Word: cavalierism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The duet that ensues between the cat and the cavalier is well beyond what I can describe without inciting unintentional giggles. Unfortunately, Currier has the same problem, though her deadpan close-ups and unrelieved seriousness work hard to wipe those smirks off our faces. In fairness, much of what happens...
But as the day dragged on with no word from the airport and I spent two nights shivering in borrowed shorts and tee-shirt, my calm demeanor soon deteriorated. The baggage office answered only every third time I called, and the noise in the background at De Gaulle sounded like...
Suharto has been playing hardball with IMF chief Michel Camdessus for months over a $43 billion bailout agreement to restore confidence in his economy. Jakarta has repeatedly reneged on reforms, particularly those requiring the dismantling of lucrative monopolies controlled by Suharto's children and close friends. By telling the IMF...
Contrasting Bridges' cavalier attitude is John Goodman as his bowling buddy Walter, who gets worked up about everything. The Coen brothers get plenty of good comic material out of this pair and thankfully don't overplay the "odd couple" element. Walter is a uniquely funny character too: though he obviously...
The point is not that Tarantino really works for the music industry, but that the way in which he's selling us his interests is no longer interesting. His vividly imagined, detailed criminal underworld, with a language all its own, was what helped hold together the short-attention-span oddities...