a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being . 
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(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN ) (HYPH ) (NN )) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT )) (S (VP (VBZ ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN ) (NN ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (CC ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN )))) (CC ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ))))))))))) (. )))