Preachiness

Sometimes Tezuka’s preachiness is beautiful and at others it borders on self-parody (and then there’s the anime adaption of Metropolis which tries to mimic Tezuka and ends up parodying him, it’s just so afterschool special). ❋ Unknown (2009)

It may be her "preachiness"; Serena is a particularly vocal member of the God Squad, giving it up ad nauseam for the Lord. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stewart has, until now, been careful about crossing the line from satire to overt activism and preachiness. ❋ Jason Linkins (2010)

Glee hasn't lost any of its preachiness, but it has enough singing – and enough Sue – for you to stick with it for now. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The current dominant mode of children's-book evaluation at least nominally disdains "didacticism," by which it means preachiness or sermonizing. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

But if you actually (gasp!) read his material, none of this preachiness comes through (except, maybe, in his explicitly religious stories). ❋ SVGL (2009)

Vividly immersing audiences in the gritty, crime-ridden conditions in which the aliens are forced to live, first-time director Neill Blomkamp inspires reflection on poverty, ignorance and ostracism without resorting to preachiness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our comics generally avoid preachiness of any kind, unless it's something petty like Rob's jibe at "Twilight," for example. ❋ Michael Cavna (2010)

"Driving Miss Daisy" ought not to be as good as it is, for it marches repeatedly to the brink of the twin abysses of preachiness and sentimentality. ❋ Terry Teachout (2010)

An ancient philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh ... lost my train of thought there. ❋ The Nag (2009)

And not just like "Jurassic Park," although Steven Spielberg is co-executive producing the Fox show, which features dinos, father-son conflicts and a soupçon of preachiness. ❋ Nancy DeWolf Smith (2011)