Otherwise, V is a straightforward – and correspondingly dull – good guy.
Its risk is real: evil things will register more vividly than the great mass of dull good.
There are more casual limb-jerkers (the bunking-off-school tale of Never Miss a Beat; the raucous Can't Say What I Mean) and many barrow-boy shout-a-longs (the dull Good Days Bad Days, the much jauntier Always Happens Like That, with Lily Allen on backing vocals).
They described the bulk of women's submissions as "disappointingly domestic... as if too many women writers have been injected with a special drug that keeps them dulled, good, saying the right thing, aping the right shape".
They said: "On the whole the submissions from women were disappointingly domestic, the opposite of risk-taking – as if too many women writers have been injected with a special drug that keeps them dulled, good, saying the right thing, aping the right shape, and melancholy at doing it, depressed as hell".
SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL: And dull is good because it's predictable?
Its suits were a real highlight: sober without being dull, and good quality with decent, modern shapes.
All of this is preamble to my acknowledgement that, while I stand by many of my opinions ("Luck," dull; "The Good Wife," excellent), there are times a critic makes a bad bet.
Digestives work better than Rich Tea, which are a bit dry and dull (only good, in my opinion, for dunking), while amaretti are nice and crunchy, but too sweet and full-flavoured for this particular recipe.
Nintendo's games aren't necessarily more effective, but they are more entertaining; My Brain Trainer is the mental equivalent of weight lifting, dull but good for you, while Nintendo's games are more like Jazzercise, flashy and engaging.
Even if the rest of your tools are cheap and dull, a good kitchen knife will keep you cooking.
