The original surf movies basically played the formula for laughs, with a few cheap thrills mixed in. |
The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them. |
Thus, American television has moved away from expensive sitcoms and on to cheap thrills. |
The shocking discovery of discarded glue bags raises the frightening spectre of youngsters hazarding their lives in search of cheap thrills. |
In trying to steer a course between education and entertainment, the show ends up becalmed, devoid of the giddy momentum that insight or cheap thrills would provide. |
Maybe it's foolish to look at it as anything other than a triumph of low culture and cheap thrills. |