Saturday, January 31, 2026

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'cheeseball', as in something that is inferior in quality, occurred in 1986

 
Merriam-Webster entry for 'cheeseball'.

Headline:  Variety, 1/30/2026

Owen Gleiberman offers his take:
“Melania” is a documentary that never comes to life. It’s a “portrait” of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial. Is it cheesy? At moments, but mostly it’s inert. It feels like it’s been stitched together out of the most innocuous outtakes from a reality show. There’s no drama to it. It should have been called “Day of the Living Tradwife.”
 

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