Word: chameleons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Happy. More animated than at previous concerts on his college tour, Costello virtually spat out the words to "Brilliant Mistake" and "Suit of Lights," two songs from America which deal with the ups and downs of his career. These songs gave the audience a glimpse behind his pop chameleon posturing. The pain on his face was genuine when he sang "I was a fine idea at the time. Now I'm a brilliant mistake...
...Perry sailed a squadron of U.S. naval ships into Japan's waters in 1853 and demanded an opening of trade, the Japanese reacted swiftly. They cast off 250 years of rigid isolation and rapidly transformed their island nation from a feudal to a modern state. The Japanese again proved chameleon-like following their humiliating surrender at the close of World War II. Under the watchful eye of General Douglas MacArthur, the head of the occupation forces, they abandoned militarism, established their unique brand of capitalism, and quickly turned the country from an economic prodigy into a business superpower...
...White Boy from Long Island, Rosanna Arquette firmly establishes herself as the reigning queen of the cult classic. Back on the now--familiar streets of Soho after a temporary migration west in Silverado, Arquette puts her character through its requisite paces of schizophrenia with all the felicity of a chameleon. Newcomer Griffin Dunne is the perfect lukewater Romeo to his elusive Juliet, stumbling through the night as King fool losing his keys, cash and prospective girlfriend in the bargain. Peering around with his puppy--dog eyes, Dunne is archetype Lost Boy--eager to find his way home, but predictably curious...
...mediocrity is a tribute to their collective talent and bravura. Brilliantly manipulating a spectrum of emotions from pastoral innocence to manic depression to pulsating sexuality, Streep may very well clinch the third Oscar of her career as the little--lost--activist. Once again, her most appealing characteristic is her chameleon-like control of facial expression. In one of the film's most fleeting but poignant moments (and probably the only one in which Baker's off-the-wall pacing has any effect), Schepisi moves directly from a shot of a glamourous Susan in her artsy Soho 'walk...
...Charley, played by Jack Nicholson in one of his boldest performances, is a faithful lieutenant in one of New York's best and oldest Mafia families, the Prizzis. Irene Walker, the handsome woman in the designer suit whom he loves at first double take, is played by that estimable chameleon, Kathleen Turner, as a sort of yuppie princess. Resident of far-off Los Angeles, where she claims to be a tax consultant, she is knowledgeable about restaurants, cars and foreign languages. It is just possible to believe there may be a soft spot in this upwardly mobile heart...