"It's not soppy or silly to say this," Mr. John said.
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That is not to say the team has gone soppy on us.
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It is, in equal measure, belly-achingly hilarious and heart-meltingly soppy.
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I always thought I'd cry because I get soppy over shit rom-coms.
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Soppy, melodramatic piano ballads make an appearance at every Eurovision, and 2016 is the same.
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This show, in all its drama and soppy romance, cracked my wall with a pickaxe.
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As cliché or as soppy as it sounds, you want the best for your character.
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So in it's own way, exercising and sweating is giving me the relief of a big, soppy cry!
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This is a valid and intriguing notion, yet the piece itself is a soppy and saccharine work of pink pastels.
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Munch's alienated gaze on aging, illness and lost love can feel a little soppy if you are waylaid by the Nordic atmospherics.
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Seemingly intended to stab at the surreal, fablelike quality for which Allende is known, they come off as merely soppy and uninspired.
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The room has a peat-burning black box stove that warms fingers and toes after a soppy stroll along the coastal cliffs.
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He is a lot of things: a plaything to his stepsister Kathryn, a creep to Cecile and a soppy romantic to Annette.
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I saw guys as a means to having a lot of pleasure physically and I wasn't really looking for an soppy, loving relationship.
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It works like one too, slowly mushing rice and veggie bits into a soppy slush that drips into a bucket in grey soggy glops.
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" But although co-organizer Glass is "totally against everything the royal family stand for—inequality, aristocracy, empire," he's also a self-confessed "soppy git.
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There are simple wooden steps installed here and there, but no concrete staircases, iron railings or trails festooned with coloured pennants and loudspeakers playing soppy music.
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It can feel facile, this ostensible shortcut to empathy, and requires a certain authority to prevent the whole enterprise from tipping into implausibility or soppy sentimentality.
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A young woman in a kerchief was methodically pressing soppy green moss into the soil of a small garden in front of the greenhouse that houses the shop.
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Anita Shreve's "The Stars Are Fire" is the swiftly paced if occasionally soppy saga of a young mother, Grace Holland, who loses her home and nearly her life that October.
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Every now and again some soppy sod reckons he's the first person in the world to think, 'Hey, you're not just my girlfriend/boyfriend – you're actually, like, my best friend as well.
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That was never clearer than on Monday night, when second-seeded Roger Federer, whose rivals and fans joke about never having seen him sweat, exited the tournament in a soppy puddle of surrender.
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It has seeped into discussions of Brexit: politicians and pundits talk about "divorce" negotiations; "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", Neil Sedaka's soppy doo-wop hit, has become a staple at pro-Remain demonstrations.
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" Struggle with mental illness Speaking from their hometown of Dorking, south of London, Lynne Sandford says her son is the very opposite of a potential assassin, "a very sweet, very sensitive, soppy, loving lad.
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This post ran originally on THUMP UK.Whatever you think of Drake and/or his music, it can't be doubted that for a certain kind of self-subscribing millennial the soppy, sing-song Canadian softie has boundless appeal.
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I don't mean to be too soppy about it, but if 'Two of Us' can help just one other person who's going through the tough time that I went through, then that would make me really happy.
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He pushes and pushes and pushes the feelings till you think that surely they must crack and become mawkish, become a cheesy anthem or a soppy ballad picked out by a man who can't channel what's inside him.
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TC Crew - "I Can't Do It Alone (LP Mix)" Yeah yeah yeah, I know it's obvious, but piss off, it's Valentines Day and if you can't be obvious and soppy and schmaltzy on Valentine's Day, when can you?
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Without one, taking the portafilter out too soon can result in a scalding spray of soppy espresso grounds, or stored water in the group head, which could also mean coffee grounds getting up in there, necessitating a cleaning.
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Meanwhile, the soppy climate of leaks and counter-leaks has stymied policy reporters, who struggle to explain what's really going on in the administration — and even to sort out what's real and what's an attempt to manipulate the press.
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"I don't mean to be too soppy about it, but if 'Two of Us' can help just one other person who's going through the tough time that I went through, then that would make me really happy," he said.
