Word: curmudgeon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stern is infused with a beguiling charm. Any misgivings is ultimately redeemable because the libretto and music are entirely loveable. Besides, with any production that begins with a mandatory rendition of "God Save the Queen", it's very difficult not to have a good time. Only the most miserable curmudgeon won't go home grinning and humming after two delectable hours in this fluffy cotton-candy world...
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love. Sure, Dench was fun as a curmudgeon-ish Elizabeth I. But for goodness sakes, she was only on screen for nine minutes! But Dench plays ice queen better than anyone, and Academy members feel guilty for passing her over in Mrs. Brown last year for Helen Hunt (we all feel guilty for that...
...author who wins the National Book Award can claim literary prestige, but an author who wins the Imus American Book Award can claim a big pot of cash, along with an influential endorsement. DON IMUS, radio's most popular curmudgeon, created the awards to counter the "elitist" selections of those other book honors. Of the four winners announced last week, two were selected by Imus and two by listeners, who voted for their favorites online. Imus' top pick was Freedomland by novelist Richard Price, who will take home $100,000. The other three winners (Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch...
Exhibit B--The Supporting Actress Nightmare: The list: Kathy Bates, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench, Rachel Griffiths and Lynn Redgrave. What were they thinking? Judi Dench was her usual curmudgeon self as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, but blink and you miss her. Brenda Blethyn ruined Little Voice, and Bates overplayed Libby in Primary Colors. (And where's Lisa Kudrow for The Opposite of Sex?) But look at the nominees again for this category--you'll notice something very interesting...
...welcome relief from the awkwardness of the lovebirds. Costner and Penn are both able to display more emotion and authenticity in their affection for the sarcastic patriarch. In their separate scenes with Newman, both suddenly become more lively, even almost interesting. Despite the welcome antics of a cynical curmudgeon, the love scenes between Costner and Wright become a mere formality in the romance formula...