| This was Flaubert's first novel, a classic of 19th-century realism, marred only by the tiresomeness of Emma. |
| Chief among them, of course, is the tiresomeness of Julian's obsessive, if benevolent, racism. |
| It's not just the tiresomeness of the narcissistic contestants that's the problem – you'd expect nothing less as many others have already pointed out – it's that the whole format is shot to pieces. |
| Or has his clownish, retro appeal swung too far the other way and plonked itself in the long grass of tiresomeness, like David Hasselhoff or any of the music played in Walkabout? |
| It's a plea for honesty – and an injunction against the unstinting tiresomeness of middle-class guilt. |
| After yet another night of drinking, arm-wrestling, hell-raising and champion-level tiresomeness, Reed turned up his toes mid-shoot with a number of crucial scenes still to be shot. |
