Chances are, though, they're probably the one act in the genre that even your grandparents could name, should you wish to bother them with such a frivolous line of questioning.
Critics have begun sniffing about its occasionally frivolous plot-lines, and wondering if the suburbia it portrays might be out of tune during a recession.
Ryder got an Oscar nomination for this role, and she's really good, toeing the line between frivolous socialite and calculating society lady who understands more than she lets on.
We will do that by implementing common sense reforms, like letting families and businesses buy health insurance policies across state lines, and ending frivolous lawsuits against doctors and hospitals that drive up the cost of your healthcare.
Moreover, she writes, Michelle Kwan established her athletic and artistic authority (in what some still consider a frivolous nonsport) by performing "dramatic story lines concerned with love and death".
The disputed part is all the rest: Ms. Liebeck and her legal action quickly became a national symbol of frivolous lawsuits, a source of TV punch lines and outrage from the commentariat.
Transit officials, mindful that the public might view the promise of cleaner lines and kinder lighting as somewhat frivolous, stress that Mr. Vergara's beautification campaign won't cost taxpayers anything extra, beyond his $140,000 a year salary.
That argument too is frivolous.
The product may seem frivolous, but it plays into a major strategy from Line, which has seen user growth of its core messaging app stagnate over the past 18 months.
The other sections of the newspaper were criticized as well: hermetic verse, frivolous short stories, reviews that seemed to deviate from the Party line.
