and other nostalgic bits, revived with a twist 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In lesser hands it would be flimsy and light; here, it is written with enough deftness to charm entirely. TV highlights 16/07/2012 2012-07-15T18:59:01Z “Why did they put that study together in such a flimsy way?” said Dr. Moreno Vega, who is an advocate for cultural equity. Is New York’s Arts Diversity Plan Working? It’s Hard to Tell 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Reporters dogged her every step, eavesdropped on her communications and published shock headlines about her family based on the flimsiest leads. Charlotte Church looking past phone hacking case 2012-02-27T16:32:13Z "I started thinking of everything I was sure was true," she tells Don, "and how flimsy it all might be." "Mad Men" recap: A man in a room with a checkbook 2010-08-09T12:13:00Z What Samet calls our “tin-eared age of tweets” can make it harder to distinguish soaring oratory from flimsy bombast, but “most of the sentences won’t bear the weight of careful reading,” she writes. ‘Looking for the Good War’ Says Our Nostalgia for World War II Has Done Real Harm 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z And this, in turn, has left some of his peers nonplused — grumbling at what they see as a flimsy theory or bewildered as to why Harvard’s top astronomer won’t shut up about aliens. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In both cases, the alleged musical connection is flimsy at best. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Videos, and the station that played them, were flimsy promotional devices, evidence of how shallow and image-obsessed rock had become. Alexis Petridis on MTV's wild years 2012-10-07T19:31:01Z And this one in particular I found flimsy. Welcoming Back Live Theater Doesn’t Mean Agreeing About All of It 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The compartment should be closed by key, even though it is a flimsy lock. CTA officials discuss bus disabling 2012-01-23T23:12:00Z Now, arguably the flimsiest of all: those little Japanese pictures people stick in their texts. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Still, there are probably about as many inspired gags as flimsy ones. Theater Review: ‘These Paper Bullets!’ Opens at Yale Rep 2014-03-27T21:56:49Z Beware of flimsy plant supports and rickety little wheelbarrows. Perspective | A growing economy: Balancing the books of your backyard investment 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Their psychology is flimsy, their characters undeveloped beyond a small set of traits that lead, inevitably, to the films’ results. “Midsommar,” Reviewed: Ari Aster’s Backwards Horror Story of an American Couple in Sweden 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z And while our civic structures can seem rock solid, “The Walking Dead” franchise wants us to ponder whether they’re flimsier than we believe. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: The Cavalry's Arrived 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Sooner than you can say “leverage,” borrowers default on their loans, and the flimsy network Bennett has constructed comes toppling down, bringing public-school teachers’ pension funds and the Harvard endowment along with it. | 'Microcrisis': Just Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and Their Money 2010-10-13T22:03:00Z I tried to wear the flimsiest things in the closet. What 8 Sweaty New Yorkers Wore to See Art on the Beach 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s almost as if someone is going to pitch right over the flimsy rails of the bridge and to their doom in the roiling ocean below. “Game Of Thrones” recap: Familiar faces return—and a few depart for good 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Some are served in large glass goblets, while others skip the glassware altogether and pour the pre-prepared cocktail directly from the machine into flimsy plastic cups dominated by an oversized straw. The magic of Miami's modern daiquiri 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Furthermore, it's also very important that you have a large, heavy cutting board — none of those flimsy plastic ones that slide all over the darn counter. The 5 essential knives for any cooking beginners 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z While there’s a heavy focus on Tolkien’s male friendships – the inspirations for his “fellowship” in his books, Bratt is fully fleshed-out and three-dimensional, too, not some flimsy, token love interest. Lily Collins: ‘I want to dig deep, tell the truth and be more brave’ 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z In this case, however, the connecting thread is flimsy and thin, eventually snapping under the strain of contrivance. 'Café de Flore': Well-acted film's connecting thread snaps 2012-11-21T22:34:06Z The clothes were flimsy and chilly in winter, starchy and uncomfortable in summer. Lives: Watching ?Mad Men? With My Mother 2012-03-25T07:00:08Z Failure is preordained, and "When We Leave" walks a delicate boundary between tragedy and a flimsier, easier form of pathos. 