| 单词 | overwrought |
| 例句 | I caught myself wringing my hands, something I’d only read about in overwrought sentimental stories. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, I must. He’s upset and overwrought and it’s not light yet. There may be elil, whatever Strawberry says.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia remembers how when she was in grammar school the paraphernalia of faith had proved more intriguing than its overwrought lessons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been so overwrought about everything, I almost had to strangle him and put him into the casket right along with Uncle Edisto. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Their suspicions about their neighbor and their teacher suddenly seemed overwrought and childish. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I was already overwrought about my wife, I was still grieving for my mother, and then to hear such news... Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days after arriving in the latter community, he brazenly knocked on the door of Edward Weston, who was sufficiently charmed by the overwrought young man to humor him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My repeated refrain that DNA could fall at any moment sounded too suspiciously like Francis in one of his overwrought periods. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Peach quivered with his overwrought feelings, trying to pull himself together. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The snare had left him weak and overwrought. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days after, I watched the ridiculous pageantry of flags, the machismo of firemen, the overwrought slogans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Jackson’s own overwrought opposition, much like airbursts in a night battle, actually called attention to the issues the Quakers wished to raise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My parents were so overwrought that they gave up having any more children and devoted their lives to doing good work among the poor and hungry.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside their cedar tree they spoke of everything in the intense and overwrought manner of teenagers and he found that she had many moods. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Penelope was so overwrought, she was not thinking clearly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I can get killed flying them, too,” Dobbs answered pugnaciously in his rough, quavering, overwrought voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Pollard, surely overwrought from the reducing, lost control. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t like the way he seems, worrying to Theo that Vincent is “exaggerated and overwrought, quoting at random from the Bible....It is a bitter, bitter shame.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The original story understands the sad awkwardness between child and father and pities the father’s helplessness, but it is overwritten and overwrought. Lore Segal on Memory as the Artist’s Notebook 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Jumping from red and purple weddings to unruly adolescent dragons to an ice zombie invasion that, despite literally years of overwrought, unfulfilled exhortations about coming winter, still managed to blindside us. Disillusioned with Game of Thrones and True Detective? Try Penny Dreadful 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z It was an overwrought pile designed by an obscure pair, Dodgshun & Unsworth, and paid for by the Flower family, local brewers. A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011-01-29T00:06:16Z In an overwrought metaphor, the town is soon clouded by a dust storm. Review: In ‘Strangerland,’ Relocating Does Little to Ease a Family’s Strains 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The movie plays as melodramatically as billed, at times going for the overwrought close-up or schmaltzy music to emphasize what’s at stake. Cannes 2014: 'Grace of Monaco' opening more awkward than regal 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But is a little overwrought and at times feels more like a cheesy Broadway recording. Music Monday: The Rise of the Christmas Album 2011-12-12T14:15:42Z Big and overwrought, they are the sort of thing that might work in the European mountain house of a histrionic soprano, but in a New York City apartment they are too much. I Was Misinformed: I Was Misinformed: The Breakup Bed 2012-10-15T19:07:39Z As an overwrought society moll, she drifts across her terrace in Capri in a frothy white caftan, its sheerness both a taunt and tacit invitation. Woke or Not, the Caftan Is Sexy 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z One overwrought element that should be reworked or scrapped altogether: a series of poles topped by metal flower-shaped forms that would capture solar energy while providing an additional bit of shade. Winning design team, bigger budget announced for new Civic Center park 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s part of an overwrought theatricality that has tripped him up before. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Plays BAM Fisher 2013-09-05T20:20:56Z In this environment, Ms. Monáe’s sleek eccentricity has often felt overwrought, or at minimum, inessential. Janelle Monáe, and Other Wondaland Artists, Step Back in Time at the Highline Ballroom 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z To be fair, some of their ideas are expressed thoughtfully, but others are silly and overwrought. ‘Let Fury Have the Hour’: Progressive artists vent with passion 2013-02-14T22:45:41Z Mizumura’s writing is urgent yet thorough, and her plot — with its multiple divorces and infidelities, scheming, legends and deaths — just short of overwrought. ‘Inheritance From Mother’: A must-read novel about the tangled bonds of motherhood 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z There are a few things I have come to expect during the Super Bowl: some maybe-OK commercials, an overwrought halftime show, superior programming on Animal Planet, and sex trafficking hysteria. The Super Bowl trafficking myth 2014-01-30T00:00:00Z That passion can sometimes border on the overwrought, but it seemed especially appropriate on Levine’s song pick here, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” 'The Voice' recap: Top 12 prove it ain't over till it's over 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Among the horrors paraded across the screen is a gang of toughs in hoodies who set innocents afire for no real reason other than that it suits the director’s overwrought imagination. | 'Heartless': Out of the Dark Shadows, Arty Toil and Trouble 2010-11-19T06:13:00Z Or that a Florence and the Machine vibe, courtesy of producer Epworth, cloaks other tracks in overwrought Wagnerian drama. On U2's 'Songs of Innocence,' you get what you pay for (and more) 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z "Pet Sematary" lacks the overwrought silliness of the original, which gave it a certain charm, and has none of its iconic moments nor original ones to replace them. "Pet Sematary" stinks like a rotting corpse: Stay away and watch the original 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Her understated acting seemed particularly natural in light of the more overwrought dramatics by recent heroines at the Met. Music Review: Hei-Kyung Hong Stars in Willy Decker?s ?Traviata? at the Met 2012-04-08T22:03:54Z Then he or she flips it over and reads aloud the often overwrought publisher-supplied copy on the back cover. Down to the Sea Again, Impersonating Writers 2011-07-01T16:12:05Z A group of researchers known as the American Association of Wine Economists has waged a nearly decade-long crusade against overwrought and unreliable flavor descriptions. Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It may be sentimental, overwrought, precious and narcissistic, but for all that, it remains a poignant record of adolescent joy, fear, ambition and angst. Art Review: ?Francesca Woodman? at Guggenheim Museum 2012-03-15T20:37:11Z Titled “Cobalt,” the episode was an anxious, nervy hour that resisted overwrought obviousness — the Achilles’ heel of “The Walking Dead” — in favor of shaded musings on the moral relativism of the survival instinct. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: I Saw the Devil's Face 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Reframed that way, and with heaps of oversize symbolic baggage piled on top, the story comes to seem overwrought and incoherent. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The cost of living argument is partially overwrought. How Obamacare Tackled the Pitfalls of Employer-Sponsored Insurance Reform 2012-05-14T11:35:22Z Yes, Nicholas Christakis was unfairly targeted by some students who, again, are sensitive barometers of our civic implosion but are inexperienced and overwrought in dealing with it. The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Doing nothing that felt exaggerated or overwrought, Ms. Wang emphasized unsettled harmonies and de-emphasized melodic integrity. Review: Yuja Wang Plays Dazed Chaos, Then 7 Encores 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Gaga was referring to one of the deeper cuts on “Joanne,” an overwrought, oversung ballad about gun violence that never specifically mentions Martin. Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’: Where the freaks have no game 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z We felt ourselves connected, with no sense of detachment and no quotation marks, to the mythic lore and overwrought symbolism of baseball. How baseball got so lame: The national pastime is so white and so dreary — and is still a money machine 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Over in Stratford, another children's favourite is almost as thrilling, if at times overwrought. The Borrowers; The Mouse and His Child; Robin and His Merry Mam!; Dial M for Murgatroyd 2012-12-23T00:04:15Z The language might be laborious or overwrought, while the narrative and vision are thrilling. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z In any case, the moral ambiguities that animate the film’s last act are less intriguing than the world it depicts on the way to an overwrought climax. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z And yet: If glimmering moments of hilarity are a temporary respite for overwrought American psyches, then it should be said, at least, that these particular white dudes are doing their part. These four friends grew up pulling pranks. Then they turned their shtick into a cable TV empire. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Then again, the overwrought score cheapens a number of these scenes, and that layer of the production absolutely should have been tamed. Nat Geo's "Trafficked" delves into the criminal underworld, while putting its reporter at risk 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z No one building can undo the dispiriting effect of bad architecture, overwrought security and the soulless corporate-academic campus of George Washington University that have disfigured the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z So is it overwrought by too much capitalism? As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion" 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The long-term effect, however, often becomes rhythmically overwrought: Mr. Peck seems to stressing too many points per phrase. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z And the Beethoven was Beethoven, a little overwrought in this reading but wonderful anyway. No quarter from the Spektral Quartet 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z But considering the pretty lightweight bridal dresses worn by Kate Middleton, and more recently by Princess Madeleine of Sweden, “royal” need not mean overwrought. Fashion Review: Bold or Subtle, Skin Is In 2013-07-03T17:26:27Z Theatrically lit and emotionally overwrought, they harked back to the history painting of Jacques-Louis David, with the spectral atmosphere of Caravaggio or Georges de La Tour. Alfred Leslie, Artist Who Turned Away From Abstraction, Dies at 95 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The key for me in writing my story was that it could not be overwrought where it is something like "Oh my God, this is what happened. Poor me! This is awful!" Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Despite venturing, ultimately, into territory that’s both soapy and overwrought, it is nevertheless unflinching. ‘The Bandaged Place’ Review: A Dance With His Devils 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s a seductively unvarnished antidote to the recent overwrought movie adaptation. Top 10 choices (possibly) in the new theater season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Little about “Dark Hope” suggested that Ms. Fleming felt connected to what she sang; and fussy, overwrought arrangements didn’t help. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2012-04-08T21:51:26Z That’s when I saw it, and I was too overwrought and entertained to really know what its movie context would have been. ‘Amazing Grace’ Review: Aretha Franklin Is Glorious in a Rousing Concert Film 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Finally, a report that Megacle has committed suicide sends Licida into a deeply overwrought state, and he sings a turbulent aria to end the act. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z Certain critics found the music overwrought, melodramatic, even mawkish. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z “Still” proved no less restless than “Restless,” but here the wildly overwrought solos were subdued or absorbed by groups, not individuals, and a sense of community replaced the previous work’s depiction of isolation. Choreographer Rosanna Gamson delivers a 'Restless' night of dance at REDCAT 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Almost the opposite is true of “Bon Voyage, Bob…,” a baggy, rambling gush of a piece that, at close to four hours with an intermission, is way too long and emotionally overwrought, yet oddly absorbing. Two Choreographers at Work in a Pina Bausch-Haunted Land 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The overwrought dialogue clashes with the rest of the movie’s naturalism. ‘The Score’ Review: Songs in the Key of Heist 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Since then, Coolidge’s character, Tanya, a fan favorite for her comic cluelessness and overwrought energy, appeared in Season 2, this time vacationing at a sister property in Sicily with her new husband, Greg. Jennifer Coolidge wins best supporting actress for ‘The White Lotus.’