schlocky
or shlock·y
Origin of schlocky
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How to use schlocky in a sentence
At this point, you could characterize him as a specialist in schlocky entertainments made with big budgets.
The joke’s on him though since his rewrite is as schlocky as anything Hollywood could come up with.
Indeed, history has shown us just how much of a threat schlocky Hollywood entertainment is to totalitarian governments.
North Korea’s Secret Movie Bootleggers: How Western Films Make It Into the Hermit Kingdom | Lizzie Crocker | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is both darker than its unpleasant reputation and, simultaneously, more enduringly majestic than a schlocky brochure.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital | William O’Connor | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSons of Anarchy has been called shallow, schlocky, and meandering.
Television’s Finest Schlock: The ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Episode ‘One One Six’ Is So Damn Shakespearean | Paula Szuchman | September 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It sets the tone for the rest of the pilot episode, a schlocky collection of tired tropes and telegraphed setups.
Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ & Louis C.K.’s ‘Louie’: Comedy Clash | Jace Lacob | June 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRoberto Bolano recounts a schlocky French zombie movie scene by scene.
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