Word: overplaying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even though Fabulous Baker Boys is filled with familiar movie techniques and traditions, writer-director Stephen Klores does not overplay those old standbys. Jack and Suzie move through their "we're going to ignore each other even though we're madly in love" scene with style and grace. Jack and Frank play the bickering brothers to a tee, and they even manage to get into a not-half-bad food fight in their hotel room. (They call a cease-fire when Jack picks up a whole pineapple and warns his brother, "Don't tempt me." Talk about deterrance...
Being able to speak to two sides while they cannot seriously talk to each other is a tremendous plus in diplomacy. At times some Washington officials sought to overplay "the China card," but the Chinese had a keen sense of how far to let things go. In 1978 President Jimmy Carter established full diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing, putting the relationship on a permanent, rather than personal, basis...
...making the scoring more spread around," Gielen said. "Teams realize that he is a prolific scorer, and when they overplay him, it leaves someone else open...
...diagram shows the first of her two power-play goals. Note the positions of Joslin (5), Julie Sasner (15), and Brita Lind (11). They formed a triangle around a Bruin defender whose assignment was to overplay Sasner. Joslin released her point position (H) and went down the slot to score...
Most of the credit, though, belongs to the actors, who all overplay to the hilt. Adam Schwartz creates a perfectly blustery and "bully" Teddy Roosevelt--er, Teddy Brewster. Josh Frost is chilling as Jonathan, and thanks to Melanie Deas' make-up skills (I hope), he really does look like Boris Karloff. As the old aunts, Molly Bishop and Jennifer Donaldson find a surprisingly childish glee in their chemical activities...