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It’s a gag that’s funny five times and trite by the sixth, only to round back toward something warm and amiable by the final time it appears.

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Only 7 herself at the time of filming, she has none of those trite child-actor tics like over-mannered naivete or phony cheek.

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And as this act goes on, he opts for a trite missive about being with the one you love at the end of the world.

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He knew exactly what he wanted and why and how to tell me, which sounds trite because, you're a director, so that's what a director does.

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As if Violet wasn’t nervous enough, her pleasant conversation with Henry is interrupted by trite memes covered in Impact-font text.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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