Word: blinkings
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...Osment like a backpack, and the young trouper carries it. A meticulous actor, Osment made sure that "whenever [David] turns a corner, he turns it the same number of steps every time, the same movements. And the eyes were important. Turn the eyes first, then the head. Don't blink...
...blink watching Osment. He has a, well, sixth sense for the hint of ecstasy or despair in a glance. Inhabiting such a character, letting humanity seep into him: that's not artifice. It's a fine actor's art, and enough to make any mother love him. Not to mention his two fathers, Spielberg and Kubrick...
...when the members of the San Diego pop-punk trio Blink-182 were teens, punk rock was composed by outcasts for outcasts--it was music about being abnormal. The title of a song by English punks UK Subs said it all: You Don't Belong...
...overall message of Blink-182's new CD, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (MCA), can be summed up as "You belong." This is a form of punk that tries to speak to jocks as strongly as it speaks to weirdos. The simplicity, profanity and high velocity associated with punk rock are all in place, but the subject matter is often the stuff of Freddie Prinze Jr. movies. Nearly every song is concerned with a universal adolescent experience: a terrifying first date; a holiday with grotesque relatives; a romance at a rock concert. Anthem Part Two presumes to whine...
...problem is that to make its punk rock accessible, Blink-182 coats the music with studio effects until it's too smooth to evoke the miseries of high school. The tirades against priggish adults on this CD are unconvincing because the music seems afraid to offend the ears of stuffy establishment types. If you're so screwed up, one wants to ask, how come you sound so well adjusted...