'When We Leave': Clashing cultures, stifled freedom ? and great acting 2011-04-07T19:23:04Z While he voted to uphold most of the act, he wrote an opinion striking down, on the flimsiest of constitutional grounds, the Medicaid expansion provision that required states to offer Medicaid to more poor Americans. The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The women lean toward flimsy garments that fall to the floor at the slightest provocation. Critic’s Notebook: Distinguishing Sportacus, on ‘LuckyTown,’ From ‘Spartacus’ 2013-01-24T23:39:07Z The notion of Asian-American cinema, in short, has always been a bit of a flimsy concept. A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z And the flimsy story, not just the role of Sally Adams, requires that. Review: Without Ethel Merman, a Limp ‘Call Me Madam’ at Encores! 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z There are plenty of shamrock-ed bars to drink in, with all kinds of Blarney-fied names, but links to the “old country” are often flimsy. 10 of the best Irish bars in New York 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Ferguson scrolled though her BlackBerry until she found it: her airbrushed portrait pasted onto a piece of flimsy white paperboard. Saving Sarah From Herself, Oprah Style 2011-06-03T19:53:35Z George, the super, told me I can take up the linoleum if I want and remove the flimsy wall that divides the main room in half. David Sedaris: The IHOP Years 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z With cameras affixed to the flimsy bi-planes, a crew of flyers created dogfights featuring death-defying aerial stunts that continue to amaze viewers today. Original Oscar winner "Wings" soars again in Hollywood 2012-01-18T23:40:05Z In 2009, the New York Post bemoaned the “flimsy and tacky” lawn chairs in Times Square. Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z My skin would tingle and goosebump as an array of tools rattled against my teeth, tore through their flimsy armor of enamel, dug into their decayed depths and pushed bitter composites into their hollowed cores. Perspective | You call it a root canal. I call it a bittersweet symphony. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Still, despite its bizarre sides, the work is ultimately both flimsy and fatuous. Dance Review: David Wampach’s ‘Sacre,’ at the Invisible Dog Art Center 2013-01-11T23:38:14Z Rule No 2: However valuable the instrument, it should be carried in a cheap, flimsy bag. The Walkmen: 'We're not difficult, honest' 2011-01-13T22:45:01Z And the gorgeous beam that ran the length of the cabin turned out to be flimsy foam. Pinterest-fueled fantasies help turn a small cabin into a great escape 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z You would know none of this reading “Gone ‘Til November,” rapper Lil Wayne’s flimsy account of eight months incarcerated on Rikers some five years ago, for criminal possession of a weapon. Lil Wayne's Rikers Island memoir 'Gone 'Til November' is a missed opportunity 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He jots short poems on poster board and posts them throughout cities with flimsy Scotch tape. When the Truth, and My Groom-to-Be, Stood Naked Before Me 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Later, I was topless, though, beneath that flimsy, shifting sheet, which left a frisson of danger. Sex and the theater: An actress bares all about onstage nudity In "The Wizard" he constructs a nightmare of invasion when the flimsy walls of his and Sally's manufactured home are assaulted by local thugs. Bill Hader gives "Barry" his made-for-TV movie hero wish 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z The sets, more detailed and realistic in evoking period Vienna, are often superior than the Royal’s; the costumes’ fabric look flimsier. After Flood, Houston Ballet Returns With a Romantic Masterpiece 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Instead, June’s methodology is consistently to tell the reader her trespasses and offer flimsy justifications for them. Her Novel Became a Best Seller. The Trouble: The Manuscript Was Stolen. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The show contains several other short videos of similar acts of boyish Process Art mayhem directed at flimsy house structures. Art Review: James Franco?s ?Dangerous Book? of Art 2010-08-19T22:00:00Z It makes me so happy to pick up a flimsy book I can get pizza sauce and wine on and not feel bad about it. Amy Schumer: By the Book 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Tozier says he was initially concerned about the recycled fabric, which he feared would be “flimsy” when he took it on the road. Perspective | New summer luggage gets back to basics 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “It’s a long, hard walk,” he said, looking at our flimsy sandals. Explorer: On the Solentiname Islands in Nicaragua, an Eden With Art 2012-03-02T23:25:09Z He decodes their jihadi lingo and religious references, their flimsy moral framework of sin and punishment and their hatred for America. Held Hostage in Syria, a Reporter Tells What It Took to Survive 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The New York Times called the symphony “trivial” and “flimsy.” ‘Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings’ Paints a Troubling Portrait 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Pleasant as it is to see the often amazing “Antic Meet,” this is the flimsiest piece in the program. