Word: overplaying
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There may be something redemptive in this story -- a triumph of the tormented human spirit and all that -- but neither Darabont nor the actors overplay the point. They are content to update the old prison genre deftly and unpretentiously. It always did work when it was done well, and it still does; and if using Redemption in the title instead of the more accurate Revenge helps to bring in the upwardly mobile, who cares? James Cagney would have felt right at home in Shawshank...
...real happy with our aggressiveness out there," Blaney said. "We felt we could apply pressure and overplay the ball, which...
Though New Delhi and Islamabad lodged strong protests with each other, they were careful not to overplay the affair, fearing that would only inflame passions. In Kashmir, meanwhile, seven people were killed last week in clashes between police and demonstrators, raising the toll in the 18-month-old uprising...
...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...