brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination 
(ROOT (NP (NP (NP (VBG brooding) (NNS personalities)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP parade) (ADVP (RB about)) (SBAR (IN as) (IN if) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBG coming) (ADVP (RB back)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NN stock) (NN character) (NN camp))))))))))) (, --) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ drowsy) (NN drama)) (VP (VBN infatuated) (PP (IN by) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ own) (JJ pretentious) (NN self) (HYPH -) (NN examination)))))))
(ROOT (NP (NP (NP (VBG ) (NNS )) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT )) (S (VP (VBP ) (ADVP (RB )) (SBAR (IN ) (IN ) (S (NP (PRP )) (VP (VBD ) (VP (VBG ) (ADVP (RB )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ) (NN ) (NN ))))))))))) (, ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (VP (VBN ) (PP (IN ) (NP (PRP$ ) (JJ ) (JJ ) (NN ) (HYPH ) (NN )))))))