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Cliche Watch
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Mar. 9, 2012
Ten Tropes We Never Want to See on TV Ever Again
Oh man, nursery school applications! How hectic and wild!
By
Margaret Lyons
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May 3, 2011
A Checklist of All the Things You Are Sure to Find in Any Wedding Comedy
Little Girl Who Has Dreamed of Getting Married Her Whole Life! Wedding Interruptus! Drunken Toasts! Dud Fiancés!
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Willa Paskin
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June 17, 2010
Novelists Really Like Dogs Who Bark in the Distance
It’s hard to find a novel without the phrase, “Somewhere, a dog barked.”
By
Willa Paskin