Still, there's plenty of high-concept stock-picking left. From Wordnik.com. [Investing, After The Bubble Making It Back] Reference
Two are grander, high-concept mission statements of a sort. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Griffin, MSNBC President, Talks About New 'Lean Forward' Campaign] Reference
Some high-concept shows are just too wacky for their own good. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Matt: Post-Emmys, Plus Fall Preview, Secret Life, Huge, Weeds, Persons Unknown and More] Reference
And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-concept idea for sale!] Reference
It's a high-concept show that spans over 20 years in one season. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2005] Reference
The idea is high-concept - or maybe it's just that it's a one-joke premise. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Serious Moonlight clouded over by weak script] Reference
This is the high-concept premise of Laurence Gonzales's lumpy new novel, "Lucy.". From Wordnik.com. [Book Review Roundup] Reference
"No, I don't think I make high-concept movies," Reitman told me after the screening. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Willman: Clooney's "Up in the Air" Premieres at Telluride] Reference
O'BRIEN: Now, we've decided this -- speaking of Barry White -- is a high-concept card. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2006] Reference
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was much more the high-concept political strategist. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Pope: Fourteen Years Is a Long Winter] Reference
The plays were surprisingly high-concept for this sort of thing, with lots of action and humor. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Shrake: "Adopt-a-Candidate": Surprises from Underground Theatre] Reference
But that nutshell description risks making the movie sound a little more high-concept than it is. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Willman: Clooney's "Up in the Air" Premieres at Telluride] Reference
As a result, many companies might be better off dispensing with high-concept advertising altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket More Green With 'Green' Hype] Reference
It was written by his brother, and we don't think this is a high-concept prank à la Adaptation …. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Day Week] Reference
To achieve that, Raimi didn't hire some hotshot, high-concept screenwriter straight out of grad school. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came Spidey] Reference
Perhaps Vietnam helps explain why the New Hollywood era came to give way to the high-concept blockbuster. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Shift Change: The 35th Anniversary of Jaws and Shampoo Marks the Transition From New Hollywood to Blockbuster] Reference
Redford should be commended for bucking the high-concept tide; at its best the movie achieves a quiet power. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Death and Fly-Fishing] Reference
In the meantime, he and his team have morphed from high-concept fashionistas into "world class cost cutters.". From Wordnik.com. [Buying Binge Shows Baker Fickleness of Fashion] Reference
Is it a bad thing that Jaws was made, launching the high-concept blockbuster phenomenon that dominates today?. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Shift Change: The 35th Anniversary of Jaws and Shampoo Marks the Transition From New Hollywood to Blockbuster] Reference
Classical music, on the other hand, took audience rejection of high-concept music as a sign it should retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem] Reference
Another characteristically Moscow business: agencies arranging high-concept birthdays for children of the rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Russias] Reference
The terrorists were playing to the audience, using gigantic spectacle and high-concept tricks to generate tension. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Goldin: The Fog of 9-11] Reference
Bochco readily admits the high-concept setup for his new series might strike some as farfetched, maybe even cheesy. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
In the high-concept world of 20th-century highbrow music, Charles Ives often layered fragments of well-known tunes. From Wordnik.com. [When Mockery Is All That's Left] Reference
The high-concept slot goes to Annette Lawrence's "obsessive drawings in her own blood, based on the Mayan calendar.". From Wordnik.com. [Stuck In The Middle] Reference
MAYBE ONE OF THE REASONS "Wolf" turned out so well is that it wasn't hatched in the usual high-concept Hollywood way. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Cries Wolf] Reference
Buried seems like a gimmick -- a high-concept movie that would wear out its welcome after the first 15 minutes or so. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Buried] Reference
In the end, we might all be better off not getting caught up in high-concept ideas like making sure you have a brand. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Stern: A Kick In the Career: The Perils of Personal Branding] Reference
She concedes her high-concept runway collection isn't for everyone and certainly isn't enough to keep her in business. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Wang's Idea of Empire: Marry High, Low, In Between] Reference
Donnell in Delaware for transforming that Senate race into a high-concept campaign for the nature and meaning of the self. From Wordnik.com. [Christine O'Donnell 'I'm You' Ad Parodied, Winningly (VIDEO)] Reference
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