Word: gimmicks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...style, no look, no distinctive flavor or texture or sound. And it constantly brings to mind better shows: a transvestite Richard III pales beside the Crummles troupe in Nicholas Nickleby; dancers costumed as forbidden foods on a TV diet show feebly echo the You Gotta Have a Gimmick number from Gypsy...
...HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT BE willing to discuss your feelings about the Kronauer case." Nothing is irredeemable, but any cop show that begins with a line like that is in deep trouble. CRIME & PUNISHMENT, a new NBC series from Dick Wolf (Law & Order), introduces perhaps the worst gimmick of the season: each week's account of a crime and its subsequent investigation is interrupted by "interviews" with the key participants, conducted by an unseen questioner who sounds like a cross between smarmy therapist and Grand Inquisitor. The show is an odd mixture of '60s-style caper film (the crimes...
President Clinton is doing a good job of shattering that belief. His paltry and ineffective air-drop gimmick is clearly an attempt to deflate pressure for action, partially the result of his own campaign rhetoric, while allowing him to continue focusing on his economic plan. Recent statements by Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher make it clear that the administration sees no hope of reversing Serbian gains...
...latest gimmick at veterinary offices is sophisticated dentistry: cats under anesthesia getting their teeth cleaned, dogs even getting braces. Face- lifts can't be far behind...
...subjects do not have much in common. Sure, one could consider the structuring of the plays around an object an interesting concept, and, looking at Gurney's repertoire, one could consider this method an element of his style. But there is sometimes a fine line between creative expression and gimmick, and Gurney may have crossed that line at some point during this play...