Word: lame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years to come, every unpopular incumbent, down in the polls and prematurely labeled a lame duck, will use the lessons of Bill Clinton's comeback from political oblivion to give hope to themselves and their supporters. Yet, it is important to be aware of what lessons are learned. Clinton journeyed from the brink of resounding defeat to the verge of a landslide win neither by abandoning his principles nor by reflexive opposition. It was his embrace of Main Street concerns and mainstream values that gave him the confidence of the American people. If, as all the polls indicate, President Clinton...
...district attorney and driving-men-crazy. She can be a victim, in, say, Thelma & Louise, an outlaw fantasy in which the women's suicide is seen as a magnificent screw-you gesture. Or she can be a victor, in Waiting to Exhale, where most of the guys are so lame and preening that there's little triumph in outsmarting them. The set piece in both films was blowing up an automobile: sexual revenge as car-nage. But that was not nearly so explosive as the smoulder of Sharon Stone's sexual menace in Basic Instinct. In elevating or degrading...
Russell's character clearly has appeal. But the rest of the film fails to match the quality of its star. Russell's supporting cast--from Map To The Stars Eddie to the sexually confused Hershe (Pam Grier)--are lame at best and annoying at worst. And the plot has so many strange and random twists that it becomes difficult to follow at times...
...Governor Arne Carlson looked on the bright side. "It takes time to hit your stride in a campaign," he said, ignoring Dole's 20-year quest for the presidency. "I sense that Bob is starting to get ready to hit his." That may be so. But Dole is so lame without a script that he might consider skipping the fall debates, where he may prove only that he'll never be ready for prime time...
...show, however, is not without flaws. For a sharp stand-up comic, O'Donnell makes some disconcertingly lame gags. Whenever she mispronounces anything, she comes back with a Wheel of Fortune joke: "I'd like to buy a vowel!" This was tired after just four days. And the formatted topical comedy, as it turns out, is too predictable. A joke about Julie Andrews declining a Tony nomination ended with Rosie claiming she'd turn down the Nobel Peace Prize. That's the sort of one-liner that people who have never even appeared on Star Search have been using around...