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Within about a minute of meeting Nadia, we know she's nothing like the soppy, ice cream-chugging Joel (You're The Worst's Chris Geere), whose marriage of 10 years has just imploded, leaving him with a $2 million divorce settlement.
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" Or in the words of Terry Farley: "It's snapshot of a golden bygone era, when to most people it was new and fresh and its ideals of brotherhood, spirituality and peace and love were not seen as soppy, or old hat.
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A little soppy and a tad dull — Will putters constantly in the garden, mourning the long-ago death of his young son — the movie is so sedately paced that Branagh's distracting prosthetic nose can seem to enter scenes well before the rest of him.
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In a theater setting, it starts with a slightly tedious video titled "A Very Special Holiday Performance in Columbine Auditorium," in which three sad young women — including Joan of Arc, from "Clone High" — perform "Memory," the soppy hit from "Cats," slowly, lugubriously and in Russian.
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As we're seeing Nazism rising, and people trying to tell us to find common ground, how did you keep that balance of telling a story that speaks against hate and ridicules this monster without becoming a soppy "let's find the heart in these horrible people" type story?
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True, if you have to Google either Allen, the producer of "The Poseidon Adventure," which provides the basic template for the musical, or K-Tel, which churned out albums of soppy pop hits in collections relentlessly flogged in television ads, you might want to give this baby a skip.
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The police have been working out how to secure her funeral, the TV stations have Dead Queen Day schedules to be rolled out as soon as the doctors announce they couldn't save her, a million brands have soppy tweets sitting expectantly in their draft folders, quivering for death.
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It is in this soppy narrative that we are able to locate ourselves, to revel in our fantasies, to enjoy the fruits of another's labor: We're on a beach somewhere remote; we're sharing nerdy-but-adorable Instagram posts; we're living out the delicate romances we imagined existed only on screen.
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"I didn't feel like I was prepared emotionally and at the place that I wanted to write about it, also I didn't want it to be a soppy, 'Oh, he left me,' I wanted it to be more empowering and more inspiring and more like, 'Oh, these things happen,'" she says.
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They'll definitely make fun of me for getting all soppy like this, but Thou is such a very, very special band that I can't help it; they mean a lot to me, and judging by the roiling mass of bodies that pressed against the stage to greet them, I'm not alone in the sentiment.
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The score sometimes borrows from Gesualdo's madrigals and religious works, sometimes from a more familiar operetta vocabulary, but few of the songs stand out, apart from a sweet, if somewhat soppy ballad, "You Should Not Have Loved Me." All are nicely sung and finely accompanied by live musicians, although some screeching microphones and a tumbling music stand were occasional distractions at a preview performance.
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" (Charles has continued to define himself against his family's philistinism, boasting in his letters and journals of his intense, lachrymose responses to art, literature, and nature.) In an effort to build the character of his soppy, aesthete son, Prince Philip sent him to his own alma mater, Gordonstoun, a famously spartan boarding school in Scotland founded on the promise of emancipating "the sons of the powerful" from "the prison of privilege.
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Mr. Lynn calls it "soppy" when Polly shows it to him.
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Brandon Soppy (born 21 February 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as right-back for Rennes.
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Kitty Empire from The Observer wrote that it "turns its skewed sights on love in both soppy and calculating fashion".Empire, Kitty. Review: New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). The Observer.
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II, p.393, 394, 480-481 Tudor Vianu believes "failure in reaching originality" and reliance on "soppy-conventional attributes of the day" to be especially evident wherever Macedonski tried to emulate epic poetry.
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's Anthony opined that "horrible old Tug" turned "soppy" once he became involved with Sarah. She added that no would have believed Tug would stop "terrorising Shane, beating up people, and generally being obnoxious".
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Binchy's husband, Gordon Snell, asked her to "tone down" Sister Madeleine's goodness after reading the first draft and finding the character "too soppy" and "too sentimental". However, "she remains the most wholly admirable person in the story".
