Word: hams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acting honors in "Some Like It Hot," however, belong to Lemmon. Wilder referred to Lemmon as a ham, and here it works to the film's advantage. Lemmon's complete surrender to his role, his willingness to look absolutely ridiculous, mirrors the comedy of the musician's giving in to the pleasures of being a woman. Daphne loves wearing the clothes, and loves the attention she gets from men; she begins to think of herself as a really sexy girl...
...American terms he's a little Clint Eastwood (actor-director), a dash of Gene Kelly (imaginative choreographer), a bit of Jim Carrey (rubbery ham) and a lot of the silent-movie clowns: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. Says Chan fan Sylvester Stallone: "Jackie has elongated a genre that had grown pretty stale. He's infused films with humor and character-driven story while giving audiences these extraordinary stunts that are unparalleled anywhere in the world...
...ballerina needs taste and ego and determination. She should be a ham, looking at you and trying to provoke you. Beyond that, the secret is in a fresh way of phrasing, of playing with the music." -MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV...
...saved the future Senator's life by dragging the gravely wounded Lieut. Dole across a World War II battlefield. The emotional power was diminished only slightly by a by-product of the show's opening skit: Carafa, like the rest of the audience, was clutching a canned ham...
...idea of a good lunch: May be some pumpernickel and ham or something; a fat sandwich and some corn chips; something breefy, a lot of meat...