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But while the crafting of the music required so much time and care, Mira’s manner of singing and how he performs do not fit into any particular lineage or overwrought business plan. Seattle’s Vince Mira brings his own flare to bolero music 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Presumably Sibelius's Wood Nymph was chosen as a bit of Scandinavia to honour the Finnish conductor and Swedish soloist; under Storgård's baton, the sprawling tone poem seemed an ill-defined, overwrought slog. BBCSSO/Hardenberger ? review 2011-03-25T22:00:02Z In the current locked-down world, which is hollowed out by economic collapse and fragmented by fear of contagion, Mr. Crewdson’s overwrought images seem like faithful representations of our frazzled psychological state. For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Readers recommend songs with sound effects This week there was a huge temptation to fill two lists with comedy records and overwrought metal tunes. Readers recommend: songs with sound effects ? the results 2010-03-25T22:00:00Z Genders are reversed in the deliberately overwrought saga of cross-class marriage, which is entirely in keeping with the original spirit of the piece. Review | Chicago’s Hypocrites bring ‘Pinafore’ to D.C. in their jammies 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Do we really need an overwrought tête-à-tête every five minutes to remind us that these guys don’t quite see eye-to-eye? 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Her simple jabs and subtle flashes of anger work best; the overwrought jokes and tantrums she's asked to deliver misfire, pushing the character from precocious to obnoxious. RuPaul made his sitcom-starring debut with "AJ and the Queen," and we are not amused 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z One of the recurring themes in many reviews is how every scene is an overwrought event. "Hillbilly Elegy" is "poverty-class cosplay" and "laughably bad" – reviews of Netflix's adaptations 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The drunken arrival of Rashid, angry that he has not been given the contract for the book cover, feels stagy and overwrought. Review: ‘Threesome,’ at 59E59 Theaters, Examines Sexual Inequality 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Cue the overwrought fulmination from the right wing. How conservatives exposed ridiculous truth about their ideology as they flipped out about this shoe 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Vantuycom, explosive and frequently overwrought, dashed out repeatedly with an almost comical vigor. Review: Spinning and Toiling, but Not Finding Coltrane’s Sacred Love 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Even the most inexperienced, overwrought 19-year-olds are barometers of civil society’s accelerating implosion — and their readings of it are often quite accurate. The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Often, like Tinguely’s work, the political spectacle of the Clintons seems strikingly overwrought, dependent on a lot of moving parts to perform what should be a simple motion. 5 presidential candidates and the art that shows how we feel about them 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The writing is just as extreme: characters declaim in identical overwrought rants. Alessandra Stanley Sizes Up 2013 TV Fare 2013-12-13T19:27:53Z Muse – United States of Eurasia I think this is classic Muse; a bit overwrought, underpinned by slighly wonky conspiracy theorising, but yet you can't help but be carried away by it. Readers recommend: songs with special guests 2010-10-14T23:01:00Z In the grand tradition of sending up a shady business onstage comes “White Pearl,” Anchuli Felicia King’s often funny but ultimately overwrought comedy of an Asian economic miracle gone off the rails. Review | ‘White Pearl’ is an amusing take on the beauty business. But watch out — things get ugly. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, I found her new “Uncaged” at once overwrought and wispy. Review: A Scrappy Ballet Company, Undone by High Expectations 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Ten years later, the show’s reputation has weathered the waves of overwrought praise from us and others. What would The Wire be like in Trump's America? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Suddenly, our glorious little micro world has something to prove; life inside Downton has to become even more intense and overwrought to rival the horrors of the battlefield. Downton Abbey Watch: House of Despair 2012-01-30T13:30:25Z The underrehearsed ensemble has neither cohesion nor conviction, exhibiting mismatched styles from affectless through overwrought, and a suggestion of mutual mistrust that I suspect you might find in prison theater companies. | 'Small Craft Warnings': Barroom Dirges of the Working Class 2011-02-22T22:02:02Z Summarized, that plot may sound melodramatic and convoluted, and Mr. Martin’s use of tattooing as a metaphor for the permanent physical and emotional scars left by trauma can seem overwrought. Books of The Times: Two Women Love One Man, Worthy of Neither 2011-06-19T21:55:18Z He still wrote his column for the Nation, and although his crusade against Clinton had struck most of its readers as overwrought, his contempt appeared to arise from a wellspring of leftist principle. Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z In her clever, unsettling debut novel, “My Dark Vanessa,” Kate Elizabeth Russell offers a creepy account of abuse and an overwrought teenage girl’s love story at the same time; one is superimposed on the other. Girl, Interrupted 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z There’s a danger for this material to tip into the overwrought or gimmicky, given what an actor must do to portray Merrick, but Gilbert never comes across as less than authentic. STAGEright’s ‘Elephant Man’ a potent, powerful show 2014-03-13T20:20:36Z At once austere and conceptually overwrought, “The Nine Muses” is both too much and not enough. | 'The Nine Muses': ?The Nine Muses,? by John Akomfrah - Review 2011-10-05T22:07:26Z From its spare flute music to the white fabric glinting in the morning sun, “The Table of Silence” was too overwrought to be much more than a pious obligation. Dance Review: ?Table of Silence Project 9/11? and ?9/11 Dance? - Review 2011-09-12T23:28:21Z Yet the liberal press seemed to succumb to its own overwrought view that Obama was a damaged president, lucky if he got re-elected. Obamas in love: the most retweeted moment in history 2012-11-09T15:52:17Z The correpondents' copy was taut and lyrical and almost never overwrought. In defense of Andy Rooney 2011-09-28T13:29:00Z This week, the group releases “Monuments to an Elegy,” a new entry in an overwrought album cycle called “Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.” Pop and Rock Listings for Dec. 5-Dec. 11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The duets were frequently lovely, but sometimes overwrought, and the subtitles — “Open Your Eyes,” “Take a Deep Breath” — made me suspect my mindfulness was on trial. Review | San Francisco Ballet takes the Kennedy Center stage with six bold new works 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z However, elsewhere, there's too much polished, overwrought, formulaic slop, with You Get Me's line about a "beautiful song you've heard a million times" containing more than a hint of irony. Seal: 6: Commitment 2010-09-16T22:59:00Z Even the positive reviews of Snyder’s books exuded a certain discomfort with his conclusions, finding them so unthinkable that they were “surely” exaggerated and “overwrought.” The Debate Over the Word Fascism Takes a New Turn 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Characters are simply triggers for the overwrought action sequences, though between the Edward Scissorhands editing and occasional wobbling background, even those are less than distinct. Review: ‘XXX: Return of Xander Cage’ Deploys Vin Diesel on a New Mission 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In his review for The Times, A. O. Scott wrote that the film is “a modest and effectively executed urban thriller, suspenseful and entertaining in its clammy, overwrought way.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘A Gray State’ and ‘The Magicians’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It also felt a bit like the opening evening: overstretched, overwrought and ultimately as hollow as that empty vitrine. Wes Anderson, Curator? The Filmmaker Gives It a Try 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z These stylings evoke a gentle sense of collective memory that compensates for the film’s more grandiose moments, including Strassera’s overwrought final address. ‘Argentina, 1985’ Review: All the Prosecutor’s Men 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Reading this overwrought and strangely airless book, one would never imagine a different way of viewing things, one that rejects Caldwell’s ultimatum to “choose between these two orders.” Did the Civil Rights Movement Go Wrong? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The episode is overwrought in many ways, with Chazelle trying too hard to shock and create tension and unease. Why, Damien Chazelle, why?!: "Babylon" is a busy, bawdy and bad orgy of Hollywood nothingness 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z To prepare to write a play, Kushner spends the morning browsing the Wikipedia, then dashes off the play in the afternoon, stuffing every irrelevant issue into his overwrought prose. Tony Kushner, at Peace? Not Exactly. But Close. 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z If the staging does not evoke the ritualized feel of Kabuki theater, the play risks coming off as an overwrought, lurid little melodrama. Theater Review: ?The Maids? by Jean Genet, From Red Bull Theater 2012-03-16T02:00:00Z Shiel’s “Shapes in the Fire,” composed in a feverish, overwrought prose, clearly revel in what the poet Swinburne once memorably described as “the raptures and roses of vice.” Review | The ’90s are having a literary moment. That is, the 1890s. . . 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Like many teenagers, I was overwrought, vain, insecure, filled with an excruciating longing for exceptional experiences and terrified that I was too ordinary to attract them. Our school shooting 2012-08-20T01:00:00Z Not that it is easy to strike the proper emotional tone in a movie that is as stuffed with bogus feeling and overwrought incident as a fast-food burrito. Movie Review | 'The Last Song': Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth in a Beach Romance 2010-03-30T22:09:00Z Alongside Mackerras's unadorned directness, which always allows the music to speak for itself, it seems overwrought and overbearing. Suk: Asrael; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem – review 2012-08-02T21:05:00Z Then Drake waited a month, let the Internet cycle spin and released the overwrought, 90-minute slog “Scorpion,” going platinum in a day and sucking up all the oxygen in the room. Review | Pusha T Celebrates His ‘Daytona’ at the Enormous Echostage 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s not labored or overwrought, somehow—it’s just proof of Stewart’s underheralded powers. How Kristen Stewart Shook Off Twilight to Become One of the Best Actresses of Her Generation 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The casting is strong all around, which helps pull the series through its weaker stretches, when it does start to drift into a morality play or an overwrought junkie melodrama. Review: American Crime Is a Mystery With Meaning 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Its surging climaxes and overwrought Romanticism are in contrast to the pungent harmonies and jagged rhythms of the mature Bartok. Music Review: When Youthful Ambition Was Restrained by Prudence 2011-03-28T22:21:23Z Filled with crushing facts about animal cruelty yet also overstuffed and overwrought, it’s emotionally and visually tough to watch. Movie Review: Katia Louise’s ‘Saving America’s Horses’ 2012-12-07T02:38:56Z Yet while the craftsmanship is top notch as overwrought action movies go, the politics are still quite toxic. The MAGA fever dream of "Rambo: Last Blood" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z There is something still lugubrious and overwrought about “True Detective,” but there’s also a mesmerizing style to it — it’s imperfect, but well made. ‘True Detective’ Season 2: New cast, setting, same grim self-seriousness 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z At times, particularly in its overwrought closing act, the film feels as if it’s going to collapse under the weight of its relentless, convoluted twists. ‘Full River Red’ Review: A Song Dynasty Blockbuster 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z During a season when the majority of movies are sappy and overwrought with emotion, this unexpectedly delightful comedy is fun, weird and relatable in the best ways. 6 Underrated Holiday Movies to Stream Right Now 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z But this author of countless clichéd, overwrought stories wants to beg those teachers to please wait. She Grew Up in a House Without Books. A Teacher Helped Her Realize She Could Write One Herself. 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Cue the overwrought narration: “After 3,300 years they are together again: King Tutankhamen’s family, reunited on the long journey to eternity.” Television Review | 'King Tut Unwrapped': CSI: Egypt, Complete With DNA Tests of Mummies 2010-02-19T22:46:00Z Davis' expressive performance welcomes the audience to flinch as she yanks between baseline honesty and the overwrought pep forcing Nella to chirp whenever Vera flings a task at her. "The Other Black Girl" peeks into the hidden horrors of being the only person of color at the office 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The roof is visually dramatic and more than a little overwrought. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Her choreography, however, is busy and overwrought, especially beside its chosen music. Review: At Washington Ballet, 3 Affable, Immature Premieres 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The other, more pedestrian issues with the show – multi-episode subplots that go nowhere, overwrought family drama, an egregious deployment of the Beach Boys’ accursed Kokomo – seem like lighter offenses in comparison to Daniels’ garbled ambitions. