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Generally, the actors survive their director. Donald Sutherland presents the essence of the WASP lawyer, a martini with legs, without becoming a cartoon; Timothy Hutton is impressive throughout, although distanced somewhat by his technique, and reminiscent in his mannerisms, of James Dean. When the actors do lapse, though, they look like they're auditioning for a Method class in the Village, and this can probably be chalked up to Redford...
...about the old gob, set for release in December. Not only did the actor have to master a vocabulary of malapropisms far more complex than the nano-nanos of Mork from Ork. He had to cavort under the fierce Malta sun, wearing thick rubber arm pads to simulate the cartoon sailor's anvil forearms. He had to squint perpetually out of his left eye, speak in what he describes as a Liquid Wrench voice and consume untold quantities of canned spinach. Shelley Duvall's role as Olive Oyl was not much easier. "I had shin splints for weeks...
Similarly, the study portrays the U.S. Episcopal Church-and the Anglican Church of Canada-the way a New Yorker cartoon might, as denominations held together less by shared belief than by cultural and class ties. According to the study, Episcopalians tend to have little interest in the Bible as a source of specific moral guidance. Parishioners' approval of a minister depends not so much on his faith as on how well he gets along with people, with heavy emphasis on humility and "lack of ego-strength." This, says the book, seems to "favor incompetence...
Although this gang sounds like it belongs on a super heroes cartoon, it actually represents the line-up of this season's women's cross country squad, according to coach Robert "Pappy" Hunt, who is partial to nicknames and dubs each runner appropriately...
Although this gang sounds like it belongs on a super heroes cartoon, it actually represents the line-up of this season's women's cross country squad, according to coach Robert "Pappy" Hunt, who is partial to nicknames and dubs each runner appropriately...