Thankless
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For producers and screenwriters, trying to make a historically accurate film, especially one dealing with a faraway and complex period, is a
thankless
and often pointless task.
More example sentences with word thankless
And while I had sometimes thought the parents I was interviewing were fools, enslaving themselves to a lifetime's journey with their
thankless
children and trying to breed identity out of misery, I realized that day that my research had built me a plank and that I was ready to join them on their ship.
Like our housework, it's a dirty and a
thankless
job, but it's also important.
You know, like lots of generations moving to the Back of the Yards, the family did the
thankless
hidden jobs that most people didn't want to do: cleaning office buildings, preparing airline meals in cold factories, meat packing, demolitions.
Blake Edwards' film about a woman who is both music-hall entertainer and German spy during WWI doesn't know what tone to aim for, and Rock Hudson has the
thankless
task of playing romantic second-fiddle.
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