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z But for all its tasteful rectitude and obvious reverence for the movie, Mr. Woodruff’s “Autumn Sonata” exposes the overwrought, overexplicit Freudianism of the material, nearly tipping it into parody at times. | 'Autumn Sonata': A Fraught Mother-Daughter Drama 2011-04-28T22:18:19Z Indeed, Saturday Night Live managed to wring humor from the star, mocking her sacred status in the culture and her overwrought fans with their “Beygency” sketch. Beyoncé Parodies Reveal the Limitations of Late Night 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z There are no predictably triumphant performance scenes or recording studio breakthroughs, no overwrought montages set to obvious pop songs. In ‘Atlanta,’ a Soundtrack That Subtly Whispers Its Locale 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Typically, a more neutral, milk-forward cheese is better, allowing the purity of the sauce to shine through instead of laden, overwrought cheese. Formaggio! An Italian-American's guide to choosing the best cheese for your pizza 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Bartosik is of course commenting on this television culture, even offering a swipe at “So You Think You Can Dance,” including sound clips from that show and a parody of a typically overwrought duet. Dance Review: Kimberly Bartosik?s ?i like penises? at Danspace - Review 2011-09-25T21:53:18Z Jarvis better serves his goal of restoring the progenitor of “Pickwick” to his rightful stature in several overwrought but effective fictional scenes that depict an arrogant Dickens goading a distraught Seymour. ‘Death and Mr. Pickwick’ asks if Dickens stole his famous first novel 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Instead, Corman was forced to make do with overwrought dialogue delivered by Vincent Price or Ray Milland to let us know that waking up in one's own grave is a serious bad trip. Straight to DVD: "The Descent, Part 2" 2010-05-01T15:31:00Z The sheer abundance of art and architecture, legacy and history rendered Santa Fe more mythical than overwrought. In Santa Fe, searching for a ghost and finding enchantment 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A burst of violence, indirectly connected to Queen and Slim, feels jarring and overwrought, especially because of the way it’s intercut with a sex scene — a mash-up that produces more cacophony than intensity. ‘Queen & Slim’ Review: Love on the Run 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Everything unfolds in an atmosphere of self-conscious stagecraft and deliberately overwrought emotion. Movie Review: ‘Chicken With Plums,’ About Contemporary Iran 2012-08-16T21:53:48Z It’s like an echo chamber of overwrought sentiment. 'Mad Men' Recap: Misplaced Nostalgia 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Capitol on Jan. 6, which may also be when it was written, but it now sounds overwrought. Speaking Truth to Both the Right and the Left 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Pauline Kael called it overwrought and rather silly, a judgment that looks even more apt a half-century on. ‘The Ipcress File’ Review: In the Footsteps of Michael Caine 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Every conversation between these two continues on this false, overwrought note, with Henry on a kind of Dr. Phil-like attack to scare this girl straight. Tony Kaye's Detachment: A Miserable Education 2012-03-22T17:09:55Z The soprano Tony Arnold was a wide-eyed, slightly overwrought presence, but she brought remarkable flexibility, sensitivity and warmth to the keening, sometimes desperate vocal lines. Music Review: Astringent Modernist Meets Instrument of Old 2011-03-08T21:21:07Z In “October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things,” an enjoyably eerie if overwrought piece, the ensemble adapts yarns plucked from “Fragile Things,” a collection of miscellany by the fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. ‘October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The effort to disguise the banality of that plot, or to pump it up to earn the release of song, forces “The Mad Ones” into some overwrought detours. Review: A Girl’s Kerouac Dreams Go Astray in ‘The Mad Ones’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z However, other paintings are overwrought, expressionist interpretations of nature rather than direct engagements with it. Vivian Suter at The Mistake Room 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Who needs the overwrought lines of The Bridge, the James Franco impersonation? America’s forgotten poet 2012-10-04T20:02:00Z It takes a while to warm to the broadly anachronistic gags, and there’s some blunt violence and overwrought, shrieky clowning. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z Having been carried offstage, Ms. Koppe returns ensconced in a chrysalis of gleaming cellophane, which she sheds in a kind of overwrought resurrection scene. Review: Contortions en Route to Resurrection in Shen Wei’s ‘Neither’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Even with a character who seems pathetic and unhinged, Vaughn can deliver a gag with the best of them, and he, James and Latifah rescue some of the overwrought comic setups here through sheer brio. "The Dilemma": Vince Vaughn's psycho-stalker breakdown 2011-01-14T20:30:00Z Some overwrought acting — many temptations await those who play rural folks — contributes to these problems. 'Star Witness': Small-town girl, pedaling for her own good 2011-03-28T22:13:46Z The piece began with a chain of solos, each overwrought and each abruptly stopped when another dancer grabbed and subdued the soloist. Choreographer Rosanna Gamson delivers a 'Restless' night of dance at REDCAT 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The more emotionally overwrought parts of the piece revealed some rhythmic disparity among the three musicians, with cellist Jan Palenicek often engulfed in overly forceful sound from his two partners. Review | Czech piano trio makes Washington debut 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z He loads, and finally overloads, the opera with Mahlerian crashes and overwrought symbolism. ?A Quiet Place? Of Dysfunction And Dystopia 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z Another even admitted the ad was a “bit schmaltzy and overwrought,” but claimed the backlash was “proof” enough for its existence. Gillette's 'We Believe' ad focusing on 'toxic masculinity' gets mixed response, sends upset customers to seek other brands 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The Dutch left behind these almost overwrought descriptions of how beautiful and abundant the landscape was — how, sailing here, they could smell the flowers all the way out into the ocean. When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Marred only by the overwrought contemporary conviction that “Cabaret” has to club an audience over the head with its moral weight, Signature Theatre’s revival is a lovely rendition of this oft-produced work. Willkommen once again to ‘Cabaret’ 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z You want to see him to do another overwrought version of Hey Mr Tambourine Man and nothing else. Should Star Trek 2 beam up a cameo for William Shatner? 2011-03-04T10:59:02Z The music, thick with shimmering orchestral writing and languid melodic lines, is overwrought, almost mawkish. Review: ‘Bel Canto’ Opera Arrives at an Unsettling Time 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z He favors lurid, borderline-ugly colors and finds a tone that somehow erases the distinction between deadpan comedy and overwrought melodrama. Movie Review: Todd Solondz’s ‘Dark Horse’ Stars Jordan Gelber 2012-06-07T21:43:01Z Adora’s iciness runs in stark contrast to her love of these overwrought feminine details. Deep cuts: how Sharp Objects offers up a radically dark view of women 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Their company name comes from Alignment’s overwrought emphasis that it is not trying to replace labels but rather can be complementary to the existing music industry structure. BlackRock Investing In Musicians Through Alignment Artist Capital 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z For older people, Yee’s review offers a welcome reminder of those times at fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, when the world of mature self-expression was fresh and every art work seemed in need of overwrought endorsement. The Arrest of a Teen-Aged YouTube Star 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z While the plots of those films could feel overwrought and absurd, those qualities almost worked to the films' favor. "Hellboy" needs Guillermo del Toro. 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z It's a tad overwrought, and the play would be better served by more realistic restraint. 'Tree' at Victory Gardens ★★★ 2011-04-13T21:19:58Z One was Robert Downey Jr., who memorably portrayed Charlie Chaplin in a film that was otherwise knocked for being glossy and overwrought. Richard Attenborough dies: 6 of the actor-director's memorable movies 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z That kind of overwrought narration makes some of these documentaries a slog, as does the almost constant use of slow motion; in the wild, it appears, nothing happens in real time. Critic?s Notebook: It?s a Jungle Out There: Big Cats, Big Body Counts 2010-12-05T22:14:00Z The play is a report back from an emotional abyss, yet for all its intensity, it isn’t grim or overwrought. Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Gets Joan Didion’s Intention Just Right 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “Nightcrawler” is a modest and effectively executed urban thriller, suspenseful and entertaining in its clammy, overwrought way. ‘Nightcrawler’ Stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an Obsessive 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z It didn't need to be overwrought and big and important, it would have made the material pretentious. 2010-01-11T16:37:00Z Mr Robot can sometimes be confusing, perhaps a little overwrought, and there are points where even the show’s biggest fan might ask themselves: where are they going with this? Battle of the Bastards to San Junipero: what was the best TV episode of 2016? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z When I left the movie, I felt like I had sat through an overlong, disjointed, at times overwrought and uneven film. Readers respond after 'Boyhood' fails to impress critic Kenneth Turan 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Instead, his focus is oftentimes squandered on overwrought exegesis, and his interpretive frenzy frequently substitutes rigor for mere stylistic cleverness, even fallacy. How did American artists respond to the horror of WWI? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The ballet, melodramatic and overwrought as it is, is a good vehicle for Mr. Le Riche’s dramatic intensity, his feline grace and his almost supernatural ability to soar into the air without any visible preparation. Nicolas Le Riche gives last performance at Palais Garnier 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Large plates also include a couple of overwrought combos so common on Mexican menus. The party's on at Kirkland's Milagro Cantina 2011-03-10T22:31:07Z Florid, emotionally overwrought and saddled with a ridiculous plot, it’s proof that not every work by a great artist is great art. Review: 1 Actor, in 8 Roles, Wrestles Nuance From Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Strange Interlude’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z To the bureaucrats, policymakers and, yes, lobbyists who live here, the Washington of “Miss Sloane” and “House of Cards” is ludicrously overwrought and hyperbolic. At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Inside, overwrought armoires and tables in native koa wood jockey for space with royal spears and feathered staffs. 36 Hours in Kailua-Kona 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z As overwrought as they sometimes were, though, these dedications confirmed an important truth about the ways in which a pop song can gain meaning not through mere melody but through an exchange of emotions. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “What tragedy cannot survive is the merest hint that it might, just possibly,” he writes, “be ‘a trifle overwrought.’ ” Books of The Times: ‘How to Be Gay,’ by David M. Halperin 2012-08-07T19:02:09Z The writing in this article is so overwrought, it seems a more likely candidate for a romance novel than a restaurant review. At Happy Stony Noodle, a Childhood Favorite Anchors the Menu 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Critic Michael O'Sullivan also notes that every event is overwrought in this "mystifying film adaptation" of the memoir. "Hillbilly Elegy" is "poverty-class cosplay" and "laughably bad" – reviews of Netflix's adaptations 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But as the mood shifts from sex comedy toward loftier, more somber matters — money, loyalty, family honor — “House of Gucci” manages to become both overwrought and tedious. ‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s all everything and nothing and empty in the end as the show literally ends in that room just before the shop with overwrought metaphors: the dove and dots, white on white. Damien Hirst at Tate Modern 2012-07-09T14:15:00Z Like the sounds in “Chatting” these glimpses of reality are a relief from the overwrought Gothic romance of Ms. Lin’s sculptures. Art Review: ‘Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao’ at Asia Society 2012-09-06T21:36:59Z So I resemble most overweight and overwrought people. ‘My life is basically over’ – 14 days on a sugar-free diet 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z This book is as short on explanations as it is long on overwrought adolescent emotion. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Despite all this, the sisters in this very eventful, often sweet but ultimately overwrought new play are not the drama queens. Review: Sisters Plot Their Escapes From ‘Napoli, Brooklyn’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z I found this – with its Hammer Horror S&M-lite and its conflation of Superman and Gabriel Dante Rossetti – an overwrought project when I reviewed it. Mike Kelley: the nonconformist's whole life is here 2012-12-18T18:00:31Z With his robust, warm voice, he brought a blend of yearning and reticence to his singing, without a trace of overwrought emotion. Music Review: Schumann?s Poetic Side, Poured Richly Into Songs 2010-03-01T22:28:00Z “It is totally opposite from my own work — arguably overwrought, taking too long,” he said, laughing. Tim Hecker Helped Popularize Ambient Music. He’s (Sort of) Sorry. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In particular, the choreography for Clara and the Nutcracker as the grown-up Prince and Princess is intricate, bordering on overwrought, with numerous lifts, supported swoons, bravura supported steps and detailed characterization. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky?s ?Nutcracker? at BAM - Review 2011-12-15T23:14:49Z It suggests a frustrated, overwrought student insurrectionist lobbing Molotov spitballs at a decaying establishment. