Phrases with «genre cliches»

"Genre cliches" refers to overused ideas, themes, or elements that are commonly found in a particular type of art, entertainment, or literature. It means using predictable or stereotypical aspects in a certain genre that have become familiar and unoriginal. Full definition

Sentences with «genre cliches»

  • And yet, amid all that overdue and well - deserved scorn, the lone aspect of Deadpool 2 that is treated with gravid, wet - eyed sincerity — the thing the film wants us to care most deeply about, that acts as the plot's triggering action — is itself the biggest, oldest, dumbest and most useless superhero - genre cliche of them all. (npr.org)
  • This haphazard collage of genre cliches quickly overwhelms and does not add up to the greatness of the classics that inspired it. (rottentomatoes.com)
  • Multiple genre cliches are affectionately trotted out — the trenchcoats, the cigarettes, the Venetian blinds, the clattering typewriters, the alleys, the pool halls, the gambling parlor, the clattering typewriters, the shadowy stalkers, the apartment trashed in a futile search, the gun pointed through a pocket — as Hammett pursues both the lost girl and an overdue manuscript which he has foolishly dropped. (rottentomatoes.com)
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