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But reviewers agree that the recording succeeds--in spite of Domingo, and in spite of James Levine's "overblown conducting" (Alan Blyth, the Daily Telegraph )--mainly because of the cast, which includes soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Thomas Hampson.
It has overcome its penchant for "overblown, chest-beating angst," according to Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone , with its most mature album to date, which features clever, self-mocking lyrics and bears the influence of '70s supergroup Led Zeppelin.
It looks bad: cluttered surfaces, production design reminiscent of overblown Broadway musicals, editing too fast for the eye to catch up, poor staging of fast action.
However, while I agree that security is a serious issue, I reiterate that the hysterics with which security stories are played out in the media are generally overblown.
The second article was by critic and novelist David Gates in Newsweek , claiming in somewhat overblown newsweekly fashion that irony and ironic juxtapositions are "an inevitable response to the human condition.