"...caricatura de lo almidonado o lo redicho..."

Question

Here's a nice little putdown of the era of Doris Day. We need to remember why that stuff was that way as well. A lot of it was down to the activities of a certain Senator McCarthy, but, I digress...

Siempre se la tuvo por mujer cursi, en papeles de ama de casa optimista, dicharachera y conservadora, prototipo de la familia norteamericana biempensante que tan ridícula nos parecía en Europa. Y aunque la actriz tuvo alguna que otra incursión en películas de mayor valía, sirvió como caricatura de lo almidonado o lo redicho de cierto cine de Hollywood.

I'm thinking, "stiff" "stuffed shirt" uptight conservative" for almidonado and for redicho "affected" "pretentious" "over-done".

Fun isn't it? I like cursi and dicharachera as well The article is from todays El Pais Doris Day

Answer 1

Great vocabulary! I like the phrase la familia norteamericana bienpensante = the respectable (right-thinking) north American family.

yeah the whole article has some lovely phrases:-) - lagartijaverde, Sep 16, 2011

Answer 2

You are right, and get the idea

I wouldn't call this vocabulary, but literature.

Answer 3

Great vocabulary! I like the phrase la familia norteamericana bienpensante = the respectable (right-thinking) north American family.

I think it's closer to sanctimonious.