31. I was happy to see the couple go off into the sunset, even if it looked stagy . 32. Some may find his approach static and stagy , but the quality of his writing transcends such quibbles. 33. But the conceit is slightly undercut by the stagy foreplay on view in the second-floor salons. 34. He had to adapt this one-location theatrical play to the screen without it feeling inert or stagy . 35. There are only a couple of moments when a mechanical movement or a stagy feeling makes the fantasy slip. 36. This is a movie that's stagy and cynical, and it makes no bones about possessing either quality. 37. For a viewer on his way to Mauthausen, the scene, however stagy , was too literal for comfort. 38. Like a stagy socialite, winter made a flamboyant and fashionably late appearance this season in the New York City region. 39. The kick, in fact, looked a little stagy , a little too scripted; it lacked the old conviction. 40. It casts a stagy cloud over the proceedings and weakens the actors'efforts to keep a grip on your heart.