Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ideal, the perfectly struck golf ball, which requires oneness with the universe. That a foolhardy opportunity to achieve that state arises on the last hole of the U.S. Open, when Roy has a chance to beat his slick and arrogant, lifelong rival (Don Johnson), is the kind of bad, dumb luck he's used to; this guy's been playing out of the existential rough all his life. "As he always does in comedy, Costner grants an irresistible gleam of gallantry to male mulishness," says TIME's Richard Schickel As the psychologist who can't help loving this foolish fellow...
...ideal, the perfectly struck golf ball, which requires oneness with the universe. That a foolhardy opportunity to achieve that state arises on the last hole of the U.S. Open, when Roy has a chance to beat his slick and arrogant, lifelong rival (Don Johnson), is the kind of bad, dumb luck he's used to; this guy's been playing out of the existential rough all his life. "As he always does in comedy, Costner grants an irresistible gleam of gallantry to male mulishness," says TIME's Richard Schickel As the psychologist who can't help loving this foolish fellow...
...through his fallow period, and she played Peter Pan's young Wendy in the hollow that was Hook. She got a break at 19 when she was cast as the evil Ginnie (she steals jewelry from corpses) in Steve Kloves' Flesh and Bone. Wearing Lolita sunglasses and a play-dumb smile, she displayed slow sass and a wicked intelligence. "She was sunshine and light when she walked into the room," says Kloves of Paltrow's audition, "but as soon as she read, a veil came over her and she totally inhabited the character. She had tons of spontaneity...
...setting and characters are commedia dell'arte. Puzo playfully admires the aging Don Dom. "Early on," he writes, "he had been told the famous maxim of American justice, that it was better that a hundred guilty men go free than that one innocent man be punished. Struck almost dumb by the beauty of the concept, he became an ardent patriot...
...rather liked being a kid. Immaturity has always struck me as a good trait, whether it be making dumb jokes, shooting rubber bands at people or watching "Scooby Doo." And the Mystery Machine gang is just as cool as it was in second grade...