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  • The giveaway—not that you need one—is the play's bait-and-switch semihappy ending, whose unearned sentimentality negates all that has come before it.

    Lindsay-Abaire's Southie Class Portrait Terry Teachout 2011

  • Both films, by doomsday standards, had semihappy endings.

    The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

  • Both films, by doomsday standards, had semihappy endings.

    The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

  • Both films, by doomsday standards, had semihappy endings.

    The Movies That Changed Us Nick Clooney 2002

  • Yet creator Ryan Murphy still managed a few semihappy endings, which was more than what fans might have expected in a series that constantly yanked the glad out from under the feet of every character who came close to discovering peace.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Susan C. Young 2010

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