Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Male Student (leaning over towards his female companion for the night in what promises to be an awkward kiss): "You're not like the other 'Cliffies...
...wanking at half past three." In Unrequited Love, Freudian Psychology and Other Small Tragedies, Jose Guzman, as both writer and director, takes a relatively conventional approach to the subject. He gives us, as the title of his play suggests, unrequited love and a bit of psychology. Alternately poetic and awkward in its linguistic sensibility...
...John discovers, with the help of his psychiatrist, of course, the good that has come from his rejection by Lisa, a loss that leads him to the brink of suicide. But the ending comes too abruptly, offering an awkward reconciliation of love and pathology...
Such a lifestyle is an invitation to RSI. Repetitive strain injury has long been associated with blue-collar jobs that required excessive force, awkward posture and repetitive actions -- like driving the same kind of screw hour after hour in an assembly line or slicing carcasses all day in a meat- processing plant. For the delicate muscles and tendons in the fingers and wrists, rapidly pushing buttons thousands of times an hour can be just as stressful. "When you're working eight hours a day at the same task, you're essentially an athlete," says Dr. Emil Pascarelli, director of ambulatory...
Likewise, the characters' interactions are awkward. To remind Katherine that she is a burdensome imposter, Isobel makes violent love to Patrick in the adjoining room. Isobel's weak attempt at self-assertion towards a scheming woman does not resonate well. The scene is not only poorly integrated into the film, it weakens it. A rowdy sex scene merely substitutes graphic detail for a more intelligent treatment of the characters' psychology...