In the kind of moment that couldn't be contrived, the lights on stage cut out at the peak of their set and blaze back on just as the insanely anthemic last song, All These Things That I've Done, gets going.
Even in his moment of vindication, however, Frankie Dettori contrived to cast new light on his present insecurities.
In Evan Yionouli's showy staging, Mr. Walker's contrived effects -- neon lights, canned laughter, punk rock -- make a muddle out of a stab at dramatic, if not real-life, coherence.
Teams use fireworks, theater lighting, blaring music, contrived video clips, mascots, dance teams, stunt teams and the allure of the free T-shirt.
An eerie atmosphere is contrived by a violent artificial lighting though the scene apparently takes place in the open, on the planks of some platform overlooking a deep blue space.
However, my main concern is that the experimental system the authors have devised, the recovery of a lineage from deletion of a crucial component, is highly contrived and does not shed new light on the evolutionary process in natural habitats.
They made the stagecraft of other bands, such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who dressed up as light bulbs, seem polite and contrived.
In a new documentary focussing on the Princess's influence on her sons, light chat over family photos seems contrived to mask a depth of feeling.
It had the whip hand over the other mostly Celtic films in that it was shot in natural light in Spain, but it also contrived to economise on plot twists and narrative density.
That admission was also far more open, and far more heartfelt, than anything either prince says in "Diana, Our Mother," where their light chat over family photos seems contrived to mask a depth of feeling.
