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...musical also suffers from a lack of wit. The songs, bogged down with lyrics reminiscent of tortured school-boy poetry, don’t allow much humor...
Then there's J. Danforth Quayle, the nation's first teenage heartthrob vice president. To counter his widely perceived boyishness early in 1989, Quayle dyed the hair just above his ears gray. This, of course, was to impart an image of distinguished, rather than school-boy, good looks. But when news of his hair-graying plot came out, Danny just looked ridiculous...
...quick to apologize for his school-boy achievements, which he sees as naive and very much removed from real-world conflicts of class and race. A scholar, student leader and athlete at Atlanta's Briarcliffe High, Romano was known among friends outside of school as "Rabbi" for his mastery of the Torah and "setting all kinds of records" at his temple...
ALTHOUGH casting Williams as Keating is misleading, since a Robin Williams role usually means humor, Williams' versatility is well-evidenced in this film. Solemn, intense, still a school-boy, but wiser than his years--everything that a teacher-who-changed-my-life always is--Williams is perfect supporting role for the unfolding drama of the boys' coming...
Hall got rid of the extra pounds, but he didn't shed his position. He went on to become England's top school-boy goaltender...