Word: preoccupationshould
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Consistently, Gilesfumbles in the ways of technology and pop-culture.He mistakes microwaves for VCRs and marvels at acordless telephone. Despite these pleasantadditions of humor, the film still recedes into asort of sameness that saps our enthusiasm. Itdoesn't help that Ronnie Bostock is not nearly asinteresting and seductive as Giles' preoccupationshould demand. Priestley plays his roleadequately, but he doesn't exactly ooze superhumansexuality or personality. In short, Ronnie is notmuch more absorbing than the dumb roles he playsin the movies and on television. Ronnie evennaively asks Giles, "Are you saying, that ifShakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing thingslike Hotpants...
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