Word: clownishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to see Gallagher, I've got no sympathy for you. None. Zip. You get what you pay for, which is some clownish retard throwing water...
Rock stars and child stars getting busted for drugs: this is not unusual. But, gee whiz, little buddy, you too? BOB DENVER, enshrined in the psyches of a generation of TV watchers as the emblem of clownish naivete, a fawn facing down the elements on an uncharted desert isle with nothing but innocence...well, you get the picture. Gilligan got busted for weed possession. The narcs caught Denver after he signed for a package containing about 25 grams of marijuana sent to him mail order, and officers searched his home, finding more marijuana and "marijuana paraphernalia." Sounds more like...
...Stockholm's classy Moderna Museet knocked itself blue putting on a giant show celebrating American Popinjay Andy Warhol, 36. This earned the supreme tribute--an appearance by the artist himself, with his clownish protegee, Viva, in tow. "I was going to send someone that looked like me," said Warhol. "It worked once before...
...performances, but the film's depressing story arc leaves their performances stunted. As Ben and Elena Hood, Kline and Allen are especially adept at communicating their pain to the audience, even though they can't even communicate with each other. But Kline's character in particular comes across as clownish, because he's never given a chance to emerge from his foolish, self-indulgence. Ricci's stone-faced Wendy Hood is interesting to watch but difficult to penetrate. Sigourney Weaver's sultry next-door neighbor remains a mystery throughout the film. Lee suggests that every character is going through some...
...American Repertory Theatre production of John Moran's new multi-media the-artical creation The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a unique and disorienting event. Theatergoers find themselves literally surrounded by a strange, stylized world full of colorful, clownish costumes, creepy music and sound effects and a good measure of farcical blood and gore. Drawing upon several esoteric influences, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a lushly imagined theatrical piece, but its seventy minutes of bewildering entertainment is a mostly unpleasant experience with little lasting impact on the audience...