Word: over-the-top
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...logician concludes that Socrates was in fact a cat while a townsperson-turned-rhinoceros roams the village. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) production of absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” shines when presenting such over-the-top antics; but true victory lies in its profound and stirring interpretation of the work’s dark underlying themes...
...entire cast should be commended for their delightfully over-the-top characterizations and their facile delivery of Elizabethan lines, which both helped the audience follow the rather complicated plot. Also bolstering the viewing experience was a cleverly engineered upper balcony leading to the front door allowed the three cozeners to evaluate their approaching victims and let the audience enjoy the often dramatic exits of the tricked gulls...
...oddly picturesque: a large gray hill in the foreground is overwhelmed by a crystal blue sky, with the actors visible by their shadowed outlines. With an unoriginal plot, dull setting, and lack of humor, all “The Ice Harvest” has to offer is its over-the-top violence. However, the unadulterated gore and violence does more to repulse the viewer than draw him or her into the film. Wherever Charlie looks (bathroom stalls, lounge doors, shipping trucks), he sees the saying “As Wichita falls, so falls Wichita Falls.” The banal...
...entirely dedicated to this phony election. Boasting fully interactive campaign sites for each candidate, the network is also conducting some primitive polling to determine which candidate viewers prefer, with some internet sites even breaking the numbers down by demographics too. It’s all a bit over-the-top, and it’s unclear what purpose all this attention to detail serves, other than to confuse poor viewers like me. But I’ll tell you one thing, Santos would make a swell President, which is why I’ve decided to vote for him come...
Smith does a phenomenal job playing a very demanding part as Miss Roj, a transsexual nightclub patron. While he seems hilarious and over-the-top at first, Smith’s intensity grants his emotional content room to fall through the cracks in his facade, deftly addressing the challenges of gay black life...