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She wouldn't praise a film she found offensively treacly or that trafficked in positive stereotypes because she thought it would ennoble the folks in rural America who saw only a handful of pictures a year.
This film about a man reincarnated as a snowman so that he may comfort his grieving son is said to be "treacly and fake" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The animatronic snowman (with Michael Keaton's voice) looks like a "large, wisecracking marshmallow man" (the New York Times ) and is described by Ebert as "the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects."
Of course, while this form of address does away with the confusion created by the term "my friend," I think you'd agree that one should put off using the possessive endearment until it is truly called for, or it will come across as treacly baby talk.
Indeed, I believe that Golden Syrup [ sic : no hyphen] is a trademark owned by Tate & Lyle for a uniquely treacly mixture.
Does Denzel Washington ever put you in mind of treacly black-guy triumphalism?