derivativeness

On the whole, it marks a return to the uneven style and derivativeness of her first book.

For all his sentimentality and derivativeness, Steinbeck knew how to tell a story.

But they are also mesmerizing enough to escape derivativeness.

But its basic derivativeness didn't quite make the case that some would wish made for these composers as ignored masters.

At the same time, it underscores how much of this art tends toward exhaustion and extreme derivativeness.

With hooks this good, who cares about derivativeness?

Derivativeness, in Mr. Israel's case, is a form of dialogue.

The desperate derivativeness of all this can make you momentarily giddy with something resembling delight.

Derivativeness is one of the 1980's advertising themes."

Derivativeness can go back for decades.

The trouble with such aggressively lurid film making is that it has brought as much derivativeness as daring.

Film composers are often accused of derivativeness.

"A lot of new film makers tend to work in familiar genres, and sometimes tend to fall prey to derivativeness," he said.

His works give the impression of derivativeness..."

The video clip is in fact a riot of derivativeness, a kind of random replay of commercial and movie images.

But Mr. Bejan says such derivativeness is temporary.

Mr. Christy's staging substitutes formulaic derivativeness for theatrical invention.

Mr. Henderson is not a highly original artist; for one thing, he seems to misunderstand the difference between inventive appropriation and simple derivativeness.

With his unwieldy work, Mr. Bennett has yet to take that giant step beyond flickering derivativeness, into burning distinctiveness.

Part of the appeal of Meredith Monk's music is its combination of derivativeness and originality.

This derivativeness, combined with bizarre characters and complete inattention to continuity, has made many refer to him as the "Ed Wood of spaghetti westerns".

Several of these works are displayed in the first gallery of the Hirshhorn show, and they have a congenial combination of derivativeness and promise.

Charges of derivativeness and even plagiarism (never substantiated in any convincing way) come from his clear admiration for Richard Rodgers and Giacomo Puccini.

And there's no point in faulting Mr. Cundieff for such derivativeness, because "Fear of a Black Hat" is too savvy and cheerful to warrant complaints.

"Leviathan" has a sufficiently brisk pace to deflect attention from the material's obvious derivativeness (to "Alien," in particular) and from the general disgustingness of much of what transpires.