Advertisement
Advertisement
miserabilism
/ ˈmɪzərəˌblɪzəm; ˈmɪzrə-; ˈmɪzrə-; ˈmɪzərəbɪlˌɪzəm /
noun
- the quality of seeming to enjoy being depressed, or the type of gloomy music, art, etc, that evokes this
Example Sentences
But the reason “Dark Side” became a blockbuster is that Pink Floyd’s music — the full band, with Richard Wright’s self-effacing but fundamental keyboards, Waters on bass, Nick Mason’s steadfast drumming and Gilmour’s probing, slashing, keening guitar — defies all that miserabilism.
And Freeman, never the most animated of performers, gives his specific brand of passive British miserabilism free rein.
Watching Proksch’s version of sad-sack malevolence face off against Bayer’s gleeful miserabilism is totally delightful.
Yet even in the swelling canon of British rural miserabilism, this unrelentingly intense psychodrama burrows beneath the skin.
The most poignant depiction of gay miserabilism ever, fired by a once impossible desire.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse