Word: clownish
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...Juan, Eva's rather buffoonish husband, Dean Shapiro is appropriately clownish. His funny, well-acted portrayal of Juan's weakness serves as a counterpoint to Eva's sheer determination. He carries off the part well, though his voice could be stronger. Andrew Dietderich deliberately overacts as the other foolish man in the show--Magaldi, Eva's first lover--and is quite amusing...
...thought of Nixon as a comic character, a dark and serious American comic character, like someone out of Twain. Comic in the Checkers speech. Comic in the "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore" farewell following his defeat in the California gubernatorial election in 1962. In the clownish 5 o'clock shadow of the first Nixon-Kennedy television debate. In the "I am not a crook" protest. Lighting fires in the White House fireplace in the middle of summer. Kneeling with Henry Kissinger in prayer. Phone calls to Woody Hayes. Bebe Rebozo. Robert Abplanalp. Comic names, madcap circumstances...
...SIMILAR problem afflicts the acting side of the show. Sherwin Parikh and Sibel Ergener both display a flair for comedy, using funny accents and clownish movements. But director Danny O'Keefe reduces their amusement value by overusing both techniques...
...film's humorous elements are its greatest attraction. Mastroianni plays a man with a vivid, even clownish imagination, a part at which he is particularly adept. "How could you marry a man like that. He should have been a clown," Romano's mother-in-law says early in the film...
...family man, yet he firmly shields his own wife and five children from publicity. He shies away from the praise of peers by refusing to accept Emmy nominations; yet he flaunts his doctor's degree in education, earned at age 39. As a performer, he radiates childlike charm and clownish exuberance; with co-workers, he can be demanding and difficult (see following story...