Hokum & Bunkum

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–noun 

1. out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.

2. elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring.

3. sentimental matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play or the like.

4. false or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc., in order to arouse interest, excitement, or amusement. 





 　

Barely releasable hokum, stuffed with [cheesy] blah-blah, Roman Polanski's tongue-in-cheek occult thriller The Ninth Gate stars a [solemn] and dapper Johnny Depp as a rare-book hustler hired to track down a 17th-century satanic tome for billionaire collector Frank Langella.



tongue-in-cheek

–adjective 

Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.



dapper 

–adjective 

1. neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.  

2. lively and brisk: to walk with a dapper step. 

3. small and active. 





pantomime 

mime

antics

buffoon & charlatan

stooge



witticism

conundrum 

tantrum 

Fray 



pun

The title 10 Things I Hate About You just begs for groan-[inducing] [puns] about its film's quality.

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