preachiness

Sometimes Tezuka’s preachiness is beautiful and at others it borders on self-parody (and then there’s the anime adaption of Metropolis which tries to mimic Tezuka and ends up parodying him, it’s just so afterschool special).

Glug 2009

It may be her "preachiness"; Serena is a particularly vocal member of the God Squad, giving it up ad nauseam for the Lord.

Serena Williams seeks serenity but is not afraid to face her foes 2010

But if you actually (gasp!) read his material, none of this preachiness comes through (except, maybe, in his explicitly religious stories).

A Complex Shadow SVGL 2009

Glee hasn't lost any of its preachiness, but it has enough singing – and enough Sue – for you to stick with it for now.

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"Driving Miss Daisy" ought not to be as good as it is, for it marches repeatedly to the brink of the twin abysses of preachiness and sentimentality.

A Perfect Night on Broadway Terry Teachout 2010

Our comics generally avoid preachiness of any kind, unless it's something petty like Rob's jibe at "Twilight," for example.

The 'Riffs Interview: 'CYANIDE & HAPPINESS's' Dave McElfatrick tackles visas, viscera & American humor Michael Cavna 2010

The current dominant mode of children's-book evaluation at least nominally disdains "didacticism," by which it means preachiness or sermonizing.

I agree with everybody Roger Sutton 2009

Vividly immersing audiences in the gritty, crime-ridden conditions in which the aliens are forced to live, first-time director Neill Blomkamp inspires reflection on poverty, ignorance and ostracism without resorting to preachiness.

Heart-pumping, alien-laden 'District 9' is sci-fi at its finest 2009

An ancient philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh ... lost my train of thought there.

The Church of the Latter-Day Dude The Nag 2009

And not just like "Jurassic Park," although Steven Spielberg is co-executive producing the Fox show, which features dinos, father-son conflicts and a soupçon of preachiness.

Slashers, Clippers and a Ghost Nancy deWolf Smith 2011