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z I find that argument to be flimsy at best because why even go see a long movie in a theater if you already know you will need a break from it? Actually, I don't need (or want) intermissions during long movies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Sick with alcoholism and tuberculosis, he labored to make flimsy scripts better, a tired but relentless craftsman. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z What protection would these flimsy walls and mattresses provide against rockets and mortars? Iraq nearly gave me PTSD 2013-04-16T16:30:00Z “It’s a different way of thinking. I wanted to use the room and use these flimsy materials to make something materialize.” Revisiting a Groundbreaking Show of Feminist Art 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z But even a novel as flimsy and agenda-laden as “The Devil Wears Prada” can be boosted to a higher level by the simple introduction of Meryl Streep. Bad book, great movie 2012-06-19T21:13:00Z Set to Tony Bennett, it is a flimsy redaction of Twyla Tharp’s choreography to Frank Sinatra and a figure skating routine rolled into one. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It takes quite a while, and the result looks terrifyingly flimsy for use on rough seas. Review: ‘Cartography’ Hops Around a Fractured World Map 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z There’s nothing extremely light, flimsy, or delicate about any of this, but in hindsight now, Angelakos certainly fits that description. There's Nothing Light About Passion Pit's Gossamer 2012-07-23T18:09:47Z Based solely on the testimony of two convicted criminals who were freed as a result, the judgment always looked flimsy. TV highlights 05/06/2012 2012-06-04T19:00:01Z The smell of incense is heady, and most stalls are heaving with racks of flimsy harem pants and shiny satchels, all of which look as if they’ll last two wears and are priced to match. In South India, a Low-Key and Cheap Alternative to Goa 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There should be two paperback options — one that resembles a small, flimsy prayer book, published without chic, that has no imagery at all, that looks like someone left it in the sun too long. Bob Dylan Breaks Down 66 Classic Tunes in His New Book 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The result is that her abuser — a 34-year-old modern literature professor called “Master, or Master Aikens, or M,” is the flimsiest part of “His Favorites,” a shadow rather than a substantive presence. The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Marriages fail, children rebel, recovery commences — but who cares what happens on such a flimsy foundation? ‘If Not Now, When?’ Review: Weak Bonds Make for a Flimsy Film 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z As her mother continues describing and explaining, Gabbert suddenly experiences an impression of herself in the room from an external, bird’s-eye view — the image “flimsy, like a memory of a dream.” Disaster May Upend Reality, but What Is ‘Real’ Anyway? 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z But rooftop coops were flimsy, and they’ve largely disappeared from Manhattan. A Scholar of Pigeons 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But it’s video — the medium that once meant unendurably long, grainy films with flimsy conceptual underpinnings — that is setting the agenda. Review | Who wants to join the cult of video artist Matthew Barney? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Overall, what could have been an adaptive, gratifying experience was instead a flimsy facsimile. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Television series generally don’t finesse their way through these issues with much subtlety; if they touch them at all, it tends to be as flimsy subplots. "The Last O.G." thrives in its tastier second season 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z They're more likely to turn out flaccid and flimsy instead of crisp and brown. 3 biggest mistakes to avoid when cooking mushrooms 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The driver, Michelle, 32, is dressed in pajama bottoms and a flimsy low cut shirt. With drugs, there are no good choices, only less awful ones 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z And so Shane and Otis find themselves surrounded by walkers with only a flimsy metal gate keeping them safe. The Walking Dead Recap: 'Bloodletting' 2011-10-24T09:00:45Z I felt like a flimsy sailboat in a sea of yachts, but I took a deep breath and gave myself a pep talk. