Word: grin
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fault the stars. Fraser is that lovely commodity, a big man with physical grace and an underdog charm. He's drollest in his early scenes as the consummate loser with a coprophagous grin--a character perilously close to Rob Schneider's needy-nerdy copy-machine guy on Saturday Night Live years ago. (Similarly, O'Connor looks so much like the younger Kathie Lee Gifford that she could be accused of face-lifting.) Hurley slinks through her role with the purr and swagger of a dominatrix in the Profumo years. Her lithe body has the sexy lines that are often missing...
...Master attempts to work off of the fun of Chan's trademark kick-ass fighting style, humorous personality and magnetic charisma. Chan is having a grand old time playing a character who is half his real age and whose father is probably younger than he is; yet his characteristic grin emanates with boyish appeal and ingenuous complacency...
...this irony that many viewers find sadistic and alienating in his work, and their cinematic experience turns cold and angry. But even though von Trier makes you want to throw your popcorn or rip your ticket, I think there is something valuable underneath this so-called charlatan's grin and captured in the lens of his camera...
...NEXT TIME, TRY: "Well, that's what diplomacy is all about, isn't it - finding a way to work with them on this." Or even, with a little grin, "Maybe they need some convincing." Foreign policy is full of gray areas and short on definite answers; Bush must demonstrate he understands this, and isn't afraid of it. All Bush really needs is to show a little confidence. (And next time, go ahead - say Putin's name. Or correct Gore when he endlessly mispronounces Kostunica's. People are watching for this, and they can smell fear...
...Timms looked up, at the American with the flag T shirt, at the crowd decked out in the Aussie colors of green and gold, and she smiled. That weak grin was an echo of Maurice Greene, of Cathy Freeman, of Steve Redgrave. But most of all, it reflected the emotions in the stands, where normal people saw hope and glory on the court and cherished every moment of Olympic history...