'huge, queer and tawdry' but 'much admired by the public'

I think DCU0 is kind of like when you hear good things about a film, then you see that it's been given a trailer with too much (IE any) use of Voiceover Man. "In A Time When A Family Is Torn Asunder, Can The Kindness Of Strangers Heal Their Wounds?" for Together, that kind of thing. The sketchbook is the thing that's given me hope for the project.