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Palin's consistent defence of her own ignorance is terrifying, but this is a flimsy example; she has offered many more robust ones. Sarah Palin: getting the Humpty 2010-07-20T19:00:00Z The one in “Virgo” is relatively high-end because he held a job as a newspaper editor in Oregon, despite “one flimsy charge of harassment stemming from an honest misunderstanding involving the women’s restroom.” Books of The Times: ‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter 2013-01-31T21:10:42Z People grab for the flimsiest chance of happiness round there, as drowning men do for driftwood. World Of Lather: a month in soap 2012-07-13T23:05:00Z I watched families sitting there, their personal tablets blocking their view of one another, not saying a word, mesmerized by these flimsy entertainments. “Comment sections are brilliant and extremely relevant”: Christy Wampole on the awfulness of Facebook, the utility of “think pieces” and why you might be reading the Internet all wrong 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z This background in turn suggests a flimsy textile tacked to the wall; that it is hardly commensurate with the hefty circles is part of the paintings’ humor. Art in Review: JUDY LEDGERWOOD: ?April Showers? 2011-06-23T21:20:40Z Star has a gift — the kind no one would return — for creating irresistible shows whose links to reality are flimsy at best. Darren Star Finds Sex in Another City With ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Failure is preordained, and “When We Leave” walks a delicate boundary between tragedy and a flimsier, easier form of pathos. | 'When We Leave': When Two Cultures Collide Under One Roof 2011-01-27T23:45:37Z Let me say unequivocally – and using proof every bit as flimsy and anecdotal as theirs – that I see no evidence of this. Campus PC panic is getting ridiculous: Here’s what a “trigger warning” really looks like — and what it does for students 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But there are moments in life when our individuality seems to drop away like a flimsy film, and we become, against our will, Everyone. Theater Review: ?Edward Albee?s The Lady From Dubuque? at End Stage Theater 2012-03-06T03:00:39Z On a recent visit, the entrance was unmanned, closed off by just a flimsy metal chain. In Cambodia, a Shooting Range Open to Tourists 2012-11-28T00:08:31Z His voice is a flimsy nasal honk, yet it radiates an undeniable sense of strength and feeling: a paper plane somehow making it across the Pacific. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z It would be easy to dismiss "Vengeance" for its unlikable hero and flimsy plotting at this point, but that would be a mistake. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z You might be tempted to dismiss a show built on party-hard gossip as flimsy, but there are some stakes here. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Plastic mesh fencing attached to metal stakes is cheaper and easier to install than post and wire fencing, though it will be flimsier and less permanent. How to grow your own food in a modern-day victory garden 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s the sense that he is playing chess to everyone else’s lame checkers moves — he is simply faster, funnier and on firmer, more principled ground than his adversaries, who are at best, comically flimsy. Lil Nas X, Clapback Champ 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The plot might flatteringly be called flimsy, but this would have mattered less if Weldon had not borrowed her characters directly from the BBC casting cupboard. Habits of the House by Fay Weldon – review 2012-08-03T21:55:02Z Kirk’s list is based on flimsy information that simply doesn’t support his claims that there is a problem of left-wing professors discriminating against conservative students. Academic witch hunts are back: The new McCarthyism, a sign of the stupidity of the post-truth era 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Terror is the inability to stop forces of nature, to protect the ones you love, to protect even yourself — in Alam’s purview, the flimsy and useless body. What Happens When a Vacation Goes Wrong — and Not in a Funny Way? 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps Ms. Bennett was worried that no one would listen to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s long speech, providing Henry with a flimsy pretext to go to war. | 'Henry V': A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act ...and Maybe a Better Hall? 2011-08-17T21:51:54Z She reached across the table to clutch his calloused hands, to examine that flimsy cell-block ring, to accept. Love’s Road Home 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z If so, a “shadow shield law” sounds like pretty flimsy protection. Perspective | Could reporters be hunted down if Trump goes after leakers? 