Are you an overrated 20th ct. author? - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. "It's INTENTIONALLY problematic."
2. "Boldly" breaks grammatical conventions
3. 2D characters (unless in author's demographic)
4. Characters run/drive/fly/sail from problems
5. Sudden, glorified violence
6. Alcoholic
7. "Woefully" wealthy
8. Too many suicidal characters
9. Dystopia with submissive women
10. Regularly taught in school
11. Blindingly white
12. Oversimplified progressivism
13. Protagonist/author loves woman he gaslit 3 yrs ago
14. Can't admit personal flaws that aren't self-diagnosed
15. Expat (and conflicted about it)
16. Cis-Male (publicly)
17. Questionably queer
18. Excessive cigs, coffee, absinthe
19. "I don't think you understand it"
20. Existential, but not pragmatic
21. Barely hides fetishes in work
22. Characters defined by haunting pasts
23. Unclear if aware of racism
24. Mary Sues abound