Shallow-brained cheerfulness, foolish dreams, unfounded hopes, you would say; and I will not venture to deny it: suspicions to that effect arose too frequently in my own mind.
The opening sequence at the TV station, where Maya passively takes on a
shallow-brained TV newscaster (Emily Procter), is cheering, and Blush's dry receptionist's (Donna Ponterotto) putdown of power-mad Finch shows a weather eye for amusing details.