Word: deadpan
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Some patrons of the leather bars do not seem to mind Friedkin's deadpan, nonjudgmental look at their world; hundreds of them hired on as extras and played themselves onscreen. "The most positive benefit of Cruising," says one extra, "would be for it to make gay men examine their promiscuity, the areas they frequent, the type of sex they seek out, even the thrill of danger. The life we save...
...course, they still don't make sense, but then one cannot ask for everything at once. The delivery is deadpan, with no screams or squeals. Lunch complains about having to "run from the night," and the saxophone enacts a very gross parody of her melody line. It is creepy, like a '50s science fiction movie, but confused none the less...
...pinpoint Lance Morrow's age, but his Essay does seem to be a case of one generation speaking to another. I am a product of the "new lingo" generation, and I admit I often find myself flinching inside while maintaining a deadpan expression. However, what really catches me off guard is when someone older than I tosses around what are considered vulgar words and expressions in my presence. I have been running into this in job interviews recently...
...case, fired tear gas on a crowd carrying flowers to the airport welcome. More ominously and mysteriously, two nephews of Patriotic Front Co-Leader Robert Mugabe were wounded in a hit-and-run shooting attack against his sister's house in Salisbury. From Mozambique, Mugabe reacted with deadpan menace: "Such assailants must remember that whatever they do, we can do better...
After sex the sparkle of their courtship evaporates, and Starting Over loses its appeal. Rather than give Reynolds the rein to flex his demonstrated talent for deadpan humor, Brooks script smothers him in pretentious sensitivity. Worse, the improbable plot twists like a Neil Simon rendition of The Courtship of Eddie's Father...