Word: awkwardness
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...rejoiced at the prospect of new episodes of their favorite shows finally returning to television. But no one heaved a larger sigh of relief than Sid Ganis, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Had the strike continued, Ganis would have been charged with the awkward task of orchestrating an Academy Awards ceremony devoid of writers and of actors. Anyone who watched Jon Stewart struggle without his writers on “The Daily Show” knows the man does not have a knack for the extemporaneous. But thanks to the reached settlement the Oscars...
...Black makes for a great pied piper. He brings a manic, absurd energy to his character that doesn’t ask viewers to suspend their disbelief so much as thrash them into submission. Exuberance and relentlessness on his part make up for Mos Def’s hopelessly awkward dialogue: he mumbles, murmurs, and slurs his words so frequently that its difficult at times to believe he’s a successful and talented rapper.While Mos Def’s shortcomings in Black’s shadow are understandable, “Be Kind Rewind” stumbles from...
...Egyptian man in a police uniform asks the lady behind the counter at the bus station. “What?” she responds, confused. “My funn-ay Val-ahn-than,” he sings as his colleagues look on incredulously. This awkward moment—the kind in which only one party realizes that the interaction is bizarre and the other believes they are behaving in a completely normal fashion—is characteristic of the tender Israeli comedy “The Band’s Visit...
...White House was chagrined by the failure of Reagan's mediation effort. That was soon followed by a most awkward revelation: on the evening of the very day the Argentines had successfully stormed Port Stanley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick had been the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Argentine Ambassador Takacs, an extraordinary accident of timing by the Argentines, if it was an accident. With Kirkpatrick at the function was Deputy Secretary of State Walter J. Stoessel, the highest-ranking U.S. career diplomat. Trying to explain the embarrassment, the State Department said only that...
...Serrell oscillate between the tender and the wooden. Moments in which the two examine their hang-ups over their sexual orientation, which extend far beyond simple denial, find the two at their best, filled with passion tempered by history, doubt, and the public eye. Other scenes can be downright awkward: when Alex and Ellen first interact at a club, the writing becomes far too blunt for the complex emotional situation. In this way, Beane’s words at times threatens to overwhelm his plot. While Diane, who seems to be made purely of plastic, venom, and dynamite, can rhapsodize...