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I see what you're saying, but it certainly did cause me to reevaluate my initial impressions of the plot, which kinda-sorta feels like a twist, or at least some form of elaborate peripeteia.

"Serpent!" screamed the Pigeon. greygirlbeast 2010

The Bad And The Beautiful is still as piercing, witty and malign a demolition of Hollywood as any put on screen since, and its kinda-sorta sequel, Two Weeks In Another Town, from the Irwin Shaw bestseller, is a misshapen and hysterical Cinecittà nightmare that repays a good three or four viewings before it just tears itself apart before your eyes.

Meet Me In St Louis embodies the virtues of a bygone era 2011

I certainly hope nothing bad happens to “Terry Canavan” in the new novel from a guy I kinda-sorta used to know in Greensboro, Drew Perry.

This Is Just Exactly Like Me « Gerry Canavan 2010

Eventually I hit upon another section that kinda-sorta works.

Suzanne Morrison: Second Book, First Draft: Banish the Editor Suzanne Morrison 2011

Gray kinda-sorta raises the prospect of lifting university enrollment caps Hatchet, G'town Dish

DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 18, 2011 Mike DeBonis 2011

I think over the long run they'll naturally be kinda-sorta indexed to GDP.

Science vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But then, you get this middling group of dudes who have amassed a certain stature in their party that kinda-sorta makes them feel compelled to run for President, but who neither challenge the primacy of the frontrunners nor say anything even remotely interesting.

Mike Pence Makes First Smart Decision Of 2012 Campaign Season Jason Linkins 2011

Mr. Liu has since kinda-sorta suggested contrition by saying his statements were perhaps "unduly harsh and provocative," but he isn't disowning the legal analysis.

Goodwin Liu's Precedents 2011

But then, you get this middling group of dudes who have amassed a certain stature in their party that kinda-sorta makes them feel compelled to run for President, but who neither challenge the primacy of the frontrunners nor say anything even remotely interesting.

Mike Pence Makes First Smart Decision Of 2012 Campaign Season Jason Linkins 2011

Eventually I hit upon another section that kinda-sorta works.

Suzanne Morrison: Second Book, First Draft: Banish the Editor Suzanne Morrison 2011