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...life in Buckingham Palace. His imperturbable wife, Queen Elizabeth II. The dour Princess Anne, lining up a TV interview to pay for her plane ticket to Australia. The family rogue, Prince Andrew, smuggling porn actresses into the palace when his mother leaves on holiday. Prince Edward, ever dumb and awkward...
...must also be said that though Gammons' knowledge is appreciated, it sometimes appears in fatuous form. That Scipio Spinks was the college coach of current Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd is neither an earth-shattering or particularly interesting revelation. Gammons' awkward prose and his tendency to repeat anecdotes (how many times must we hear that after clinching the American League pennant in '75, Sox manager Darrel Johnson drank whiskey with Oakland Athletic Joe Rudi rather than celebrating with his team?) do not help matters...
Smith makes an excellent child, but his portrayals of a barber and limousine driver also capture their expressions extremely well. His control of facial expressions provided a welcome relief to what seemed awkward pauses among other actors when they were not an active part of the scene. At times the acting can become melodramatic. Even Smith as a barber falls prey to this when he laments the loss of idealism of one of his customers...
...when a cadre or two of important men can wreak nearly infinite destruction. And the Admiral's offer wins Petty's undying gratitude: "The efficiency of those military men is a constant source of wonderment to me...Not only will it help our borders but also clear out an awkward corner of couch grass near the strawberries...
...permanently identified with their roles: Robert McNamara was the whiz-kid president of Ford Motor Co. beforehand and head of the World Bank afterward, but he is still remembered as the Secretary of Defense who calibrated America's growing involvement. Others were caught in the national spotlight for an awkward instant and have been trying to live it down ever since. Mary Ann Vecchio was a 14-year-old runaway from Florida captured by a photographer as she knelt in anguish over a dead student on the Kent State campus in 1970. For years her wanderings and missteps made news...