trappings

Did you see “Conclave,” a pulpy entertainment that, because of its fancy trappings, seems smarter than it actually is?

Here were all the trappings of grand opera and none of the substance.

Amazon touted the sparsely furnished studio and un-flashy graphics as a refreshing departure from the typical horse-race network trappings, on the other hand, focusing instead on discussion and other media round-ups.

In some ways, the event had the trappings of a normal short film festival.

It has all of the trappings of a WWE match and has many in the press giddy with spreading their, ahem, insight.