Sentences with phrase «find pale imitations»

After that, the solo reperformance of James Lee Byars's 1965 The Mile - Long Paper Walk at the Museum of Modern Art (where else to find pale imitations of onetime events?)

Not exact matches

The ultimate conclusion is disbelief — but many find this concept too frightening and to far beyond the pale and hide in an imitation of «spirituality».

I find it to be woefully inadequate, a pale milky imitation of my favorite bold, smoky, spicy, pumpkin - y meal.

Director Andrew Jarecki instantly finds himself unable to overcome the story's almost eye - rollingly familiar trajectory, as screenwriters Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling offer up a culture - clash romance that comes off as a pale imitation of other similarly - themed films (including Gosling's own The Notebook).

The theatrical release of the movie was met with a fairly divided response; some people found it to be an amazingly faithful adaptation, while others found it to be a pale imitation of its source material.

If community and business leaders think the work can all be left to educators, they will soon find that their initiatives are pale imitations of Houston's and not worth the time and money spent on them.