contrivances

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Are fans so consumed by the mystery of who died at the end that they’re willing to forgive the numerous contrivances and shameless manipulations of this installment?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

The contrivances of the situation are inescapable, despite the scrupulous honesty of the performers in director Michael Herwitz’s charged production.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

There’s no villain, no phony contrivances, and the mandatory breakup is well-buttressed by the script.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis