Word: sham
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prejudiced director confronted by these three well-drawn Black characters is the suave Al Manners, played by Jed Sexton. Manners believes he is racially enlightened because he has agreed to direct a performance with Black actors. But his impatience and condescension toward the actors betray his sham egalitariansism. In one scene, Manners asks Wiletta to "do him a favor and don't think," implying that her ideas are not worthy of his consideration...
Even as his lovable-sidekick roles have begun to grow familiar, Goodman shows a knack for making the best of tired circumstances: as an alcoholic ex- bartender in Stella, he is just about the only credible touch in a film reeking of Hollywood sham. In Roseanne Goodman has created a full-blooded portrait of a working-class lug, equally credible whether giving heartfelt advice to a teenage daughter or doing boisterous pirouettes in a bowling alley. He seems to mesh perfectly with Barr; Goodman can be deferential even while he is stealing the show...