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...each highlight was quickly compromised by an equally disappointing set piece, like the three-minute sequence in which the cast was slowly stalked by two actors half-heartedly portraying giant shoes. The company’s need to pile on meaning often foiled its potential charm. The Bread and Puppet Theater did perform two kids-geared matinees over the weekend—maybe their aesthetic benefited from such thematic simplification.The production had several other redeeming qualities. The action—or lack thereof—played out before a gorgeous painted backdrop of a forest. Throughout...
...awkward George Michael of “Arrested Development”—worked well in the hit “Superbad,” but made for a strange, apathetic teenage dad-to-be in the context of “Juno.” The charm of his gaucheness completely disappeared.Jason Bateman, however, was by far the most disappointing character. Instead of being the saving comedic grace for the film, the character written for him was strange, creepy, pedophilic, and—above all—not funny. Was I the only one to pick...
...same holds true for the rise of McCain. The forces arrayed against him were formidable. Rudy's name, Fred's charm, Mitt's money. McCain was out of cash and out of friends and is flat out despised by the hard right. By what remarkable means, then, has he arrived at the brink of his party's nomination? Well, people kind of like him. He's smart, usually reasonable, often funny, sometimes goofy. So voters, you know, vote for him. For this you need Tim Russert...
...movie ends on this heady note: President Platov is late to a major press conference on a foreign visit, so the First Lady faces the press instead. Tatyana handles the test with such intelligence, grace and charm that she reaps a standing ovation from the audience, which had before been biased against all things Russian. President Platov joins the applause in the wings, then, failing to contain his feelings, steps up and kisses his darling First Lady under dozens of whizzing cameras, telling the press offhandedly: "This kiss is off the record...
Part of the charm of Zurich's E.G. Bührle museum is its quiet residential neighborhood, far from the Swiss city's more crime-infested areas. But the off-the-beaten-track location didn't stop three armed thieves from pulling off what Zurich police called the most "spectacular" theft in Swiss history on Sunday, looting four of the museum's most prized paintings with an estimated value of $160 million...