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Lives and livelihoods are on the line, and overwrought arguments about genetic modification will cost both. The last thing Africa needs to be debating is GMOs 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Just why one particular TV preacher is so all-fired important isn’t clear, and neither is anything else about this overwrought mess. 'Persecuted' Focuses on a TV Evangelist 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z He is cast as a cashier at the diner who spouts overwrought imagery saying, for example, that someone is “working harder than Stephen Hawking putting on a pair of cufflinks.” Television Review: Three New Sitcoms Put the Focus on Young Single Women 2011-09-18T22:09:46Z Though Ms. Summers’s singing was patchy, she is a vibrant comic actress, especially as the overwrought Juno. Review: Handel’s ‘Semele’ Comes With Sumo Wrestlers at BAM 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In winter, the group released “Monuments to an Elegy,” a new entry in an overwrought album cycle called “Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.” Pop & Rock Listings for July 31-Aug. 6 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z For all its skill and cunning, “Knock at the Cabin” is an overwrought quasi-theological melodrama that also manages to be a half-baked thought experiment. ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Review: Who’s There? The Apocalypse. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z That’s tough to do given how overwrought and inflamed the subject is. What went wrong in Israel? Milton Viorst's 'Zionism' grapples with a fractious history 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z This encounter usually feels either undercooked or overwrought, and, in this case, it lacks the potency you might hope for. Review: ‘Songbird,’ a Honky-Tonk Take on Chekhov 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The poet often bungles the representation of nonwhite people, usually because her approach is overwrought in its attempt to mean well. Three of Fiction’s Brightest Stars Have New Books — of Poetry 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Things started off with such promise this week before lapsing into self-parody at the very end, concluding with the sort of overwrought melodrama a “Thrones” detractor might assume is typical of the series. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z Angela wrote, rather badly, about her gay inclinations, and her novels in general are clumsily written and overwrought; she found her form as a memoirist. Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing by Jane Dunn – review 2013-04-20T08:00:48Z But, however overwrought, the movie addressed something beyond its source. ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And yet, the Hellenistic legacy is still slightly suspect, too flamboyant and overwrought if judged by the standards of Athens at its apex of power. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Although the bickering between Tom and Amanda at times becomes a bit overwrought in Act 1 at Ford’s, Story’s wholly accessible work here allows an audience to commiserate fully. A “Menagerie” of real feeling 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The women of this book are clever and witchy, speaking in a poetic cadence they have created together, elegiac in some moments and overwrought in others. Two Novels Confront Violence Against Women 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z These delightful performances prevent the film’s antics from being dizzying and overwrought. ‘Friendsgiving’ Review: Dysfunction With All the Trimmings 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z I had J. D. Salinger on my mind while reading Marco Roth’s first book, an acute but sometimes overwrought memoir called “The Scientists: A Family Romance.” Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z Your early work will probably be too earnest and overwrought and snarky, and you’ll try too hard to sound ironic and erudite, but if you keep at it, you will get better and better. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z But there are also dead spots, even in the recent work, prominent among them an indulgent free-form documentary about the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, pretentiously narrated by Derek Jacobi and full of overwrought music. Art Review: Quay Brothers Retrospective at MoMA 2012-08-10T05:34:12Z Trading Miami’s sweaty pastels for coniferous forests and flannel, this new show quiets Dexter’s overwrought internal monologue and keeps the original’s gruesome comedy to a minimum. Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z At the time, his opulent furs and tweeds were skewered by critics, who found them overwrought. On the Runway: The Ghost of Bill Blass 2011-02-15T22:01:34Z In my protracted adolescence, I was drawn to works of overwrought romanticism, like “Wuthering Heights” and “The Sorrows of Young Werther.” Please Don’t Ask Elizabeth Kolbert How She Organizes Her Books 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Many scholars still view them as unworthy confections of overwrought kitsch. Perfect Poise, Pulled From Jaws of Distortion 2010-12-30T22:46:46Z Even as we mark our second restrained and pandemic-influenced March, the season is still a little too overwrought with green beer, public vomiting, boiled meats and Bono for my liking. McDonald's Shamrock Shake is back for St. Patrick's Day, but our easy homemade recipe has booze 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Some of this befits the gaudiness of the world that Ms. Abbott’s book evokes, but some is just plain overwrought, particularly when it comes to deathbed scenes. Books of The Times: A Life Built on Illusion: More Tease Than Strip 2010-12-19T23:12:36Z The joined-up movements blur into overwrought soundtrack territory, and it is hard not to be irritated by the vacant and monotonously frenetic visuals. London Sinfonietta/Ad?s ? review 2011-02-17T17:08:05Z By contrast, this melodrama about two quasi-sibling teenagers who fall in love against the backdrop of the capital's gangland in the 1960s may be overwrought, but it knows what it wants to say. Rewind TV: Martina Cole's The Runaway; Bored to Death; Spiral; Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 2011-04-02T23:09:39Z The poem is already overwrought — “Ah, awful weight! Infinity/ Pressed down upon the finite Me!” Review: ‘Renascence’ Introduces a Thoroughly Modern Millay 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z This credibility also brought brand synergy to a designer whose streamlined ready-to-wear now fits neatly with a couture that is still beautifully crafted but not overwrought. Fashion Review: Chanel's Kinetic Look at a New World 2013-07-02T17:11:40Z Women, wearing long dresses, performed a meditative sequence of movements tipping dangerously toward the overwrought; still, there was something ancestral about its intensity as the performers curved forward, elbows raised and fingers shaking. Review: At SummerStage, Philadanco and TU Dance Produce Fancy Footwork Across Vastness 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Bergès, too, views the criticism as largely politically inspired, unduly negative and overwrought. At Hunter Biden’s Art Show, Line, Color and Questions 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z And I feared that the musical's throbbing emotionalism, exemplified in the memorably soaring melodies of Claude-Michel Schönberg, would come across on screen as treacle-clotted and overwrought. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: 'Les Misérables,' Stage to Screen 2013-01-03T17:53:43Z “His response to overwrought criticism was to release a new box of notes to mess with people’s interpretations,” Mr. Haladyn said. Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In the absence of such evidence, however, his outrage is overwrought. Who's Better at Running Medicare: Government, or the Private Sector? 2012-09-03T02:38:24Z The producers can’t rein in their tendency toward excessive effects and overwrought dialogue, but they seem at least to be proceeding at a more patient pace. Review: ‘A.D.: The Bible Continues,’ an NBC Mini-Series 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z A Parisian mademoiselle making arch comments about the models, who did their mincing runway walk and then paused and posed in a mock photo studio, made an overwrought and long-drawn-out show. Fashion Review: Phoebe Philo at Celine and Haider Ackermann on Paris Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:48:42Z And as competently as Woolf handles the death, the desire leaves rather too much lying naked on the page, simultaneously overwrought and undercooked. It’s the End of Marriage as They Know It and They Feel Fine 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Do you remember when superhero movies were light-hearted popcorn fare instead of overwrought epics? “The Incredibles 2″ is the rare contemporary superhero movie that dares to be fun 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But it unhappily gives way to an overwrought intensity that tends to obliterate the feeling in the song. | 'The Best Is Yet to Come': Brassy and Bawdy, With Fingers Snapping 2011-05-26T22:00:14Z He loathed sentimentality — he was very Eastern European that way — and a really overwrought scene would elicit an “oh, brother.” Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z He didn’t issue “cry of the loon” writing, however, to borrow an old New Yorker magazine put-down of overwrought nature prose. Adding Up a Prolific Poet’s Charming Weather Reports 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Having unveiled an overwrought play, Wasted, at Latitude festival in July, she finds her talents better served by the loose funk of her band the Sound of Rum, which pushes her vocals to the fore. Standon Calling festival ? review 2011-08-17T12:35:02Z So maybe all the bad news about Rio will look overwrought, too, once the Games conclude Aug. 21. The Rio Olympics are ‘troubled.’ But aren’t they always? 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z You never lose the sense that you’re fighting for the survival of all life, everywhere, but it also never feels overwrought or excessively dramatic. Mass Effect 3 Review Roundup: Pleasing Even the Usual Critics 2012-03-06T15:45:15Z There was some of that around, but much of it tended to be either overwrought or halfhearted. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z But it was an inelegant overwrought performance, with a dancer doppelganger of the singer, more Martha Graham than Noh. International music fest compares Latin, Asian sounds with Tambuco and Toshio Hosokawa 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But as the movie rolls out nationwide, I am not sleeping well and am overwrought at times. Reliving the Pain (and Joy, Too) of My Deepest Love Onscreen 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z A climactic moment at a party involving Allison’s and Daniel’s sobriety is so bizarre and overwrought, you might find yourself shocked to learn it’s not a dream sequence. ‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Some of the conceits, such as a mystical theory that Annette’s soul will remain near the house for 11 months, or the gloomy score, seem precious or overwrought. Review: In ‘306 Hollywood,’ an Excavation — at Grandma’s House 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z While attempting to create a kind of fable about the lingering effects of maternal neglect and racial self-hatred, Morrison ends up instead with characters who keep phasing between skimpy realism and overwrought fantasy. Toni Morrison’s familiar, flawed ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The play has some overwrought moments, and it is badly served by Constellation’s elaborate production design. Review | Constellation’s ‘Children of Medea’ spins a dreamscape family portrait 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Even in the most stylistically attuned hands, Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 in B Minor risks coming across as overwrought, and Fujita’s traversals of the keyboard sounded superficial rather than splashy. Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z But where the execution of those storylines has garnered some criticism for moments of mawkishness or overwrought dialogue, it’s more successful in its honest depiction of cancer—or, at least, one specific cancer story. How 'Miss You Already' Prevails Against the Harmful Mythology of the Cancer Hero 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z But it is when we get into Brooke's hours when "In Treatment" is at its most naked and, at times, overwrought. With Uzo Aduba as a therapist, "In Treatment" returns in a sunnier location for a darker time 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Yes, “The Shaded Line” is overwrought and probably too specific to our current time to have much of an afterlife, but there’s urgency to Ms. Lovette’s desire to turn ballet inside out. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z She’s an all-out belter, an unapologetic admirer of Janis Joplin’s most heated moments; anything less than tragedy or fury leaves her sounding overwrought. New Music: Career In Motion Discovers A Perch 2011-07-25T21:45:24Z This being O’Neill, emotions will get a little overwrought, and family history will be twisted into doom. Review: ‘Mourning Becomes Electra,’ Up Close and Powerful 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z But, however overwrought Anna’s sensibility sometimes is, Mrs. Lessing points such powerful significances therefrom that, in comparison, many other highly touted novels dealing with man’s acceptance — or defiance — of his fate seem picayune indeed. Review: ‘The Golden Notebook,’ by Doris Lessing 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z If the play itself, a family melodrama that tries on the poisonous humor of “August: Osage County” but can’t disguise a much softer heart, often feels prepackaged and overwrought — well, it’s a play, after all. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The optimism of this overwrought musical guarantees that audiences will go home happy. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z In one of “The Morning Show’s” more overwrought monologues, Bradley’s tirade extends itself to the very essence of truth-telling in America. Review | Aniston and Witherspoon outshine ‘The Morning Show’s’ rough start. But did Carell get the best role? 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Despite the sometimes overwrought music, Ms. Landon parceled out space and time with sensitive ingenuity, keeping the body and its surroundings intriguingly askew: always arriving, never at rest. Juilliard Students Star in ‘New Dances: Edition 2014’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Say what you will about Downton Abbey’s melodramatic, overwrought, this-is-just-Dallas-set-on-a-moor twists and turns, but you cannot say that this is a show where nothing ever happens. