We've gone from prudent caution to ridiculous excess.
Add to that midget-tossing parties, gratuitous shots of barely clothed women prancing around in heels – joyously sexist party entertainment, as per ex-financial trader Jordan Belfort's memoir – and you've got an office of ridiculous excess.
Though we certainly do not celebrate the ridiculous excess of these teenage television characters, making art accessible is something we believe is vital in getting people into the doors of our cultural institutions, studying art history and creating art.
For many, the passing of Ken Russell will be an occasion to remember the sometimes ridiculous excesses of his filmmaking — such over-the-top provocations as "The Devils," "Dance of the Seven Veils," and "Lair of the White Worm".
By Russell Platt November 29, 2011 For many, the passing of Ken Russell will be an occasion to remember the sometimes ridiculous excesses of his filmmaking — such over-the-top provocations as "The Devils," "Dance of the Seven Veils," and "Lair of the White Worm".
Can stock and bond underwriting make a strong comeback if companies really don't need to expand? A. It is true that in some cases, like fiber optic cable, there are ridiculous inventory excesses.
He played best with a great foil, his ridiculous relish for excess up against John Gielgud's elegant Home Counties restraint, his penchant for improvisation unnerving the stage actor's disciplined regard for the script.
Hiaasen also pierces the self-serving attitudes of town hall and police administrators, and the scam through which the arm surfaces is, apparently, absolutely true, but even if it wasn't, the pithily sceptical way in which Hiaasen's prose dances through the narrative makes the most ridiculous examples of excess and corruption seem more than credible.
The 1923 Almanac for Italian Women declared that the purpose of sport was not to "force the body to dangerous excesses and ridiculous exaggerations".
But, even more than preachers, gospel singers have always been allowed a certain amount of "ridiculous" behavior; many have discovered that theatrical excess is, in fact, a job requirement.
A Madea Halloween (yes, I'm going to use the full name every time, this movie is all about excess) and it stems from a plot too ridiculous to spend much time describing.
