Word: goofed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good at winsome vulnerability, play a character so hard and snarly. From the opening number, in which she rages at being abandoned by a live-in boyfriend, to the contrived quarrel with her new paramour a few moments before the finale, her angst always outshouts her charm. A third goof was to have Short start out really neurotic, as Richard Dreyfuss was in his Oscar-winning film portrayal, but turn into Caspar Milquetoast (or Ed Grimley) within minutes. The domestic frictions that made the film funny simply disappear...
...biggest goof of all was ousting character-conscious director Gene Saks during tryouts in favor of Michael Kidd, 73, a legend who has had scant impact on the Great White Way for a couple of decades. The politest thing one can say about Kidd's slack, scattershot staging of The Goodbye Girl is that it will do nothing to revive his bygone career...
...smart remarks -- evasions of his grownup responsibilities, his large lawyerly talents and the long shadow of his great- man father. To him, principles are merely things that interfere with cozy plea bargains. He is, in fact -- neat balance here -- an upmarket version of this case's victim, a goof-off in need of some kind of Code Red himself...
This litany became tiresome fast. Overnight our president went from Persian Gulf victor and pioneer of the New World Order to an out of touch goof with "no vision." Now things will change back. The recession is over, and Bush will once again become "a good guy," just in time for November...
...Lawn must be barbered to the satisfaction of one's neighbors, or it earns their dirty looks and, in some tightly strung communities, a summons from city hall. The ideal lawn is featureless, a living imitation of Astroturf. Striving to achieve it soaks up water, money and weekend goof-off time in fantastic quantities...