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z No jury would convict this kid, but it is Haneke's skill to make his deed seem as destructive and as far-reaching as any number of casual shootings or overwrought bank heists. The best crime films ever: any criminal omissions? 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z She is anxious, overwrought and on the edge. My streaming gem: why you should watch Private Life 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z As the piece wears on, their performances become more overwrought than urgent. Dance Review: ‘Last Days/First Field,’ by Jill Sigman 2013-05-11T02:06:30Z It’s a style — skillful, glossy, overwrought — but what is its point of view? Hubbard Street Dance Gets a Lift From Ohad Naharin 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The imaginative scope was undeniably breathtaking, but the prose I found jarringly clunky at times, the storyline sometimes overwrought. 'Eleven-year-old me was very, very happy!' You review His Dark Materials 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z It might seem like a long way down from “Twin Peaks” to “Psych,” and it’s a little irritating how “Dual Spires” milks laughs from the overwrought reactions of the townspeople to Paula’s death. Critic?s Notebook: A Series Homage Lovingly Wrapped in Plastic 2010-12-01T04:55:00Z References to the source material crop up commonly, but none are too overwrought to disrupt the songs. Hunger Games Soundtrack Could — Naturally — Catch Fire 2013-11-21T13:00:50Z The intentions are good here, though the acting can be awkward and overwrought. 'The Connection' links addicts, their audience 2011-08-11T21:04:04Z So when an overwrought profile in July's Vanity Fair seemed constructed for scathing commentary, no one held back. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In this overwrought world, female hyenas aren’t merely tending their young. Where the Wild Things (and Narrators) Are, on Television 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The rooms are not too grand, the ceilings too tall or the ornament overwrought. Opening the door to a place of plants and privilege 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Woolf’s imaginary interaction with a contemporary male novelist who speaks about how much she’s meant to him — an invention of the libretto — is cloying and overwrought, drenched in bells. Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z And there are some moments of humor and surprise embedded in the overwrought intricacies and long slack stretches of the plot. ‘Under the Silver Lake’ Review: Andrew Garfield Gets Lost in a Haze of Pop-Culture Allusions 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z But too often the plot veers off into overwrought tangents that clash with the bleak realism of the story. Television Review: ?Boss,? With Kelsey Grammer on Starz - Review 2011-10-20T20:03:50Z Mr. McAvoy, for his part, revels in the chance to use his sensitivity for evil, and to showboat his way through a series of appropriately overwrought characterizations. Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Has Personality. O.K., Personalities. Lots. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z These culinary lessons by way of television programming were formative in a way that might even feel silly or overwrought to some — how the heck could some 30 minute TV shows cultivate such a passion? As Giada departs The Food Network, an appreciation of the channel she helped define 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z That will delight those who found last year's River Song saga too overwrought, but its actual thrill lies somewhere else. Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks – spoiler-free review 2012-08-15T10:01:11Z But the play’s contrived plotting and overwrought language smother any such points in melodramatics. | 'Prophecy': The Legacy of Wars in Karen Malpede?s Play 2010-06-10T23:30:00Z When she impishly paints herself into a portrait of Carlotta, puncturing Scottie's overwrought fixation, it's charming, no question. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z Soggy, overwrought ensemble drama Crash has gained a reputation as the most baffling best picture winner in Oscars history. A brief history of the Oscars in viral moments they want you to forget 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z These texts, while occasionally overwrought, do evoke the brew of objectification, glorification, aggression, submission, risk and reward in Mapplethorpe’s photographs, particularly those of black men. Review: Mapplethorpe Inspires a Composer’s Meager Tribute 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z As in that mini-series, the version of the ancient world they give us here is full of clichéd dialogue served in overwrought fashion; subtlety, it appears, had not yet been invented in robe-and-sandal times. Review: ‘The Dovekeepers,’ a CBS Mini-Series Starring Cote de Pablo 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z All of this is also complicated and overwrought — and, once it finally gets to a battlefield, muskety and macho. Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Whatever your general opinion of Mr. McCarthy’s writing — poetic and essential, or overwrought and overrated — there are times in “The Sunset Limited” when a snort or a giggle seems like the only appropriate response. Television Review: After Saving a Jumper, The Chat That Ensues 2011-02-12T00:04:03Z Part of the pleasure of watching him comes from seeing how this overwrought lug relates so awkwardly and unnaturally to others. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In matters metaphysical, keep an open mind or, as we shall see later, “don’t get overwrought.” Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z The failure of Ali Banisadr’s overwrought paintings is unsubtle but instructive. Art in Review: Ali Banisadr: ‘Motherboard’ 2014-04-17T21:07:43Z I fell hard for the boy, and he had fallen hard for Bon Temps, so eventually he wore me down enough to watch the opening sequence of Alan Ball's overwrought Southern gothic. Saved by Pop Culture: How "Six Feet Under" killed my depression 2011-04-08T12:40:00Z Most people know by now that "Skins" is a steamy scripted drama about overwrought teens, spun off from the acclaimed British series of the same name. That uproar over 'Skins': A blessing for the show 2011-01-22T01:01:09Z It turned out that our McGraw-Hill editor had paid a vast sum for Nabokov’s “Ada,” believing that this overlong, overwrought novel would repeat the success of “Lolita.” Review | Nabokov unplugged: A new collection of his essays delivers unvarnished opinions 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in March that the movie “is as stuffed with bogus feeling and overwrought incident as a fast-food burrito.” DVDs: Five Movies With Kim Novak on DVD 2010-08-13T21:50:00Z The whole thing was an overwrought disaster of cheesy lyrics and a by-the-numbers production. 10 pressing observations on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately little else in this alternately sluggish and overwrought revival is equally convincing. Theater Review | 'Candida': Two Men Who Adore Her, One Woman in the Middle 2010-03-08T06:35:00Z Yet, in effect, they are all the same solo: a bad poem of adolescent angst, overwrought with shaking and limbs with a will of their own, unintentionally comic and ultimately tedious. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z An ominous stream of blood dribbles down her face as the overwrought soundtrack tells us what we already know — it can’t be good. It’s official: This is the worst movie ending of all time 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Not that Kenny G, graduate of Seattle’s Franklin High School, is overwrought about the unpaid royalties. China says goodbye in the key of Kenny G 2014-05-10T21:21:14Z But listening now to works that I thought in the past were over-written or overwrought, I hear now instead a riot of colour and imagination. A guide to Hans Werner Henze's music 2012-10-29T16:23:35Z I found it structurally overwrought and emotionally underwhelming, straining for higher meaning, eager to wring some last drops of mournful power from a site that is already crammed with official, semi-official and indirect memorials. The newly opened $4-billion World Trade Center transit hub is overwrought and underwhelming 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Sure, the ribbing was perhaps a little overwrought at the cuffs, but the jacket had force. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper - J. Press York Street in Greenwich Village 2013-04-16T17:00:39Z Increasingly, it becomes overwrought as Ms. Whelan, in a yellow dress, leans on Mr. Brooks and then flattens him to the floor. Review: Wendy Whelan’s ‘Restless Creature’ Is Full of Jagged Rhythms 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z At once solemn and preposterous, sinister and sentimental, efficient and overwrought, “Split” represents something of a return to form for its writer and director, M. Night Shyamalan. Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Has Personality. O.K., Personalities. Lots. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But are the ghosts real, or products of the overwrought young woman's imagination? Scary Movie Week: "The Innocents" 2010-10-27T22:45:00Z Knausgaard’s new novel, the sixth and final book in his diaristic “My Struggle” series, is a gift to his detractors, those who have found the books to be solipsistic and overwrought. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Crowe was apparently convinced it was an overwrought sentence, but eventually persuaded to play ball following multiple takes. Russell Crowe 'threatened to kill producer with bare hands' 2010-04-28T09:10:00Z Richard Lowry, the editor of National Review, called the “kerfluffle” “precious and overwrought,” adding that its very existence proved the vigor of intellectual engagement. ?Epistemic Closure?? Those Are Fighting Words for Conservatives 2010-04-27T22:19:00Z When it came to New York City Opera in 2016, the critic Anthony Tommasini was wearied by its “overwrought lyricism and lack of musical subtlety.” The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The music, with its echoes of the Baroque, is more interesting than the overwrought choreography, although Mr. De Luz is a tour de force here. Dance Review: New York City Ballet With a Dose of the Underworld 2014-05-02T23:04:16Z But it fell into stagnant neo-Minimalist ruts, at times recalling the “Requiem for a Dream” soundtrack in its moody — not to say overwrought — intensity. Review: Art and Nature Blend in a Concert by Contemporaneous 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Backing tracks aside, the staging was simply too overwrought for the Greek’s infrastructure. 'American Idol' live a grim reminder of show's faded glory 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z A. Some of my favorite songs are sad and overwrought and indulgent. Drag Queens Reflect (Grrr) on the Christmas Season 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Their bemused self-consciousness — as if knowing their collaboration might make a great basis for a movie someday — is far more rewarding than Lo's overwrought ending. 'The Bullet Vanishes': Exciting crime thriller misses target at end 2012-08-31T00:01:05Z The simple evening design was an antidote to overwrought couture, and the tiny punched holes allowed just enough silvery light to shine through, so that you weren’t quite sure what you were seeing. On the Runway: Waiting for Ala?a 2011-07-08T16:42:19Z Few operas are as overwrought as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard.” Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z But his performance often veers into overwrought chewiness, dulling the courage and pathos of Gunner’s uncompromising choice. Theater Review: ‘The Outgoing Tide,’ Bruce Graham’s Drama at 59E59 Theaters 2012-11-21T03:00:00Z I found the relationships between people in his novels a bit strange and the whole atmosphere a bit overwrought. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z Mr. Lloyd created with David Croft — was a World War II farce, filled with sexual innuendo, slapstick gags and overwrought accents, in which factions of British, French and Germans clashed in a small French cafe. Jeremy Lloyd, Creator of British TV Comedies, Dies at 84 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The overwrought plot mechanics are exasperating, but the lead actresses' exquisitely modulated performances get under the skin. '3 Hearts' swoons over a very French love triangle 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This sex scene is almost outrageously humid and overwrought. From the outrageous to the intimate: Peter Bradshaw's top five sex scenes 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Or they can be so overwrought the manipulations get insufferable, as in the 2012 movie. Balagan Theatre’s small-is-bountiful ‘Les Miserables’ 2013-09-12T01:01:08Z It is almost childlike in its directness, and contrasted sharply with Stefan Wolpe's rather overwrought Piece in Two Parts for Six Players. BCMG/Knussen ? review 2011-03-15T18:23:56Z For centuries, this overwrought approach was widely considered great acting and frequently rewarded with prizes. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Method to Their Madness 2011-07-07T15:40:01Z With its profuse ornamentation carved from dark wood standing out against the blond, satinwood casing, it’s spectacular and, by today’s standards, grotesquely overwrought. Peeking Into the Gilded Age at the Met 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The pavilion’s dozen projects re-imagining sites in Detroit have drawn fire for imposing lofty, formally overwrought proposals on a struggling city. A grassroots, handmade Venice Architecture Biennale from Alejandro Aravena 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z This narrative ground is familiar — gentrification versus preservation, with echoes of “A Raisin in the Sun” — and it could have been simply overwrought. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z It begins with an overwrought moment in which Mr. Bowers sees the site of the former gas station and tumbles into romantic reverie. Books of The Times: Anne Sebba on Duchess of Windsor, Scotty Bowers on Himself 2012-02-05T22:22:14Z The twin towers and intricate fenestration incorporate a mix of styles: art deco features mingle with art nouveau and Jugendstil styles in a striking, if overwrought entrance. Cine-files: Pathé Tuschinski 2012-08-28T11:13:20Z This "film opera", too, has an overwrought plot. Sunken Garden; Nabucco; Mark Padmore & Graham Johnson – review 2013-04-20T23:08:33Z Here again, the situation sounds both bleak and fanciful, but Patchett writes with restraint, never indulging in overwrought language. Review | 'The Dutch House,' by Ann Patchett book review 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In this overwrought moment where journalism is so crucial and so under attack, that sounds better than ever. Perspective | After Cohen’s hearing, the BuzzFeed bombshell that Mueller disputed looks better — and worse 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z So the narrative keeps circling back to past events, building up a powerful atmosphere of doom and dread in a manner that occasionally feels a little overwrought — as if nothing bad has been left unimagined. ‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Like Smith's album, it's a bit overwrought -- but stylishly effective nevertheless. Watch: Sam Smith accompanies an affair in 'I'm Not the Only One' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Honestly, it initially struck me as slick, crass and overwrought but, in this case, these qualities powerfully support the meaning of the piece, which explores the slick, crass and overwrought policies of the oil industry. Michael Cooper's retrospective, Cathy McClure's 'Midway' at BAM 2011-07-28T19:32:10Z Their age “allows for a little descriptive leeway, because so much of adolescent life is overwrought to begin with,” Marra said in an email. Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The goals of the series were admirable, but the humor and performances were far too overwrought to hit the mark. ‘Insecure’ Series Premiere: Single Black Woman 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z So you have to wonder what that audience takes away from this drag parody, directed by Nick Brennan, which is so raunchy and overwrought, it’s hard to call it affectionate. Theater Review: The Golden Girls, in a Shade of Pink 2014-01-23T22:39:04Z That lecture has become not so much overdue as overwrought and consistently undermined by the vested interests of the gun lobby. The (Way Too Many) Kids Whose Lives Have Been Upended by Gun Violence 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z I still think it’s an aimlessly overwrought, overwritten, unpleasant mess. Marlon James: By the Book 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The actresses are as skilled as Park in the task of finding straightforward moments of comedy in situations this overwrought. “The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Just eight months later the band released their third LP, Caress of Steel – a fantastically lyrical and at times maddeningly overwrought album. Rush: 'Our fans feel vindicated' 2011-03-24T21:29:01Z But if “Incendies” were her story alone, it might have been too much: an overwrought and awkward slog through a bloody stretch of the past. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z But museums don’t thrive on the solitude of overwrought 20-somethings and, selfish concerns aside, the new museum is, objectively, more lively. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Still, it's a worthy read, if only to get a glimpse of what it's like to live on a budget as an overwrought young ad executive in Paris at 29. Young American in Paris tale is lightweight but amusing 2012-04-18T22:57:04Z ‘The Wedge Horse’ Nick Gandiello’s affecting if overwrought drama centers on three Long Island teenagers unsure how to honor the memory of a dead brother and friend. Theater Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It is rather an incredibly charged and overwrought personal struggle with the view in front of Cézanne's eyes. Paul Cézanne: founding father of modern art 2013-02-05T14:53:15Z I was hoping that piece would be thought of as hyperbolic or overwrought, but sadly not. Andrew Sullivan on His Brief Return to the Online Political Fray 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z But he strayed a bit in the arias’ florid lines, and his manner grew overwrought, even for a mini-mad scene. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z I sang and played musical instruments and wrote songs in my teens – overwrought words, minor chords. Rock journalist Sylvie Simmons on her new album — “a lovelorn expanse of tumbleweeds and warm reverb” 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z She wrings every line for succulent effect, but resists the overwrought. Angelina Jolie springs back to life from a career slumber in Maleficent 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Welch takes this on literally in his overwrought dance, set to music by Ross Edwards. Fall for Dance at City Center: The Old Man Shows How It Is Done 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z He preemptively mocked his own response: “It’s another entertainment show beginning with the overwrought speech of a shaken host.” What I'll Miss About Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z That is definitively not the problem with “Jagged Little Pill,” the passionate if overwrought Alanis Morissette jukebox musical at the American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center here. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z In another aisle on the fair floor, the New York dealer Fergus McCaffrey said he thought that concerns about the future of art were overwrought. Art and Commerce Meet in Miami Beach 2012-12-08T00:35:20Z It’s a deadly serious drama, but some of the early scenes are so overwrought that they are almost laughable. Television Review: Killers Who Just Won’t Lighten Up 2013-08-08T22:34:06Z The overwrought lyricism and lack of musical subtlety kept turning the opera melodramatic, even maudlin. Review: A Maudlin Trip Down the Amazon, With a Star in Disguise 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Ambyr has hosted seven events at trendy bars in Manhattan — a callback to a time when first impressions didn’t rely on overwrought, curated digital profiles but in-the-moment answers to fishbowl questions. Is It Time to Try Speed Dating? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z You are more likely to ask why Spike Lee spent so much time and energy on this muddled remake of Park Chan-wook’s overwrought South Korean revenge drama. Movie Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:00:08Z Women are expected to plan everything down to the last sequin, and are then ridiculed if they dare to get too overwrought about any particular detail. How to have a feminist wedding 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z With its fevered visuals, the evocation of the final battle for his soul becomes one of the overwrought sequences in a show that is otherwise engagingly lush, well-acted and lively. Two plays in contrast: a misogynist Don Juan and a feminist Greek hero 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Most of us are overwrought and trying to shed responsibilities in adulthood, not add new ones. I was dropped by new friends and dread not seeing them again | Dear Mariella 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z But there’s no end to the horrifying series of events in Macmillan’s increasingly fraught and sometimes overwrought drama. ‘By the Time You Read This, I’ll Have Killed One of Your Husbands’ 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Characters become less adorably overwrought and more genuinely conflicted, with distinctive personalities instead of standard-issue ones. | 'Once': ?Once,? the Musical, at New York Theater Workshop - Review 2011-12-07T03:01:07Z The old accounts can seem overwrought and almost unbelievable to us today, because we’ve lost the capacity to imagine the city could ever be so different. When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Haynes signals his playfulness when he punctuates an early, funny moment with an overwrought musical flourish, as if he were satirizing the tepid soap opera that Elizabeth’s film project is destined to become. 'May December' is a slippery, superbly acted tour de force 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The argument is that "anti-woke" people don't hate people of color, so much as they find the efforts of anti-racists to be overwrought, annoying, and unnecessary. DeSantis earned the Jacksonville boos: New documents show his team wants "opposing" views on slavery 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The Construction Industry Safety Coalition has called the state’s rules “confusing and ineffective,” though its complaints sound a bit overwrought. Column: Workers are keeling over from extreme heat while Big Business battles safety regulations 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The room balances tranquillity with energy, stylishness without anything overwrought, with photos reflecting Panyathong’s family history, carved elephant panels and mortar-and-pestle sets for décor. Behind Seattle’s best burger lies more greatness: exemplary Lao food 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z There has been some overwrought Monday-morning-quarterbacking following the conclusion of the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO has Putin’s number | Horsey cartoon 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Because St. Vincent–St. Mary was such a juggernaut, the movie’s more melodramatic moments — like a coach taking another job, or James being investigated by the Ohio High School Athletic Assn. — feel overwrought. Review: The adventures of young LeBron James prove stubbornly undramatic in 'Shooting Stars' 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z But instead of protection, trans children are pushed to the edge by overwrought narratives that claim they are burdens, worthless and deviant. Anti-Trans Moral Panics Endanger All Young People 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z He may take that dramatically a bit too far, but his burnished tenor brings a heartbreaking beauty even to big, overwrought emotions. Review: At L.A. Opera, Russell Thomas is an Otello for our time 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Things already feel a little overwrought in London. What I’m Reading: Coronation Edition 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z This expressed not just a difference between Democrats and Republicans but, to use the overwrought terms of this moment, the difference between those who aspire to democracy and those who yearn for fascism. "Dark Brandon Tonight": Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson and the lure of the unsayable 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The overwrought concerns about Social Security’s fiscal condition never ceases to produce rococo proposals for reform. Column: Social Security is perfectly healthy, but there's one easy way to improve it 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z People have simply hooked onto its overwrought R&B groove, using it to illustrate wedding videos, clips of cute cats, and compilations of Disney kisses. The Weeknd sets new Spotify listening record 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “And it’s just so strange that there isn’t any work on it. I think there is this expectation that all the reflections are going to be really depressing and overwrought and sad.” Kristina Wong mobilized hundreds to sew 300,000 masks in 2020 — and wrote an award-winning play about it 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z But overwrought threats, in the absence of other intelligence, are causing little stir. Fears of Russian Nuclear Weapons Use Have Diminished, but Could Re-emerge 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It scarcely mattered that the metaphor was overwrought. A rejuvenated Pope Francis revels in Congo’s energy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The overwrought screenplay, however, doesn’t get deep enough with the characters, or allow anything to breathe. Review: Deon Taylor's pandemic thriller 'Fear' prioritizes style over scares 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z No, not the overwrought Edward James Olmos movie about the origins of the Mexican Mafia — I’m talking about the long-forgotten book published in 1948 about Mexican American life in and around the Eastside. Column: May Jose Huizar's fall be the end of the 'Eastside politico' 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z University College London professor René Weis, who has studied the case for decades, believes the letters show no more than the "workings of an overwrought romantic imagination". Edith Thompson: The wife who was executed for her lover's crime 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The religiosity of it could seem overwrought until you lean into the position Smith is in right now — what appears to be a reflective crouch rather than a power stance. Analysis | ‘Emancipation’ is the only movie Will Smith could do next 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The uneasy marriage of clunky psychodrama and overwrought special effects along with the fact that none of these characters are particularly likable make “Strange World” a chore to sit through. ‘Strange World’ review: A story of fathers and sons — and a magic plant 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z I was so overwrought that they had to bring me back to the table to sign him out. An anguishing wait to reunite with my son after Ingraham shooting 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “This giant flood of illegal immigration is draining your paychecks, wrecking your schools, ruining your hospitals, threatening your family,” stated the overwrought narrator, over the obligatory ominous soundtrack. Column: That unbelievably racist ad during the Dodgers playoff? Ex-Trump aides were behind it 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Yet it’s hard not to become overwrought when your retirement funds are taking a hit. Advice | When the stock market is crazy, invest like a millionaire 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The result is a movie that is almost constantly two things at once: breezily lighthearted and overwrought; hyper-energetic and lazy; bracingly fresh and drearily derivative. Review | ‘Bullet Train’: A chaotic trip to nowhere, with Brad Pitt on board 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But they are not infinitely malleable if their root systems are damaged, as evidenced by the overwrought impulses director Sam Gold imposed on the latest Broadway “Macbeth,” with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga. Review | This is some slim stuff for ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to be made on 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the public is overwrought, with all the worries of a Mad magazine parody written by Stephen King. How in God's name are the Democrats still losing — even after Jan. 6 hearings and Roe? 