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We suppose the idea is > that they're icons whose imagery transcends generations blah blah blah but > after all the aggressive positioning of the first two singles it's great to > hear Madonna relaxing into this sort of song. The lyrics about being in love > are a bit soppy but love makes you go a bit soppy sometimes. Michael Roffman from Consequence of Sound was more critical towards the lyrical content, describing the song itself as "infantile" and her lyrics like they were "stripped from a fifth grader's notebook at the history fair." Slant Magazines Sal Cinquemani gave it a mixed review, calling its lyrical content a "faux pas".
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Surabhi Redkar form Koimoi gave the film 3.5 stars and mentioned, "Kapoor And Sons is a modern-age family drama. It does not shy away from being emotionally soppy yet convincingly lovable. You could laugh, cry and smile through this one!". Redkar praised the characters' realistic nature.
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Entangled in a conspiracy planned by Holly's old nemesis, the impending crisis and Artemis's rapid deterioration into a soppy alter-ego called Orion who perceives Holly as his 'fair princess' forces Holly to take the lead and find a way to bring back Artemis before it is too late.
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He's also become surprisingly soppy. I can appreciate the idea behind "Someone's Coming" for instance, but the emotion drenched drama is too strong to stomach. The only track I even began to like was "Amerika the Brave". It has a kick, it has some of the Harley bite.
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In 2015 Michael Hogan of The Daily Telegraph criticised the general portrayal of male companion figures in Doctor Who. He described Mickey, alongside 2010-2012 character Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and 2014 character Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) as all "basically soppy, sappy, slightly annoying plus-ones to far superior females".
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The reviewer ended up giving the album a rating of 2.5 out of 5. Angry Metal Guy, despite acknowledging the "rich sense of depth" of the album, felt that most of the tracks "dwell in the realm of soppy, unmemorable post- rock that’s about as exciting as waiting to get picked up at the airport".
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Wright later revealed that she and Grieve attempted to make Lachlan and Chloe's "love story" unique. She added that the duo "have fun together and aren't too soppy. They wind each other up in a good-natured way, just like I and Richard do in real life." Michael Piccirilli (pictured) plays Lachlan's brother, James Fraser.
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Richard von Busack was of similar opinion regarding Lee's acting, noting that "Almost useless as either erotica or therapy, Bliss squanders Lee. As good as she is as a vengeful girl, she's still awfully soppy as a weeper."Richard von Busack, "Hit or 'Bliss'", Metroactive.com, 26 June 1997. URL accessed on 3 May 2015.
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After the race Noseda said "I love him for his heart. He has had countless fractures, had to have colic surgery and pieces of his stomach removed. He has to have a special diet and twice we have been on the verge of having to have him put down. It all sounds a bit soppy, but I love him to bits".
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He found the cinematography too overpowering for the film's storyline, which he considered "weak". J. Hoberman of The Village Voice described the film as "grim yet soppy." He added: "The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed." Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post thought that the script lost its path when Sullivan and his son fled their old life.
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He has said: "I think you can always make a better case for a song you've written on your own...But everyone seems to think I hated 'Souvenir' just because it was Paul's song – not so. I genuinely thought it was a bit soppy, and since I hadn't written it, I found it hard to relate to."Waller, Johnny; Humphreys, Mike. Messages. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1987. . p. 91.
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" The album's eighth track, "Girls Allowed", was co-written by Westlife member Brian McFadden. It was described as both "Basement Jaxx meets Spice Girls" and "Donna Summer meets Dannii Minogue". "Forever and a Night" was described as "a soppy love song earmarked as a Christmas single", but slated for sounding like "every girl- group slushy song ever written." "Love/Hate", another song crafted by Xenomania, "lays vocals over garage beats.
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Opening track "Sing all Your Cares Away" received high praise for its "sweet melody", harmonies described as "soothing and gentle" and the backing vocals of Brian Eno, the love song "Hold Me" was described as "a gentle ode to love with none of the frills or soppy sentimentality of usual love ballads" and the seventh track "Patience" has been praised for its slow build-up into a full band.
