Word: schmaltz
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...stand-up tour and the three new movies are an attempt to shake off the schmaltz and re-establish Robin Williams, uncut. His particular brand of madness--his ability to take on a multitude of roles--is what keeps him alive, balanced on his high wire. Laughter keeps him up there, prevents him from falling. That is why he cannot stop...
...Always," 1925. In 1924 Berlin fell in love with socialite-journalist Ellin Mackay; as a wedding gift he assigned her the rights to this perennial. It transcends its waltz-schmaltz mood with a bridge that almost jumps off itself in ascending keys but manages to sound inevitable. The tune spawned two #1's (for Vincent Lopez and George Olsen) in its first incarnation. There were four more hit versions in 1944-45. In 1959 smooth Sammy Turner took the song to #2 on the R&B chart (#19 pop). Finally it became Patsy Cline's post-mortem anthem; the Virginia...
...Since no one expects the awards themselves to generate much excitement, more depends on the host than ever before, particularly since this year Steve Martin was going to lift the schmaltz-coated fist of Billy Crystal. Martin, who's lately focused on his ar-teest side, writing humor for The New Yorker and plays for the stage, seemed to promise a brainier level of humor. Which, as David Letterman and, more recently, the Grammy's Jon Stewart can attest, you can usually count on to be cruelly rewarded at any L.A. awards show...
...Animated by innocence (and helped by his God-given gangling, goggling looks), Nelson, 35, gives an artless, winning performance that doesn't betray his tough tastes. "I have a cold aesthetic," he says. "I don't like schmaltz." Busy and brainy (Laura Linney was a fellow student at Brown and Juilliard), he was editing his soon-to-be released "Othello" adaptation, "OH," while on the "O Brother" location. The down-home authenticity of his performance remains a mystery to producer and cowriter Ethan Coen. "He's a Jewish guy from Oklahoma, so go figure," Coen says bemusedly...
...Love Lead the Way," if you were wondering, is just schmaltz digitized...