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The overwrought exposition, which feels like a structural holdover from the movie’s developmental origins as a Quibi series, gums up the pacing. Review: In Hulu rom-com 'Fire Island,' love wins. But it's not an easy victory 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z He was an overwrought, sweat-flushed striver who seethed over every mistake. Perspective | Beneath Steve Kerr’s self-control is a life’s worth of outrage and grief 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Elsewhere the competition was its usual mix of crazy, kitsch pop and overwrought ballads. Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Let’s put aside for a moment the overwrought debate about freedom of speech and content moderation and unpack the bubbly financial details of this transaction. Perspective | The flawed math behind Elon Musk’s Twitter deal 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z But this overwrought, even messianic faith from both camps in Musk’s ability to change Twitter ignores the profound issues that the site already faces. Perspective | The real problem with Twitter under Elon Musk may involve privacy 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The loud and overwrought debates of today can make you think these struggles mean an MVP is unworthy. Perspective | Being the NBA’s MVP is an honor and a burden. Just ask Nikola Jokic. 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Ultimately, “The Northman” isn’t just about fatalism at its most epic and overwrought, it suffers from it, too. Review | Violence and revenge define and ultimately undercut ‘The Northman’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Jackson’s book became a sentimental bestseller, influencing Mission Revival architecture and giving rise to the Ramona Pageant, an overwrought stage adaptation performed annually in Hemet to this day. How Los Angeles transformed American literature 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Yet, their charms are less potent when tangled up by the overwrought plot, courtesy of screenwriters Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington. Review | ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’: Speed demon sequel is, of all things, slow 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z More dramatic than these nuanced critiques are overwrought declarations from the technology industry that passing a law to limit a platform’s ability to give preference to its own goods or services would destroy the Internet. Opinion | Congress finally has a chance to pass a tech antitrust bill 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z However, the celebration and slaps on the back seem a bit overwrought. Starbucks: Cup policy overdue 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z To paraphrase fellow nominee Denzel Washington, who tried to calm an overwrought Smith, the devil doesn’t just come for a person during their highest moment, the devil is always lurking. Perspective | Will Smith, spit-polished thuggery and disrespect 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Yet it makes the competition look obvious, overwrought, unworthy. Apple's stunning 'Pachinko' is so good it makes the competition look unworthy 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z His writing elsewhere veers from straightforward to overwrought, from reflective to overwhelmingly self-serving. Review | How to read Vladimir Putin 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In Florida, the "don't say gay" bill was justified with overwrought language implying that teachers were somehow sexifying kids. First, the book-banners came for CRT and LGBTQ. Now they're censoring women's history 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Or officers may “tap out” overwrought colleagues by placing a hand on their shoulder or saying something like, “The lieutenant wants to talk to you.” A New Message for Police: If You See Something, Say Something 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z These voters are worried about issues like “wokisme” — the supposed contamination of France by “woke” American ideas on social justice that they see as overwrought political correctness. In France, a Racist Conspiracy Theory Edges Into the Mainstream 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z And yet, it's become a cause célèbre on Fox News, causing comically overwrought claims like it's "the single most successful human rights protest in a generation." The Bundy takeover is now complete: How the GOP has embraced pro-terrorist politics 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z When it comes to Bel-Air’s approach to class commentary and its new take on the Banks family, though, the show struggles in large part because of its tendency to conflate overwrought seriousness with quality storytelling. Bel-Air trades in The Fresh Prince’s Black joy for overwrought prestige 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s an overwrought narrative flourish that stretches the limits of believability and isn’t entirely necessary. Review: Ambition, food and sex, cooked to near perfection, flavor savory 'A Taste of Hunger' 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Buckley co-stars as Leda, a frustrated, overwrought young mother of two little girls who yearns for an unfettered life in her job as an academic. Jessie Buckley says go ahead and judge her 'Lost Daughter' character if you must 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Portman said on Tuesday that Democrats were using “overwrought, exaggerated and deeply divisive” accusations to push “an unprecedented federal takeover of our election system.” In Voting Rights Fight, Democrats Train Ire on Sinema and Manchin 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes they’re a tad overwrought as cosmic commentary, as when he says, “Prehistory wept, and each tear was a yak.” Review: Informed by majesty and wonder, 'The Velvet Queen' reveals the humane in nature 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Our anxiety is often deserved though sometimes overwrought. Perspective | Snow has character: Understanding it will help you better navigate winter 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Some critics scoffed at her work, calling her characters underdeveloped and her prose overwrought. Anne Rice, best-selling novelist who helped launch a vampire revival, dies at 80 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z As a trained volcanologist, Andrews is in awe of his subjects; his zeal is obvious in his descriptions of each volcano’s rocks and lava, which can sometimes verge on overwrought. What We Lose as Snowfall Disappears, the Science behind Aesop’s Fables, and Other New Books 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Bohn pronounced himself “ecstatic” about the hire, and it didn’t even seem overwrought. Analysis | By landing Lincoln Riley, USC reshapes the landscape and changes the game 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z There's no public evidence for that, however, except for his typically overwrought, macho-dude, rhetoric on his podcast the day before: Steve Bannon's criminal indictment is the best thing that's ever happened to him 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The tome’s celebration of selfishness and scorn for the weak rankled my Catholic faith; the overwrought characters and dialogue offended my English. Column: L.A.'s unvaccinated public workers go Ayn Rand, throw fit over city's vaccine mandate 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z This spring, Rachel Cusk published “Second Place,” about overwrought artists quarantined in coastal England. Gary Shteyngart writes a perfect pandemic novel with ‘Our Country Friends’ 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Every time I opened the game after a week or two away, I’d have no idea what to do — the overwrought UI gave me option paralysis. Forza Horizon 5 is the best road trip ever 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z And although Variety criticized the current installment as an “overwrought rehash,” the reviews overall were “generally favorable,” according to the website Metacritic. The TV Hit That Wasn’t 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “I walk alone,” Armstrong sings in overwrought fashion. Why I Keep Listening to Green Day’s ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The Mannings watch the way we watch, perking up when something exciting happens and otherwise filling long stretches of matriculation by shooting the breeze, cracking wise or pantomiming gameplay in overwrought ways. Do We Really Want Nonstop Action From Football? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z I thought “Not Fade Away,” his first feature film, was good, if not great, unfairly plagued by overwrought expectations of Chase finally, finally getting a crack at the big screen. What went wrong with the 'Sopranos' prequel: Our experts break it down 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s lots of talk of God and goodness; past traumas are overwrought. Review: Is Jonathan Franzen too big to fail? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Chon escalates the story to operatic heights that this intimate indie can’t quite sustain, and there are climatic moments that feel overwrought and somewhat underdeveloped in terms of character. ‘Blue Bayou’ review: Adoptee faces deportation in searing family melodrama 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The Trump administration brought us day after day of melodrama, including overwrought performances on the House floor, and never fully stuck the landing. Addictive 'American Crime Story' makes Clinton impeachment must-see TV 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z This whole analysis may seem overwrought, but I think a better way to put it is under-analyzed. Fashion follows function: what’s next for the phone industry 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But the hard-boiled dystopia is overwrought, with Nick’s narration waxing purple at times. Review | Great cast, neat concept, promising director. But the movie ‘Reminiscence’ is a good-looking mess. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z They were angry and overwrought and wanted to talk. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Some senior Republicans insist that warnings of a whitewash are overwrought. Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z There’s a time and place, of course, for narratives to become overwrought with plot pretzels. Analysis | Our bar for TV mysteries is higher than ever, but not all plot twists are created equal 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z There are tears, overwrought plot developments and welcome notes of optimism, but it’s the performances — it has always been the performances — that carry the day. 2021 Emmys: 'The Crown' prepares to ascend to the drama series throne 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z "He looked spectacular. He was not overwrought with sliders and splitters. He challenged with fastballs. I think his full complements of talent were on display tonight." Ohtani, McCullers duel into late innings, Astros beat Angels 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Cheney’s overwrought opposition to President Barack Obama — which, as my colleague Charles Blow noted, extended to a minimizing of the so-called birthers — was a gross way to curry Tea Party favor. Opinion | Is Liz Cheney a Martyr — or Just a Hack in Holy Drag? 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, some lawmakers have argued that public health measures intended to combat the virus — such as mask mandates and business closures — were overwrought and misguided infringements on personal liberties. A year into COVID, states debate public health shutdown powers 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z A character sketch of a woman who prefers hard rock to “Sade and Babyface” — set against an overwrought electro-metal arrangement that fails to explain why. All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Other critiques of the questions were more overwrought. Four take-aways from Biden’s first news conference 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z And then there’s the singing, which embraces an explicit theatricality, somehow low-affect and overwrought at once, to bring the listener inside the narrator’s experience. How did 'Drivers License' become the song of 2021? By exalting in the power of teen-girl melodrama 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z But claiming fear for their safety sounds like an overwrought excuse. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z This, it turns out, is the reason that I remain a sucker for an unnecessary string section and an overwrought story that tugs at the heartstrings. Guns N' Roses: how they soundtracked my last gasp of pre-teen freedom 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Would I now also find the psychology pretentious, the writing bombastic and the religious sentiment overwrought? Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The public and media are consumed with the overwrought judgement of every result. Perspective | Tallying up a year of loss: A lot of pounds, too many loved ones, countless connections 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z What these overwrought people in replica shirts are saying is: the thing I have cared for has become strange. Arsenal's problems lie with Kroenke's ownership rather than Arteta | Barney Ronay 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Square Enix hasn’t had the greatest track record over the last decade, letting many of its projects become bogged down by years of overwrought production until the end product feels like a nostalgia-filled compromise. The best games of 2020 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z In fact, this overwrought dynamic seems to be an unavoidable consequence of platform-based discourse, in which the stakes reach unsustainably high levels even — or especially — when the subject is inane. Watch This Disgusting Food Video Right Now. It Explains Everything. 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The best part, however, is the monkey’s cranky, old-man delivery of overwrought metaphor: “They say real love is a banana: sweet with a golden hue.” Sorry, monolith. I'm just not into you. 5 things that are infinitely more interesting 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The two confusions seem, if I may, a bit overwrought. Opinion | A tabloid, a dubious story and Big Bad Tech 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Birth of a Nation,” about the revolt led by Nat Turner, was overwrought. Slavery is a part of film history. So why is it so hard to make a good movie about it? 