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A cover version by Robin Wright was released in 1988 on Fantasia Records. The song was parodied in the 1983 series of Three of a Kind as "Sing a Soppy Song". David Copperfield (as David Van Day) sang the prophetic line "I'll think I'll go and join Bucks Fizz" (to which Tracey Ullman replied "Well, you know where your suitcase is"), which is the group Van Day later joined in 1996.
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Masereel considered Georges Auric for the score, but found the composer's music "soppy" and a poor match for the work. Masereel had long been acquainted with the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger via the avant-garde theatre groupe . Honegger had previously composed film scores only twice, for Abel Gance's La Roue (1923) and Napoléon (1927). Masereel convinced him to produce a score for The Idea, which Honegger finished by spring 1934.
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The third single by the Stones, Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away", reflecting Bo Diddley's style, was released in February 1964 and reached No. 3. Oldham saw little future for an act that lost significant songwriting royalties by playing songs of what he described as "middle-aged blacks", limiting the appeal to teenage audiences. Jagger and Richards decided to write songs together. Oldham described the first batch as "soppy and imitative".
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Images for Joan Armatrading – Jesse, Discogs, Retrieved 9 May 2013 "Don Juan" was Armatrading's favourite track because it is "romantic … a nice, soppy love song … and I like that."Mayes, p. 144 "Kind Words (And a Real Good Heart)" was released as a single in May 1986 but entered the UK Singles Chart for just one week, peaking at No. 81. It also reached No. 37 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
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Reviewers at Publishers Weekly have given Clark's works mixed reviews. The reviewer of Darker said it was "disappointing" and hoped Clark would do better next time. The reviewer of Whitby Vampyrrhic called the novel a "cookie-cutter story of an English town infested by the undead". However, His Vampyrrhic Bride was described as "romantic without being soppy or sentimental", and "a palate cleanser for horror readers tired of the same old blood-suckers".
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Upon release, Rosalind Russell of Disc reviewed Hobo with a Grin and commented: "...the definition he had with Cockney Rebel has melted, he's gone fuzzy round the edges. He's also become surprisingly soppy. I can appreciate the idea behind "Someone's Coming" for instance, but the emotion drenched drama is too strong to stomach." Russell also noted the song "suffers from an oddly old fashioned arrangement", which she felt was "years out of date".
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Prior to its first broadcast on London Weekend Television on 5 October – directly opposite the fourth episode of Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber on BBC1 – Len Jones, the voice of Joe, stated that his character would "slaughter that soppy Doctor Who. He may only be a puppet, but he is more realistic." The episode had its BBC1 premiere on 23 April 1994, when it was seen by approximately 250,000 people.Pixley 2019, p. 143.
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Harper described Song of Skaia as a "cosmically soppy" album. Adam Harper of The Fader has described the music of Homestuck as "subtly evad[ing] genre, skipping through all kinds of sound worlds, seemingly guided more by emotion ... than form." He pointed at One Year Older and Song of Skaia as oddly mesmerizing albums. Furthermore, Harper described the digitally painted album artwork as "bizarre" and praised What Pumpkin's "weirdly great-looking" Bandcamp page.
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The trail follows the coast then crosses inland over the Kwitalik Mountains. White Mountain: Sørlie again was slow, taking almost 9 hours to arrive on March 15 at 12:59 pm, and may have gotten lost on Little McKinley. Normally a 5- to 7-hour trip, the slushy, soppy snow or just fatigue have slowed the top 10, though Iten rocketed in to arrive second, followed by a very fast Mitch Seavey, and a quick Brooks.
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" Hyun-su Yim from The Korea Herald acclaimed the song, stating that it "has beautiful melodies without getting too soppy, as crisp vocals and clean guitar riffs aided by sentimental lyrics make for easy listening." On the other hand, Sungmi Ahn, of the same publication, described the song as an "emotional pop rock tune." Theresa Reyes of Vice was impressed by "the ballad's complex metaphors on love, life, and death." Malvika Padin from Clash also enjoyed the track and considered it "always-emotive.
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Whilst the main body of the alien was created using computer-generated imagery a prosthetic version of the cut wound in the side of the alien was available for the actors to interact with on set. Actor Eve Myles describes it as being like filming within a "blood soaked, soppy big sponge". The opening of the creature's eye was created using green screen. Owen felt having to react to this to be the most unusual acting experience he'd had whilst filming Torchwood.
