Word: schtick
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...College, one from Boston University (BU), and one from Harvard. More specifically, they walk into The Comedy Studio on the third floor of the Hong Kong restaurant, where a handful of young comics are testing out their raw stand-up routines.The students from Emerson and BU both do their schtick, but the Harvard kid merely listens politely. After an enjoyable evening of comedy, the three emerge on to Mass Ave. and go their separate ways. Get it? Get it? Okay, that bombed. But it wasn’t meant to be humorous—just true.For, while many Harvard students...
...group of freshmen—guard Niki Finelli, forward Emma Moretzsohn, guard Emily Tay, and forward Katie Rollins—brought talent and capability beyond their years to a team less than six months removed from a thrilling Ivy Title run.“That’s our schtick,” said Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith earlier this season. “We have a very, very, very talented freshman class, who [is] getting a lot of minutes. They have enormous potential.”On the court, the freshmen, who comprise one-third of the entire...
...game, while Tay chipped in 12—10 in the second half—while also handing out four assists. The fact that the team’s three leading scorers were all freshmen was no surprise for the coach. “That’s our schtick,” Delaney-Smith said. “We have a very, very, very talented freshman class, who are getting a lot of minutes. They have enormous potential.” “It just all fell together tonight,” Moretzsohn said. The Crimson cooled down...
...thankless role, Mulroney does his same ordinary guy schtick played out in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “The Wedding Date.” His relationship with Meredith is a bleak picture of yuppie romance. Mulroney’s allegedly playful smirk and his unfortunate habit of talking out of one side of his mouth gets old quickly...
Directed by D.J. Caruso Universal Pictures 2.5 Stars Al Pacino in manic mode is arguably the best on-screen energizer working today. Redoing his schtick as a possibly corrupt businessman (see “The Devil’s Advocate”) seems like a sure bet. But even Pacino in hyper-speed, and co-star Matthew McConaughey, is not enough to save D.J. Caruso’s (“Taking Lives”) latest film, “Two for the Money,” a mediocre spin on the sports drama genre. McConaughey plays Brandon Lane...