Word: guestian
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...acting, or speech-making, in Q-V is in keeping with the Guestian level of the dialogue. Robert Taylor, as the Latin hero, runs the emotional gamut, with his accustomed impassive Cherokee stare. Deborah Kerr, the titian-haired heroine, brings to her role the solemn uncomprehending dogmatism of a Radcliffe freshman discussing the subjects in question--sex and religion. But the prize ham of the evening goes to Peter Ustinov, who makes such a hash out of Nero that you wind up feeling sorry...
...even more horrifying is that Judge Hardy pictures in their own peculiar way, are quite appealing, is that Judge Hardy pictures in their own peculiar way, are quite appealing, at times downright good. "Judge Hardy & Son" is one of the passably good ones and one of the more horrifyingly Guestian ones. It just depends on how much folksiness you can stand in order to see a fair-to-middling' picture...
Mr.Nash has identified himself, in the Guestian manner, with the vast horde of Ordinary Citizens who are struggling to keep abreast of modern techniques of eating, dressing, plumbing and commuting. He has paused in the marathon to express his opinions on some of the more irritating aspects of his existence. His likes and dislikes are typically those of city-dwellers who curse and sweat over far-rolling collar-buttons, wives who make their husbands wait, parties next door, Blue Mondays, and socks that shrink uncontrollably. His comical fumings over the enraging trivialities of everyday life inevitably reduce the reader...
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