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Hammond's family visited him at the hospital along with Top Gear co-presenters James May and Jeremy Clarkson. Clarkson wished Hammond well, saying "Both James and I are looking forward to getting our 'Hamster' back", referring to Hammond by his nickname. For five weeks while Hammond was recovering in hospital, Clarkson sent a funny message to Mindy, Hammond's wife, every day to try to keep her going. Hammond thought if everyone found out, Clarkson would "die of shame" "cos it makes him look soppy".
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Jack Watson and Charles Leno joined the cast and new characters included Mrs Dipper and Roger Curfew, the paying guest with songs by John Hanson and the King's Men. Another early member was Peter Sellers, then 23 and billing himself as an impressionist. He appeared as Soppy, a small boy criticised by the nation's watchdogs for his catchphrase, "Just like your big red conk!" Another of his characters was a strange woman, Crystal Jollibottom ("Stop it you saucebox!" he would cry in a crazy falsetto).
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As his name suggests, Fatty Fudge is an obese boy with an addiction to unhealthy food, particularly confectionery. He is very greedy and would do anything for food, which Minnie often uses to her advantage. He is largely confined to supporting roles in the Minnie the Minx cartoon strip in which, alongside Minnie's other rival Soppy Susan, he is usually the butt of Minnie's pranks, although his services are occasionally engaged by Minnie for the furtherance of her schemes. His real name is Frederick James Fudge.
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Frederick "Fatty" Fudge, as his name suggests, is a fat child. He is also sometimes called upon to assist Minnie in a particularly elaborate plot since his services can always be bought with a bag of sweets. He was briefly the subject of a spin-off strip in the early 1990s that parodied famous films, usually in ways involving the character's love of food (examples including 'You Only Eat Rice' and '20,000 Leeks Under The Sea'). Soppy Susan a character similar to Walter the Softy but a girl.
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In the first episode of the final series of The Goodies (which was filmed at ITV), The Goodies did a story set in a fairy tale world where they replaced three of the seven dwarfs (two of them died of exposure and another one was eaten by a gold fish). But they are later found out because of their height. The dwarfs take their names from the Disney film (Sleepy, Happy, and Grumpy) while Graeme and Bill renamed themselves to fit in (Soppy and Gwotty). Only Tim kept his name.
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Curry tried to explain that while the blood on Brown's hands was not literal, his acts caused bloodshed, and that the tornado was a symbol of the abolitionist's passion. However, the people of Kansas saw its inclusion as a negative statement about bad weather.KSHS "Curry's Statehouse Studies" Kansas State Historical Society In his presentation to the people, Curry expressed that he wanted to get into his pictures the irony that is the Kansas people; not a soft, soppy presentation.Dennis, James M. Renegade Regionalists: The Modern Independence of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry.
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He is a breath of fresh air and I think perhaps the greatest player of all time. Without being too soppy, it was an honour to be at Lansdowne Road just to see him perform." Clem Thomas of The Observer wrote following the Test that, "it will always be remembered as Campese's match..." In 2013 former New Zealand rugby player Sean Fitzpatrick wrote that, "One man can never win a match on his own but he came as close to that as is possible with his display in the 1991 World Cup semi-final. We were beaten by half- time.
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Vishal D'Souza wrote "Akshay shoulders an author-backed role, carrying more of the film's emotional baggage though he is distinctly uncomfortable in the soppy-weepy scenes." The films succeeded at the box office and his performance in the latter earned him his second Filmfare Award, for Best Comedian. His other films included Vikram Bhatt-directed action comedy romance film Deewane Huye Paagal and Suneel Darshan directed romantic drama Dosti: Friends Forever. In the former he starred alongside Shahid Kapoor, Sunil Shetty and Rimi Sen while in the latter he starred alongside Kareena Kapoor and Bobby Deol.
