To risk accusations of sentimentality, melodrama. Wit, candor and sentimentality give his images poignancy. We cannot give way to emotionalism and sentimentality. He campaigned against "melodrama, sentimentality, stereotypes and worn-out conventions". Likewise, irony, sentimentality, black humor, and didacticism, are prevalent throughout the novel. Likewise, irony, sentimentality, black humor, and didacticism are prevalent throughout the work. Likewise, irony, sentimentality, black humor, and didacticism, are prevalent throughout the work. Janet Maslin said that the film balanced sentimentality and nihilism. His music has been noted for both eliciting a party atmosphere and embracing overt sentimentality. While good characters are also satirised, a considered sentimentality replaces satirical ferocity. Rorty's notion of human rights is grounded on the notion of sentimentality. He said the film is a "gruesome hybrid, a mix of sentimentality and brutality". An outpouring of public outrage and sentimentality saw the decision reversed within one day. Even at its worst, "Chips" is inoffensive in its sentimentality. They were hostile to "plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and matter-of-fact description".