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Adjective
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Its storytelling is straightforward, familiar, and even didactic, culminating in a dime-store Freudian sequence which flashes back to a moment from John’s childhood in which his father wins a painting contest at a local fair.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025 -
There are several plot holes, extra scenes clearly included just to boost Sheridan's ego, and the dialogue has become overly preachy and didactic—almost as annoying as Aaron Sorkin's mini-sermons in later seasons of The West Wing, which is saying something.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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Four challengers have stepped forward, offering to help lead the district during a critical period underscored by a superintendent transition, literacy and academic performance issues, and impending school closures.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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This helped subject-matter experts frame their ideas in a way that felt natural and compelling, rather than academic or dry.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Paul Bledsoe is a professorial lecturer at American University's Center for Environmental Policy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nicolas Cage went for a high-concept ghoul in Longlegs; Hugh Grant reveled in professorial malevolence in Heretic; Naomi Scott unraveled in the face of grinning death in Smile 2.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Didactical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didactical. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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