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They were both there during the State Visit to France to view their creations being worn. Hartnell had been known to term Amies 'Hardly Amiable'. In late years, long after Hartnell's death and in a more liberal climate, Amies became known for some ad lib remarks during interviews and in explaining his business success compared to Hartnell's near penury at the end, he more than once termed Hartnell a 'soppy' or 'silly old queen' whilst describing himself as a 'bitchy' or 'clever old queen.'' Hardy Amies' Michael Pick Examples of Hartnell's evening wear from this period are in a number of museum collections.
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Lemminkäinen leaves his happy home and the love of his mother and his beautiful wife and sets out for battle. He rides for days and finally approaches his destination, he casts a spell to Hiisi to silence the dogs of Pohjola and proceeds to enchant all the men of Pohjola out of the homestead, he only neglects to enchant one wretched cowherd called Märkähattu ("Soppy Hat") as he feels it would be a waste of his efforts. Canto XIII. – Moose of Hiisi Lemminkäinen, full of bravado, seeks the mistress of Pohjola, Louhi, and demands her daughter.
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PC Thyme is a policeman similar to Dennis the Menace's Sergeant Slipper but this character pre-dates him. This character like the aforementioned Soppy Susan mainly appeared during Jim Petrie's time as artist however a similar character appeared during Tom Paterson's time as the Minnie artist called PC Pimple this character was similar to PC Thyme but as the name suggests had pimples. Minnie's Teacher is as the name suggests Minnie's teacher this character is one of the newest recurring characters in the strip only appearing since Ken Harrison took over as the artist. It was revealed in Issue 3636 that she was 31.
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The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Johnny Dee from Virgin Media reviewed the album saying "Without doubt the pop album of the summer." He praised McCartney's musical growth and transition stating, "McCartney has undergone an incredible re-invention from soppy tween pin-up into an R&B; love stallion", comparing the new McCartney style with Justin Timberlake with the same permutation of sexual bragging and toned pop arrangements that has served him so well. He also stated about the album, "the urban slang doesn't sound very convincing but the melodies and excellent production are so sharp he gets away with it", giving it 4.5 stars out of 5.
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" James Walton in the Daily Telegraph commented negatively about the loss of Landes saying, "In the first series Gil's job as a TV scriptwriter meant that Renwick could always add a bit of edge by attacking modern television. Without that, and with Alice remaining so utterly lovely, the tone is often surprisingly soppy." The basis for this was subsequently rendered redundant as Alice began to move in media circles via her association with Lloyd, Douglas and Fae. Walton also wrote however that, "Renwick does his usual professional job with the script, and Greig is as good as ever at registering various shades of disappointment.
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Reception of the novel was mixed, with all of the reviewers focusing on the novel's gloomy depiction of the struggles of a downtrodden woman. The Independent described the novel as tedious and boring, writing "Indeed it is by adhering to just such nonsensical notions of the literary project that Time And Tide ends up being the tedious, soppy, overblown novel it is." Other reviewers were more positive regarding O'Brien's continuation of her style. The New York Times Review of Books did not clearly create a verdict about the novel, focusing on how its disturbing and continues many of the themes and topics found in O'Brien's other work.
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The Washington Posts Ann Hornaday gave it 2.5 stars, saying the "[s]equel is both a romp and a tearjerker... Like a long-lost soap opera emerging from a Rip Van Winkle–length hiatus, 'The Best Man Holiday' has lost none of its often baggy, saggy melodrama; luckily, when things get too soppy, Howard can be depended on for crude one-liners that land with all the more finesse thanks to his smoky, slightly stoned delivery. …And 'The Best Man Holiday' has clearly caught up with the times, with one plot point revolving around social media run amok, off-handedly invoking everyone from Barack Obama (natch) to Melissa Harris- Perry, Olivia Pope and Robin Thicke".
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The show was a hit, both with the forces and the country at large, although the senior officers of both the British Army and the Royal Navy strongly objected to the sentimental and "soppy" music and presentation. Nevertheless, the show helped turn the song "We'll Meet Again" into one of the best selling pieces of music throughout the war. The show also cemented Vera Lynn's title of "forces' sweetheart" and ensured that she would remain, as of 2006, something akin to a national treasure in the UK. To assuage critics of Sincerely Yours, Thomas introduced the programme I Am John Bull, featuring military marches and "strong" music. The programme was not successful.
