Word: glibness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Park's performance of the first movement had a smoothness that was sometimes even glib; the orchestra must have found it hard to follow. His trills were appealingly steady and even, and his left hand octaves (so often bangily overdone in Mozart) were gems of control--in this surpassing even Andreas Haefliger's performance in last year's Bank of Boston Celebrity Series. But beyond pure technique, his pedaling and phrase-shaping demonstrated a great ear. The orchestra adequately reinforced and developed all the musical ideas, but Park's was the artistic voice of authority...
...Good Morning America and start a panic. That will generate a headline, way too high profile," he said. "Just don't be yourself. Don't be upbeat. People will get the message. Stress long-term, but don't smile, don't laugh and don't be glib." Sure enough, 10 minutes later, 10 excruciating minutes after I gave my first downbeat, frowning talk on GMA, my cell phone rang. "What's the matter?" my wife asked. "Who died? How can you be so negative...
...City isn't quite that glib and preachy; but it gets dangerously close. Director Costa-Gavras, whose much-Oscared filmography includes the 1982 Missing (Best Screenplay) and the 1969 Z (Best Foreign Film), taps into the nation's anxiety about the growing influence of the media--a strategy that is certain to pay off in the wake of the Princess Diana tragedy. Gavras is particularly concerned with the "personal responsibility" of grandstanding journalists like Mad City's protagonist, Max Brackett, who walks the fine line between reporting the news and creating the news. "We all move the line," Gavras says...
...first reaction to ridicule as Mr. Smith is to hunt reporters down and punch them out--until Jean Arthur's hardbought worldly wisdom is put at his service. The innocent is not good with words, so fists must serve--as Stewart shows when he tries to taunt the glib C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) into fighting him in The Philadelphia Story. Even saintly George Bailey terrorizes his own children before rushing out to do violence to himself...
Network programming chiefs typically are glib, self-assured guys who can rattle on about demographics or development deals even when the sky is falling. ABC Entertainment president Jamie Tarses, by contrast, looked a little battered during an interview last week, taking long, contemplative pauses before answering even seemingly simple questions. There was the weight of the world in those pauses--or, just as burdensome, the weight of a relentless Hollywood lobbying campaign against her, a stream of rumors that after a season of dismal ratings, she'll soon...