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z At home, Caroline’s flimsy excuses for her absences fool no one, and in the movie’s most unsettling moment, Philippe calmly lets her know that he is aware of her affair. Movie Review: In ‘Bright Days Ahead,’ a 60-Year-Old Woman Takes a Lover 2014-04-24T23:35:20Z Bonus: For little hands, trays are far superior to flimsy paper plates. Throw the ultimate cookout this summer with these must-have grilling tools 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Would reading take your mind off of all the horrible shouting going on just the other side of a flimsy aluminum barrier? Fear the Walking Dead: Season one, episode two – So Close, Yet So Far 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Although she was one of the fair’s organizers, Long recognizes that her excuse was flimsy and slightly weird. A Unique and Affecting Memoir Combines Grief and Mushrooms 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The three records made Seattle ground zero for music in the early 1990s and helped crush the flimsy hair metal that flavored airwaves through the 1980s. The death of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell is a terrible loss for music — and Seattle 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Zimmerman's narrative framework may provide sufficient excuse to revisit hit tunes, but its basic structure is flimsy -- more a cardboard box than the elegant scaffolding required for the Brothers' lapidary music. 'That Lovin' Feelin' ': Jukebox musical plays like a love song to the Righteous Brothers 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “Voices” shared a program, New Combinations, with a lustrous rendition of Christopher Wheeldon’s “Polyphonia,” Justin Peck’s “Bright” — why is this flimsy work still in repertory? — and Jerome Robbins’s moody, meditative “Opus 19/The Dreamer.” Review: Alexei Ratmansky Finds a New Voice at City Ballet 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z She wears a red baseball cap and a flimsy hospital gown. The Out of Towner: Cancer Survivors See the Play ?Wit? 2012-02-16T23:10:38Z The whole, terrible story is retold here, complete with flimsy reconstructions, melodramatic music and tawdry narration. TV highlights 18/12/2012 2012-12-17T19:59:01Z Just three years later, cities have learned that smaller and cheaper, even if initially flimsy, is a smarter way to start. Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z The flimsy utensils will make quick work of fried rock shrimp draped in spicy aioli, another longtime signature of the chain. Review | At the 38th iteration of Nobu, the pretense tastes awful 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The story was minimal, even flimsy — just two tanned dude-bros traveling the world in search of tasty waves. Perspective | The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and ‘The Endless Summer’ told us about surfing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Despite some genuinely charming moments, “Girlboss” has a flimsy narrative and gives some of Sophia’s personal relationships only a passing glance. Review | ‘Girlboss’ is so two-thousand and late 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z We do know that they're a boy/girl duo from Sweden, with wispy female vocals over flighty, flimsy electronic rhythms. New band of the day ? No 764: JJ 2010-04-12T14:37:00Z His position deteriorated after 1879 when he intervened in the controversy caused by Lady Truro's burial, at her own request, in a flimsy coffin under the front lawn of her house at Shooter's Hill. The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde's Nemesis by Linda Stratmann – review 2013-04-17T13:00:03Z The churning water, spraying skyward once it struck bottom, insinuated itself under my flimsy raincoat to completely drench me. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Later that night, in the emergency room, I would lie to everyone, making up a story so flimsy that I was astonished when people believed it. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z Or load up one of those flimsy foil pie tins and throw it at a loved one's face. Butter pecan ice cream — without the ice cream machine 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z But enjoyable diversions at the scrappy Fringe can seem flimsy when they transfer Off Broadway, where the show opened at the Acorn Theater Wednesday night. | 'Abraham Lincoln?s Big, Gay Dance Party': Chris Smith Directs a Play More or Less About Lincoln 2010-08-12T03:30:00Z Sample dialogue, from the priest: “Your flimsy scrotum will evaporate almost immediately and your nuts will drop into the abyss.” This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z “Yes, it didn’t get covered, on the flimsy excuse that there was no Bowling Green massacre.” WATCH: Stephen Colbert admits that he is a Bowling Green massacre truther 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Such films as “Easy to Wed,” ”Neptune’s Daughter” and “Dangerous When Wet” followed the same formula: romance, music, a bit of comedy and a flimsy plot that provided excuses to get Esther into the water. Technicolor Star Esther Williams Dies at Age 91 2013-06-06T18:07:18Z The walls in my apartment are flimsy enough that I know many details about my neighbors. Eavesdropping, Worms and Outrageous Fortune 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z When I finally got it back, the body was fixed but nothing else worked right, so I traded it in for another car, which came with one of those flimsy temporary tags. My preschooler's first police stop: I'm embarrassed — but not for us 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z To free up floor space, I set my bookshelf on my dresser and my TV atop the flimsy Ikea wardrobe. The Wisdom of the Moving Man 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Riches enters in the flimsy guise of various characters, none of which will win him any acting awards. Adam Riches ? review 2011-08-24T17:41:51Z Timbaland’s soundtrack was the glue that held the flimsy plot together, with Hakeem’s Drip Drop and the family’s catchy song You’re So Beautiful punctuating the action. When good TV goes bad: how Empire lost its crown – and found it again 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z But it’s Hall who expresses the film’s emotional complexity — and its characters’ flimsy morality. ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ Review: Resurrecting a Megachurch 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Her alibi, that she was sleeping when the fall happened, is perhaps flimsy. "Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Even by Lake County standards, the case against him was weak, since it was based almost exclusively on his flimsy, and obviously coerced, confession. How a Racist Sheriff Railroaded a Disabled Teenager and Got Off 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z It's not like I'm a flimsy waif who gets bumped around. Disclosure: how the Lawrence brothers are rebooting dance culture 2013-05-18T05:00:00Z But the characters and their relationships are too flimsy to give the drama its full heft. Review: Stuck in Maine in ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z While the president agitates to wall off the United States, media consumers have torn down whatever flimsy barriers remained between entertainment and dire fact. Review | ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ isn’t just timely, it’s essential viewing for our fractured culture 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Even so, her casting is a problematic distraction, both from the movie’s far less recognizable stars and from a story that’s flimsy to begin with. ‘Stray Dolls’ Review: Woman on the Verge 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z A group of actors — whose faces are covered and whose genders are ambiguous — change outfits, introduce brightly colored objects and interact with their flimsy setting. Last Chance: Emerging ?Young Israelis? at Lesley Heller Workspace 2010-08-11T22:45:00Z But the choreography they performed, by Francesca Harper, was so flimsy and poorly constructed that the fanciful title of Mr. Adams’s music remained descriptive. Review: Attacca Quartet Serves Up John Adams, With Dance as a Side Dish 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Many more are passing undetected, mostly headed west aboard flimsy home-made vessels in a risky bid to cross the Caribbean to Honduras, in hopes of getting across the Mexico-U.S. border. Twenty years after Cuban raft exodus, they keep coming 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The heavy-handed attempt at dramatic irony in the flimsy connection between the playlets brought a maudlin resonance to this unconvincing encounter. Any Given Day 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Barrymore was brilliant, even in the flimsiest ones, at finding shades of incredulity you didn't know existed and was voted, year in, year out, America's most likable actor. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z The scenes between Henry and Celia are of interest because there is not much else to chew on in this flimsy thriller. Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton heat up Amazon's sleepy thriller "All the Old Knives" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Erica Pereira, now admirable in the “Serenade” Russian dance lead role and as the “Nutcracker” Sugar Plum Fairy, remains unacceptably flimsy in too many other parts, notably the “junior” pas de deux in “Chaconne.” Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Wraps Up a Memorable Winter Season 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The lack of a truly open world means you are left to the strictly linear story, which is no flimsy tale by any means. Game On: "Mafia II" has compelling characters, excellent plot 2010-08-25T19:19:00Z The Shakes are inveterate lyrical minimalists, which used to be fine, since Howard was able to bring gravity and meaning to the flimsiest of songs on the band’s debut. Alabama Shakes’s latest is a departure gone too far 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Will any of my friends even speak to me when this is over? She has dispatched damage control, but knows it is too flimsy, too behind the news cycle. Ivanka Trump goes to Washington (and all she got was dumped by Nordstrom) 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Taylor found himself quickly enmeshed in the turmoil surrounding Trump’s legally flimsy fixation on banning travel to the United States by people from an array of predominantly Muslim nations. Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he’s gone public and is hiding out. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z But their attackers broke down the flimsy door and began stoning the family huddled inside. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z But here was a gala that omitted any reason for taking Graham seriously: a flimsy start to this season. Dance Review: Lauding a Great Artist With No Example of Her Greatness 2011-03-16T21:49:32Z These are people who live in flimsy huts and depend on prayer for survival. Penny Woolcock ? runaway success 2010-06-07T21:01:00Z Romantic infatuation provided me with a goal, a way to know who I was, however flimsy the yardstick. Life Without Longing 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z A sweetmeat would seem a flimsy source of artistic inspiration. Truman Capote’s ‘A Christmas Memory,’ From Irish Repertory 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z As the sturdy and structured shapes of the 50s made way for flimsier and tighter materials, a general acceptance of jiggle made way for increased stricture. Forget the rebrand – Kim Kardashian West should ditch her shapewear range entirely 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Personal taste, he knew, was a flimsy ground on which to build a collection; better to trust the artists. ‘Icons of Modern Art’: Picassos, Matisses, Monets, Oh, My! 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The middle section details Ellis’s first through third trials, which were riddled with flimsy evidence obtained through questionable methods. Trial 4: how a 19-year-old spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Though white supremacy surely funnels its violence into white spaces too, the drama of Frank’s life feels flimsy when held up against the Hamburg victims. Her Great-Grandfather Fought for the South but Went On to Preach Equality 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z It is disappointing that this flimsy B-movie isn’t better, because once it sets up its formulaic plot, it could have been both naughty and wild. Nic Cage's "Grand Isle" falls short of the Southern Gothic crazy it promises 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z So Kate notices table napkins as “those little trifolds that manage to be both flimsy and sturdy at the same time, which seems impossible, but is not.” Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z It's a flimsy construct, and the first season of the Darren Star show faltered, as insubstantial as some of the outfits Emily wears, its dialogue as awkward as her bucket hats. "Emily in Paris" is aging well 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Yes, it's a flimsy plot, but "Bill & Ted Face the Music" uses it as a framework to riff on the storylines of the previous two outings. The latest "Bill & Ted" adventure is more bogus than excellent, despite some chuckles 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The truth is that it takes an exceptional director to prevent an entertainment as flimsy as this from collapsing under its own weightlessness. | ?The Tourist?: Gallivanting Across Europe in High Heels and High Dudgeon 2010-12-09T23:32:00Z I often think of this hardship compared with my own rather flimsy problems. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z But as a doctoral student in linguistics, I wanted to know more about how readily this behavior occurs: Would people converge based on evidence as flimsy as their own expectations of how someone might sound? What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z They draft correspondence in their mother’s name to some of the men, enticing them to the house for one flimsy reason or another. Review: ‘Man at the Helm,’ Nina Stibbe’s Comic First Novel 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Given the Donmar's exemplary musical track record, it is a bit of a shock to find them importing this flimsy, vacuous diversion. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - review 2011-02-22T02:09:02Z There are heavyweight presences – leaders, intellectuals, warriors – alongside the flimsiest sprites. Geoffrey Farmer: The Surgeon and the Photographer; Marcel Dzama: Puppets, Pawns and Prophets – review 2013-04-06T23:05:12Z What works well in the lighter material — like the earwormy title song, which sounds like “Day Tripper” being covered by the Partridge Family — feels flimsy in the heavier material, especially Beth Ann’s overdramatic arias. Review: Sarah Silverman’s ‘Bedwetter’ Musical Has Sprung a Leak 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Further diminishing the flimsy characters is the director Jay Scheib’s hyperkinetic conception, including a pair of overhead screens on which live video captured by stationary cameras and roving cameramen is juxtaposed with archival film. Music Review: Moved by Music of the Tropics, A Composer Moves to Them 2010-10-16T01:00:00Z He reached for the rusty lock on the flimsy metal gate and found it broken. The Ultimate Temple Raider?: Inside an Antiquities-Smuggling Operation 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Once more, the "primacy of foreign policy" is asserted on flimsy grounds. Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review 2013-05-23T08:00:03Z If you don't stick up for the flimsiest kind of humor, then you can't protect the most important kind either. 'Gay' joke in 'The Dilemma' movie trailer: Humorous or harmful? 2010-10-13T23:23:00Z Conforming to the composer-virtuoso model of the day, Farrenc’s early piano pieces were rondos or sets of variations on popular and operatic tunes, but they were far from the ostentatious, flimsy norm. Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z If there’s one nit, it’s the flimsy wooden chopsticks. Review | Sushi Nakazawa is so unforgettable you might forget where it’s located 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Based on the admittedly flimsy evidence of films like “The Darkest Hour,” the best defense against invading aliens is to be as attractive as possible. Movie Review: ?The Darkest Hour,? Directed by Chris Gorak - Review 2011-12-26T20:57:42Z Of course, it's not easy to serve haute cuisine in a flimsy polystyrene tray, so festival food tents increasingly provide laid tables and attentive waiting staff. Posh nosh replaces dodgy festival food in 2013 2013-05-10T23:00:07Z They were simply an opportunity to spend time with a good storyteller, a droll soul with the skills to turn even the flimsiest bits of real-life anecdotage into pleasurable reading material. Propane, Peapods and Perplexities 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The sabotage she contrives is not the point here: plot-wise, "Pageant Play" is fairly flimsy, and its characters are delivered in broad strokes. Review: 'Pageant Play' is a hoot ? full of Lone Star beauty-contest lunacy 2010-07-21T22:02:00Z Those flimsy paint chips on the other hand? Paint companies are bringing inspiration (and swatches) from your Instagram feed to your door 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z What we have done to them is the grossest example of our drive to use women’s brutalised bodies as a flimsy springboard to tell a story about a male killer. From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, why are dead women’s bodies still being used as entertainment? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Also: Did the gate between us and purgatory, once it was finally shown, seem alarmingly flimsy to you? 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Horseman With No Head; Ben Franklin With No Breeches 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z “If the shelves are flimsy and fall apart on you in the morning, forget it,” Gross said. Small-space living: Clothing storage in tiny apartments In her heyday, it would have been difficult to imagine Ms. Ryder, a two-time Oscar nominee, having to weigh such flimsy options. Winona Ryder, an Emblem of ’90s Cool, Grows Up 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes the cauterization of sensitive information can rest on something far flimsier. The New Celebrity Power Move: Keeping Secrets 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z An assortment of secondary characters are given story lines too flimsy to register, and the special effects are equally rickety. Review: ‘U.S.S. Indianapolis,’ a War (Yawn) Catastrophe 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Supreme Silliness Lifted by Supreme Technique Is any art more shamelessly absurd, flimsy and frivolous than ballet? Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire’ From American Ballet Theater 2012-07-03T21:41:39Z As a symbol the boats resonate in Italy, where migrants arrive almost daily by sea on often flimsy vessels from Africa. Boats evoking refugees hang from Italy palace in Ai Weiwei installation 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The trio of student accommodation blocks avoid the usual form of flimsy stacked hutches, instead standing as a cluster of supersized houses, with canted rooflines and big openings deeply carved into brick walls. Stirling prize 2013: shock of the new as five first-time nominees shortlisted 2013-07-17T23:01:00Z The flimsy set has to be flat-packed for transportation round a circuit of tiny village halls; the non-existent guests at the wedding are suggested by means of a few hats on sticks. A Blood Wedding in Wensleydale 2010-10-05T20:29:00Z It was just a flimsy stake holding a flimsy net marking off tubing lanes. Rapture in the Zoom 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z To walk in is to be astounded that so much commanding sculptural form, so many columns and pyramids, can rise up from such flimsy materials. A Rare Look at Rauschenberg’s Second Act 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Their makeshift imprisonment in flimsy rope restraints poses yet another ethical quandary to our collected heroes, who must again reconcile their basic decency with practical concerns of resources and security. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z There may be a way to justify the shoddiness of the movie’s images with a high-concept explanation — maybe it’s intentional that no matter what reality Greg and Isabel occupy, it looks grubby, flimsy and fake. ‘Bliss’ Review: A High Concept, Under-Designed 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “There are a lot of different types of yoga mats, most of them are very flimsy,” Dr. Brandt said. Possessed: Yoga Mat Helps Doctor Maintain Extensive Regimen ? Possessed 2012-03-30T22:13:15Z The all-conquering love hymned in the classic musical was beginning to look like an increasingly flimsy fiction. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z |
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