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Retrieved on December 16, 2011. Adam Mazmanian of The Washington Times noted that the musical composition of "If I Were a Boy" has "a spare [and] cinematic quality that [Beyoncé] fills with an expansive voice", which nevertheless falters at times. A 2010 review of "well- intended yet misguided feminist anthems" in The A.V. Club noted the song had both a "fresh perspective and a sense of self-awareness" but cast is as "a soppy wallow in whiny self-pity and broad stereotyping". Erika Ramirez and Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine placed "If I Were a Boy" at number 19 on a list of Beyoncé's 30 biggest Billboard hits published for Beyoncé's thirtieth birthday.
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On aggregate site Metacritic, Pandora's Tower received a score of 73/100 based on 48 critic reviews, denoting "mixed or average" reception. Destructoid's Tony Ponce praised the game's premise and how fleshed out Elena was despite her role as a damsel in distress, but felt that there was too much background lore, and that Aeron's lack of personality hurt the relationship aspect. Andrew Fitch, writing for Electronic Gaming Monthly, praised the world design, but faulted the lack of character development given to Aeron and Elena. Eurogamer's Matt Edwards referred to the game's plot as "a soppy and yet surprisingly sinister love story", saying that moments between the couple raised a genuine smile.
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In true Jackson tradition, the costumes and choreography in this show made for theatre of the highest order." Her vocal performance was complemented, as Let's Wait Awhile and "Again" "both showcased Janet's ability to belt out heartfelt, if slightly soppy ballads." Richard Harrington of The Washington Post commented "Jackson looked fabulous, danced fabulous, sang as close to fabulous as she ever has and in the end provided a fabulous two hours of entertainment that was equal parts rock concert, Las Vegas revue and Broadway musical." Steve Jones of USA Today remarked, "Janet Jackson had a sellout crowd for the kickoff of her first U.S. tour in four years, and she blew the fans away with imaginative staging and sheer exuberance.
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Section 2, p. 13. Reviewing it for its 30th anniversary, film critic Roger Ebert regarded it as "an example of superb old-style craftsmanship at the service of a soppy romantic vision", and wrote that "the story, especially as it has been simplified by Lean and his screenwriter, Robert Bolt, seems political in the same sense Gone With the Wind is political, as spectacle and backdrop, without ideology", concluding that the political content is treated mostly as a "sideshow". Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent reviewed the film for its 50th anniversary and noted director David Lean's "extraordinary artistry" but found the film bordering on "kitsch". Macnab also felt that the musical score by Maurice Jarre still stood up but criticised the English accents.
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However, his permanent death and continuation of story in the following story "Death in Heaven" received mixed reviews, with Doctor Who TV commenting that how Danny kept a grip of his emotions following the turning of his inhibitor not being a sufficient explanation and criticising that Danny's backstory was not given sufficient screen time for emotional impact. Following his death, some fans campaigned to "keep Danny dead" following Steven Moffat's apparent trend to resurrect fallen companions including Clara, and Rory Williams. In 2015, Michael Hogan of The Daily Telegraph criticised the general portrayal of male companion figures in Doctor Who. He described Danny, alongside 2005-2006 character Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) and 2010-2012 character Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) as all "basically soppy, sappy, slightly annoying plus-ones to far superior females".
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" Heats Karen Edwards awarded the album five stars out of five, saying "From girlie pop to big ballads, this album will remind you what the fuss is all about. Future X Factor winners take note: this is what real talent sounds like." On the other hand, some reviews were harsh, Entertainment Weekly said that "Too much of "Echo" is mired in soppy balladry and standard-issue dancery" adding that "When it works, however, as on the soaring Happy and feathery, synth-laden I Got You, all is (momentarily) redeemed". The Guardian said that "Echo's 13 tracks, which were co-written by Justin Timberlake, OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and other costly names, follow the formula of her debut: the slow, piano-accented build-up, punctuated by sharp intakes of breath and vocal curlicues, then the climactic explosion as the drums crash in and she hits the chorus.
