maudlin

Lindsay-Abaire’s book and lyrics and Tesori’s peppy Broadway pop music have a madcap streak that resists ever being maudlin.

Thankfully, “We Live in Time” never becomes maudlin, but it also never generates much emotion other than disappointment and frustration.

Not wanting to be maudlin, Morrison sometimes comes off as shallow.

They’re sappy and maudlin, aiming to reduce the audience to a puddle of tears.

The tragedy has a kind of inevitability that feels more Mishima than the maudlin Italian original.