Word: machismo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tortured Wade Whitehousedoes not at first appear to be complex enough tobe an Oscar-worthy performance. A few hours afterviewing the movie, though, it starts to sink in.His unobtrusive body language, for one. Withoutspeaking line of dialogue, Nolte communicates tothe audience a world of repressed pain and theveneer of machismo that inadequately stretches tocover it. Though the performance is incrediblygood, the film's obscurity and this year's stiffcompetition may keep the statuette out of Nolte'shands...
Testosterone. Machismo. Muscles. Guns. Sweat. Real Men. Let that Y chromosome take over for a few hours as you watch John Wayne play one of his most unforgettable characters, the hero Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach. South Boston Library 646 E. Broadway. 268-0180. p.m. FREE...
...presence are a big part of Charlie's aura--he is proud of his huge frame just as Conrad (the Californian worker) is obsessed with his massive hands and arms. Croker is determined to avoid outward signs of weakness, and his pride drives him to ridiculous displays of machismo...
...with "Funny,"towards the end of the show, that Roulleau finallysinks his teeth into Stine and shows some fire inthe eye. However, this is not really a failingwhen playing a character which is generally staidand less than exciting. Berwick, for all hisskulking, doesn't damage his sullen machismo whensinging in the steady but aching tone of aninjured romantic. Bogart would never have gottenaway with a song. What did I tell you about afirst-class cast...
Later that night, one member of FM visited the Fly Club, where blood alcohol apparently turned to testosterone--transubstantiation run amok as a fight broke out and some Fly guys wrinkled their khakis. One female party-goer, disgusted with the machismo demonstration, remarked, "No matter how much renovation they do, this place will always be a dump...