Word: goon
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...talented ensemble company. The stories can require psychological excavation, an undertaking performed literally by Dr. Trabulous (Tony Shalhoub), a cantankerous psychologist who analyzes Sandie (Jim Gaffigan). As Dr. Trabulous discovers, Sandie has buried his rage inside himself, a stark contrast to the brooding Satish (Sharat Saxena), a hired security goon who externalizes his anger.Bearing one’s own grief, the filmmakers suggest, is a recipe for violence: a personal distillation of the terrorist rage deftly portrayed in “United 93.” Meanwhile, the wives in “World Trade Center” are forced...
...times the bavardage is there just to capture the group's breezy wit. George asks whether his guitar is out of tune (it is), and John tosses out an impromptu verse: "I suddenly discovered that I was out of tune,/ But I kept on playin', 'cause I'm no goon...
...goon" line is not just a clever ad-lib on John's part. It shows that Champagne is attentive to the arcana of the Beatles' biography. In their youth they were fans of BBC Radio's The Goon Show, whose stars, including Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, all recorded comedy albums produced by George Martin. It was his connection to the Goons, not his work on jazz albums, that first endeared Martin to John and the others. Another number in the show, "Eleanor Rigby," which takes place in the wreckage of postwar Liverpool, has a cratered, post-nuclear look reminiscent...
...Simpsons), who serves triple duty as the voice of the temperamental superhero fashion designer Edna Mode, has created a film that skillfully blends the excitement of a superhero movie with a carefully-measured dose of family film sensitivity. Stereotypes of superhero movies abound—the thick-accented foreign goon (named Bomb Voyage), the high-speed chases between soaring skyscrapers, and Mr. Incredible parting his shirt to reveal his icon emblazoned upon his chest—which are tempered by a good-natured self mockery...
...Best Laughs: The Goon Show Tapes...