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Billboard magazine's review was positive, stating, "'Every Time' ranks with (Jackson's) most memorable ballads, such as "Let's Wait Awhile" and "Again," calling on the things that make Janet so effective with this type of delicate material: Her voice quivers with emotion as she practically whispers about the promise and fear of an imminent romance, while steadfast writer/producer team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis wrap her vocal around a beautiful and sensuous chorus. This song sounds so perfect with the more civil pace of fall, it's an easy decision across the board, at top 40, AC, and R&B.; Absolutely destined to be one of her greats." Andrew Le from Renowned for Sound website, called the song "tender, angelic", and also commented that it was "far superior than the overrated, soppy saccharine Again, as it has an even better piano hook and more intimate vocal performance".
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AllMusic's Andy Kellman said that, "While there are a few standouts on this album, Vazquez sounds tentative and too conscious about making the right moves, and the variety of material must be an experiment to find out where he fits best, including soppy adult contemporary ("4 the 1," "One Shot"), harmless ska-inflected pop ("Don't Lie"), and marvelously horrible club-oriented garbage ("Cohiba")." He concluded that, "[T]he results next time should be significantly improved if Vazquez can work with a smaller team that can give him a more personalized and focused set of songs." Ericka Souter, writing for People, also criticized the various genre- hopping throughout the album but gave credit to the first two tracks for properly showcasing Vazquez's vocal talents and charisma, saying that he's "still worthy of a little idol worship." Julianne Shepherd of Vibe praised the Latin pop tracks for displaying Vazquez's tenor but found diversions away from it make his voice lack style.
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The 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the first major video game to use the word, along with being the first in the series to use the words nigga, motherfucker, and cocksucker. It was used just once, by the British character Kent Paul (voiced by Danny Dyer), who refers to Maccer as a "soppy cunt" in the mission Don Peyote."GTA V & The 10 Greatest Characters In Grand Theft Auto History" , Matthew Cooper, Sep 10, 2013, Sabotage Times The 2004 title The Getaway: Black Monday by SCEE used the word several times during the game."THE GETAWAY: BLACK MONDAY", 30 Nov 2004, In the 2008 title Grand Theft Auto IV (developed by Rockstar North and distributed by Take Two Interactive), the word, amongst many other expletives, was used by James Pegorino who, after finding out that his personal bodyguard had turned states, exclaimed "The world is a cunt!" while aiming a shotgun at the player.
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"Special Brew" is a song by British 2-tone and ska band Bad Manners, released in September 1980 and was the third single from their first album Ska 'n' B. It was the band's joint biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 3 in the Singles Charts, which it stayed at for 2 weeks. The song takes its inspiration from the Carlsberg lager Special Brew and is about someone who loves it like a significant other. After the success of "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu", the band realised they needed to write more songs and so went to the local off-licence for inspiration. One of the ideas sounded "a bit soppy... a bit of a long song" to Buster Bloodvessel, which was not their style, so he picked up his beer and sang "I love you, yes i do 'cause i know that you're my special brew" and the song was then written in a matter of minutes.
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Unfortunately, of the 262 princesses in Europe, only two are possible matches (165 are over 80, 47 are under 10, and 39 are mad and married to a horse): Grand Duchess Sophia of Turin, who is unlikely to marry the Prince on account of the fact she has met him, and (his eventual real- world wife) Caroline of Brunswick, a woman with the worst personality in Germany. Amy Hardwood (played by Miranda Richardson), daughter of a powerful, if bad-tempered, industrialist, seems the only option despite the fact that she is incredibly childish and soppy, or as Blackadder puts it; "wetter than a haddock's bathing costume". The Prince seems unlikely to succeed on his own, given his fixation on sex, so Blackadder helps out by "playing Cyrano" for George. The flirtation and engagement seem to be going well until Blackadder discovers that Amy's father is broke, upon which he breaks off the engagement, though too late to prevent the Prince spending vast amounts of money on wedding gifts.
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