Word: childishly
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...possible salvation. Though undeniably, Cruise's dancing around in his underwear lured many ogling 15-year-old girls to the cinema, producers seemed to recognize that there was more to appeal to in a teenage film than hormones. Risks Business exhibited promise beyond the usual hackneyed dialogue and childish antics, to which teenage audiences are so accustomed. Its well-developed fantasy motif, more importantly, indicated that producers finally may be getting away from the temptation of marketing flesh for flesh's sake...
...speculation that people are being bombed with bee droppings," says one ranking State Department official who is following the issue. His views reflect the chorus of official denunciation and rejection that followed Meselson's disclosure, that included one scientist who tested samples for the government and labelled the finds "childish" and "absurd...
While the show is generally well-done, the uneven acting prevents the play from being all it could. Brenneman convincingly handles the most difficult role of Vinnie, alternating between the emotionally childish "daddy's little girl" and the cunning, evil woman who twists people to murder or suicide. But her snarling performance leaves the audience unable to pity her character. This bleak production denies Vinnie the final redemption earned by a tragic heroine. The other demanding role, Orin, occasionally eludes Keshishian, as he has trouble at first keeping the war-weary boy diffident and still remaining in character. Happily...
...skip "asshole, asshole," which seems too childish and "boring" to need further comment. "Midget" is another matter. When you come down to it, what is the difference between ridiculing a player because of his race and ridiculing him because of his size? If there is a difference, it would dictate extra praise for overcoming the handicap...
...interesting if Kennedy supplied some personal involvement, but the initially sympathetic qualities in O'Brien fade as her political career takes off. As her reformist zeal becomes lust for power, more and more of Kennedy's attention goes to her pleasure in manipulating men, throwing temper tantrums, and other childish antics...