sentimentality

Ms Lock said they felt people wanted "a bit of emotion and sentimentality" after "a tough year, with global conflict and an economic crisis".

The lack of sentimentality was admirable.

"Emilia Pérez was originally intended to be an opera, which perhaps partly explains its saccharine sentimentality, repetitive lyrics, and diverging story branches. But that doesn’t excuse its almost random, whiplash-inducing tonal pivots," said Slant's Kyle Turner.

But as is often the case from “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the episode’s sharp-edged satire is laced with deep sentimentality, rendering Casa Bonita almost mythical, a place so ludicrous in its artifice that it becomes a cultural touchstone.

Perhaps it was sentimentality that led me to wonder: Where can I swim in a lake in L.A.