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Other characters suffer a similar fate, as they, so thinly sketched, become window dressing.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
All that stuff in the film’s early scenes about Blake’s relationship with his dad, his daughter, and his wife wind up feeling like window dressing.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
National Guardsmen have plenty of training and shouldn’t be depicted as political window dressing.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
All that stuff in the film’s early scenes about Blake’s relationship with his dad, his daughter, and his wife wind up feeling like window dressing.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
National Guardsmen have plenty of training and shouldn’t be depicted as political window dressing.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressing. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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