Word: shallowing
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...moods and faces. These are only incidentals in a lot of films, but here they are pleasant enough to be the most important things, and also to remind us that the best function of art is often not that of probing "depths" but of making us understand and love shallow things, things of the surface...
Thal continually drove Schaffer all over the court with well-placed shots, often forcing her opponent into making off-balanced, high-lobbing returns which Thal converted into carefully-angled shallow shots that Schaffer couldn't manage to reach...
...study of theater people in the context of musical comedy. It demands a resourceful cast, for the book by itself renders a potentially compelling drama almost trivial. Scenes seem disjointed and sometimes limp; and the pithy remarks that could add some spunk, are scarce. Moreover, characterizations range only from shallow to hollow. Strouse's and Adams's collaboration on the music and lyrics, while adequate, is certainly not up to par with their Bye Bye Birdie. The score is plagued by a monotonous '60s rhythm and bogged down by four reprises. Music Director KenKatz wisely conducted his orchestra to play...
...Kevin Phillips, 33, a onetime Nixon campaign aide. Syndicated in about 125 papers, Phillips' crisp columns have harshly criticized the President for diverting Republican opportunities for conservative reform into "pep rallies, zigzagging, shallow domestic policies, dress uniforms for the White House police, and real estate deals with aerosol kings." Phillips has balked at impeachment because of "the chaotic consequences of allowing pressure groups to bring down a President...
...with a film which manages to make Raquel Welch goofy and charming? How can a movie where Charlton Heston glides around as a hunched Cardinal Richelieu keep anyone scrawling critical notations in the dark? Objecting to Richard Lester's Musketeers for being a little flabby and shallow would be like condemning another of Lester's pictures, A Hard Day's Night, for having the Beatles mouth the words to a dubbed "I Should Have Known Better"--who cares, when the spirit is so honest and breezy...