Equivalent to "corny"? Any suggestions?

[Alex Shafaremlp]

Although "corny" corresponds to the Russian word "banal'nyj" as in "a corny
movie"
banal'nyj film, translation can hardly ever be word-to-word. There is a very
appropriate Russian word: poshlyj, which is so difficult to render precisely
in English, but which is so very appropriate in the suggested context. I
refer the interested reader to Nabokov's well known example of poshlost' (a
blond lad  swimming daily with two swans in the pond beneath his beloved's
balcony ...) as well as the extensive critical writings on the subject. 

Regards,

Alex      

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