Word: juggler
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Something was wrong. Other skitcom graduates, like Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy, had profitably accommodated their TV personalities to the big screen. But Robin Williams was not allowing himself to be Robin Williams. It made for a dispiriting spectacle, like watching a great juggler hold, just hold, a lemon. Williams traces his yen for straight roles to Manhattan's Juilliard School, where he studied acting. 'I had my Juilliard training -- ((highbrow accent:)) 'I'm an actor here' -- and then I do comedy on the side. It's this Jekyll-and-Jessel thing -- ((stentorian voice:)) 'Actor during the day; at night...
...keeps it interesting," Mary Moore was saying. "He changes things depending on his talent. One time we had a Hungarian here who did a busker dance. All of a sudden there was a busker dance in the show. When we get a juggler, there is juggling in the show...
...three-pin juggler, a jogger and, in the view of one federal judge, something of a legal genius. Both on tennis courts and in courts of law, his dress is often unusual: 1930s-style white flannels and sweater at play; bow ties and double-breasted suits at work. He relaxes by reading 19th century literary criticism and listening to pop singers from the 1920s. Long considered one of Washington's best trial Lawyers, Jacob Stein, 59, last week agreed to serve in one of the capital's current hot spots as the special prosecutor selected by a three...
...ASHBY'S NEWEST FILM, Lookin' to Get Out, is framed by illusion As flashy neon titles appear in the opening sequence, two brightly dressed magicians work their chichi miracles on a glittery Las Vegas stage. The closing credits roll over a juggler trying in vain to make something of a very state routine...
...real juggler behind all this is Ashby himself Abetted by his screenwriters (AI Schmaltz and star Jon Voight), he has concocted a rather simple story about an unlucky gambler who run off to Vegas, chasing a dream, and being chased by two New York thugs The problems arise when Schmaltz and Voight try to justify their hackneyed plot by throwing in a number of complex issues: illusion, self-destruction, friendship, loyalty, and fatherhood. And they try to squeeze all this into a comedy format. As a result, none of these admittedly interesting themes is explored fully, nor are they ever...