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Even if you agreed with TNT’s Charles Barkley that criticism of the Nets was overwrought, there is a longstanding diversity issue in the N.B.A.’s coaching and front-office ranks. Why Steve Nash’s Hiring Is About Relationships, Not Race 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The result is psychologically complex, if at times overwrought. Review: A reality star seeks revenge in a novel of civility versus Trumpian menace 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “Some people call it art deco. I’ve heard it referred to as overwrought rococo. It’s a very unique mix of modernism, modern architecture, combined with very flashy, glitzy, almost vintage style of architecture.” Thais bid addio to theater where they fell in love with film 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z “Don’t be overwrought. Heed the government’s orders and trust the disease control workers and doctors.” Coronavirus Breaches Chinese Capital, Rattling Officials 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Academics with less skin in the game say some of his fears about fraud are valid, though overwrought. Mail-in vote fraud ‘more frequent’ than in-person voting, academics say 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Author and curator David Campany recalls seeing Smith’s prints in a London exhibition in the 1980s and, while appreciating “his sincerity and commitment”, found the work “a little overwrought”. Frontline hero: the Rocky Mountain GP who healed America 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z At the micro level, this can sometimes get a little odd and overwrought. Review: In a fierce novel about Appalachia, the handlers are worse than the snakes 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The broadcast partners did their best to inject in some of that flavor, offering an overwrought serving of all things Americana. The NFL's virtual draft was dry, boring and everything we needed right now 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z But despite the overwrought physical comedy and cartoony character design that shares DNA with “Hotel Transylvania,” it’s hard to tell whom the intended audience is — especially with references to “Deliverance” and tardigrades. Review: 'The Willoughbys' is loud, colorful and frantic, but at least it's a distraction 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The Rams finished a disappointing 2019 season overwrought with large contracts. Rams say they got their money's worth from departed star Todd Gurley 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The imagery was a bit overwrought but the conclusion was the right one. Elliott: IOC finally made the smart decision by postponing the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z But the nervousness seemed a bit overwrought, and the PGA of America affirmed it was committed to Harding Park. 5 lingering golf questions in wake of the coronavirus - Golf Digest 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Some said it was a good move to protect public health while others thought it was overwrought. On eve of Disneyland closure, fun trumps virus fear 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Thompson and O’Sullivan bring sensitivity and an observant touch to the weighty proceedings: There’s no overwrought hand-wringing when Bridget decides to get an abortion, simply an assurance that she is in control of her life. Review | ‘Saint Frances’ is a welcome, earnest spin on the coming-of-age tale 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Among the closing trio of tunes, Franklin’s “Day Dreaming” is a tad overwrought, but both Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem” and Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy,” written by Larry Weiss, use light as a metaphor for hope and perseverance. Review: Rachelle Garniez stylishly remembers Bowie, Aretha 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Jamison identifies a new sort of “post-wounded” woman, who, wary of accusations of overwrought melodrama, chooses a detached, ironic coolness that is currently pervasive in contemporary novels by young female writers. From Princess Diana to Caroline Flack: the unhealthy obsession with female pain | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z West Adams If this play had been produced three or so years ago, it might have been dismissed as overwrought. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Book of Mormon,' 'The Simon & Garfunkel Story' and more 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z When I look at the world our stories have helped us envision and then erect, these are the very qualities that have been vanquished in favor of an overwrought masculinity. Opinion | I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z That league, which lasted for only the winter and spring months of 2001, was about proving the NFL was a boring, overwrought league that needed to be more like professional wrestling. XFL’s D.C. debut is not the Redskins in Maryland, which might explain Day 1 appeal 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Critics have called it “over-tangled with issues” and “overwrought, overstuffed but ultimately affecting.” How Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' has Broadway talking about sexual assault 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Perhaps they all went to a spa retreat to calm their overwrought nerves and didn't hear any of it. After Bolton and Parnas revelations, GOP faces massive blowback on impeachment 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Politics is now leaden with bombast, words strung together to shock, numb the mind, and images overwrought with self-serving sense of riotousness and anger. Impeachment and the politics of organized forgetting: This attack on Trump isn't nearly enough 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z She has a signature sound that doesn’t automatically align with the overwrought warbling of, say, Sam Smith. Is Billie Eilish too cool for the James Bond franchise? 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Nineteen months on, Harry and Meghan are bailing out, overwrought and seemingly suddenly dreading the prospect of a lifetime in a bubble of privilege and publicity. Harry and Meghan: what price their independence? 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z All the overwrought warnings of a U.S.-Iran conflagration were wrong. Opinion | Trump wins his standoff with Iran 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Why use an easy-to-understand or evocative word when an opaque and overwrought phrase will do? The Secret of the Crocodile “Death Roll” 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s not that they are doing something wrong; it’s that you are an overwrought female. Opinion | Hating the Word ‘Hate’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z They argue the cities are giving a “distorted” and “dramatically overwrought” reading of the 9th Circuit’s decision. Supreme Court confronts homeless crisis and whether there's a right to sleep on the sidewalk 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z If you’re confused by their overwrought, over-the-top pictures, your experience is no different from theirs. Review: Gilbert & George, the Siegfried & Roy of avant garde art, get an eye-popping show 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s easy to descend into overwrought analysis about Kanye West’s tortured genius. Kanye West is spreading the gospel of white evangelicals | Malaika Jabali 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z And Trump’s accusations of treason against whistleblowers are overwrought but not fundamentally different from Obama’s weaponizing of the Espionage Act against them. Press Watch: Every Trump story is about the same thing: His ruthless, limitless power grab 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The way text manipulation works on iPadOS is a series of overthought and overwrought changes that aim for the stars and reach the ditch. iPadOS review: 50 percent more computer 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The first half of “American Dreamer” is overwrought, as writer-director Derrick Forte and co-writer Daniel Forte pile misery on their protagonist. Review: Jim Gaffigan breaks out in 'American Dreamers’; and more 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Joaquin Phoenix, who has starred in four of Gray’s movies, recalls Gray rescuing him from an overwrought moment by telling him to eat a cookie while playing the scene. James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Their obsessive and repetitive sobriety is, weirdly, as dizzying as the overwrought freneticism of the baroque or churrigueresque. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z At Bard, the director Christian Räth and the designer Esther Bialas dealt with the overwrought libretto by transplanting the action to a vaguely futuristic, dystopian setting. Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Opera Composer Who Went Hollywood 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But the word is convenient for the right too, allowing them to wave away their critics as overwrought and deranged while avoiding serious discussion of the substance of their policies and rhetoric. Are we living in fascism? No. But we could | Andrew Gawthorpe 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z As with many of the other economic policies proposed by the Massachusetts senator, this one suffers from overreaching and being cloaked in overwrought populist rhetoric. Perspective | Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan for private equity has good aims but misses the mark 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z This time around more than two dozen people are looking to challenge President Trump in a crowded and already overwrought Democratic primary. Who are all these white guys running for president? And why? 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The prediction was overwrought, as these prognostications tend to be, but many older readers will remember that in their youth some people were near-recluses in their homes, talking for hours on the phone. Opinion | Social media should be a complement to real life. Not a substitute. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The encounter spurred allegations of racial profiling, igniting protests that unfolded in the overwrought days following the 2016 election. Protests at Oberlin labeled a bakery racist. Now, the college has been ordered to pay $11 million for libel. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Without any overwrought language, and using interesting and informative material, she created a compelling critique of laws concerning women’s reproductive systems that are not fact-based. The facts and women’s bodies 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Sevilla were suddenly through on away goals and Emery lost himself in overwrought celebrations, charging on to the pitch and enacting a classic from the José Mourinho playbook. Arsenal v Valencia: Europa League semi-final, first leg – live! 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Actually, all of us do, because through this overwrought culling, we’re teaching a generation of children values that stink. Opinion | The Moral Wages of the College Admissions Mania 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z But Williams had found, in his apprentice work, other ways of being, as he later put it, “flowery and verbose and overwrought.” John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “Soap” pushed boundaries when it debuted in 1977, lampooning the often overwrought daytime soap operas that once crammed network schedules. Katherine Helmond, affable matriarch of ‘Soap’ and ‘Who’s the Boss?’, dies at 89 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Their story so far has been marked by overwrought accounts of the perils at hand and over-the-top pronouncements of progress. Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Her story is emblematic of our country’s medical care, which is unnecessarily fragmented and bureaucratic, and overwrought with barriers to providing quality, affordable health care. Single-payer health care is the only moral prescription for America 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Look, some of this is overwrought for dramatic purposes. Perspective | A 50-win season is the Wizards’ 100-point game, 4-minute mile and .400 batting average 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z That showing was certainly not a disappointment, but a condensed event schedule brought on by weather delays left Shiffrin fatigued and overwrought. Mikaela Shiffrin Wows Skiing When She Races — and When She Doesn’t 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z First, overwrought hair-splitting among the primary contenders’ positions proves little about what any would actually do as president. Opinion | How Democrats could lose on health care in 2020 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Her catwalk brand has evolved from elegant but somewhat overwrought dresses – the sort of thing you need if you go on a lot of dinner dates in Mayfair – into fluid, confident day-to-night tailoring. Victoria Beckham: ‘You have to be quite controlling’ 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z As were outlandish lip colors or overwrought eye makeup. Here are the beauty hits and misses from the 2019 Golden Globes 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Trademark experts said the talk of colonialism and robbery was overwrought, and that the trademarking of phrases, particularly those from other languages, is commonplace. Hakuna Matata™? Can Disney Actually Trademark That? 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Schneider revels in extremity, but “Mommy & Me,” a torched haunted house, tips into the overwrought. Awful aquariums, a dollhouse of horrors: One artist's disturbing worlds, in miniature 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s been getting so much buzz, and yet its trailer made made the movie look so melodramatic, saccharine, twee, overwrought, and manically romantic. 11 new trailers you should watch this week 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z That’s fairy vision; I hope you don’t mind if it’s a little overwrought. The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Adepo is very good at registering shock, fear and worry in a performance as overwrought as the rest of the picture. ‘Overlord’ overdoes it with Nazis, zombies, cliches, violence 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Such an overwrought arrival at EZE airport on 23 October was a strangely fitting prelude to two big, dramatic days of football in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires 2-0 Brazil: how River and Boca set up a Superclásico final 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Basically, if you thought this midterm season was overwrought, you’d better buckle up. Essential California: Guess where the next political battleground is - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z |
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