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The harsher critics call it "iffy ballads and lame roadhouse rock" (Jeff Giles, Newsweek ). Despite the weakness of some of these recycled scraps, Springsteen's "unbridled earnestness and positive energy" are still impressive (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). (Click here to join an online discussion about Springsteen.)
the same sentimentality and earnestness he throws over every subject" (James Collins, Time ). Techniques recycled from Burns' documentaries on baseball and the Civil War--including background fiddle music and actors reading wistful letters--are singled out as especially grating.
But I also suspect that Greider is the victim of his own earnestness.
They are not simply characters who display contrived earnestness and advertise virtues they don't have, like the big smile and self-bestowed nickname Honest John , your friendly usedcar dealer.
Sam Schulman complains in the Wall Street Journal that despite the excellent material, Eisler "cannot capture" the essence of Byron's power "because her earnestness misses his seductive combination of modesty, irony, self-doubt and self-confidence."