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Nicolas Cage is one great chameleon of an actor, and this can mainly be credited to his eyes--those large, lidless, doe-like numbers that can be used for the most yearning, soulful stare (Leaving Las Vegas, City of Angels) or hardened into a psychotic glare (Face/Off, Snake Eyes). Cage, a ritualistically intense actor, has a penchant for going over the top, but in 8MM he adeptly handles the scope of his emotions. Initially playing Wells as a tightly coiled individual, Cage lets his rage build slowly, finally allowing it to boil over as the horrors he witnesses become...
...peer. Clinton and the politicos and the pundits all inhabit the same basic social arena. And social proximity makes detachment difficult. It breeds rivalry and enmity, hence harshness of judgment. True, it can also breed friendship and alliance, hence leniency. But for Bill Clinton, a gladhander and an ideological chameleon, there aren't many true friends and allies left...
...Connected is love--finding love, losing love, making love, and wanting love. Although the album is rhythmically original and lyrically daring, Connected is filled with many songs about a cliched theme, causing it to fall short of its real promise. Lead singer Jacci McGhee's voice is like a chameleon, as she jumps from emotion to emotion in a flash. V. Jeffery Smith and Peter Lord, on instrumentals as well as vocals, create a unique beat, which makes The Family Stand different than many bands, but not that much different...
...incongruities between her persona and the period, however, serve to reinforce the essential awkwardness Catherine Sloper feels in her own environment. The skittish, chameleon-like quality that has kept Leigh from being a star is perfectly suited to Catherine. She almost disappears inside her own scenes until her misery and confusion are quietly compelling and almost uncomfortable to behold...
DIED. BURGESS MEREDITH, 89, chameleon-like actor who performed the highbrow and lowbrow with equal enthusiasm and success; in Malibu, Calif. His Mio in Winterset (1936) simmered with earnest indignation; his Penguin in TV's Batman was gloriously over the top. He played the gentle George in Of Mice and Men, the careworn coach in Rocky and even did a gravelly voice-over for Skippy peanut butter. Meredith defended his quirky choices, saying, "I'm a man moved by the rhythms of his time, so I'll just take amusement at being a paradox...