as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care 
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(ROOT (FRAG (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (PP (IN ) (NP (PRP$ ) (NNS )))) (, ) (SBAR (WHPP (IN ) (WHNP (WP$ ) (NN ))) (S (NP (NP (PRP ))) (VP (VBZ ) (ADJP (JJ )) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB )))))))))