Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Doom's charm wasn't its almost non-existent plot line, which involved space marines--or something. The attraction was hunt-and-be-hunted action that put the player behind a shotgun barrel (or a chain saw or a nail gun) in a hellish 3-D world of demons and fireball-spitting ogres...
...Penny Marshall film was a good idea, but not an easy one to bring off. That film, about a 12-year-old boy who makes a wish to become "big" and lives to regret that his prayers were answered, had two elusive qualities that get lost in translation: charm and impeccable taste. The movie is consciously scaled down and is able to sustain the dreamlike quality that a fairy tale needs to have. Onstage, Big blusters. There are squads of kids charging around, excellent dancers all, but they look like pint-size adults churning out routines. Nothing is left...
Which is exactly why it should not be torn down. Baseball is a sport whose charm lies in its traditions, good or bad. Those kids chasing down those foul balls will cherish the memory of watching a good ole' fashioned butt-whipping...
...refused to serve him and his wife, he recalled later, "I thought maybe there was something wrong with the car door." When it dawned on him that he had been rejected because of his race, Brown drove off, apparently without making a protest. It was the first time his charm had not protected him from being treated as a second-class citizen...
...this is still McDormand's film. The Coens wrote "Fargo" with her in mind, knowing her talents and recognizing her unassuming charm. Her performance is the kind of personal effort that leaves the viewer with the sense of having made a life long friend. The only sad part is that we may never see her again...