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...Zapatero's brand of "citizen's socialism" may be just a slogan - the Tao of political expedience - or it may be a way to impart a democratic glow to a foreign and domestic policy agenda that's long been dear to his Socialist Party (PSOE). But whether it's shtick or statesmanship, it has worked surprisingly well in the early days of Zapatero's government. Often derided as a compromise candidate who wasn't expected to win, Zapatero, 44, is riding high. A poll commissioned earlier this month by the radio network Cadena SER, which is considered close...
...comedy. "I don't know that we want to do something again where that was the obligation," says Joel. They cast Hanks because he could pull off the potentially over-the-top role of a classics-obsessed Southern criminal. "Tom can do that sort of stuff without it being shtick," says Ethan, 46, sitting with his brother at a Los Angeles diner...
...movie Frida), is of Spanish-Italian heritage. And most of his daughters (and his wife Golde, played by Randy Graff) look like any other Broadway babies on the stage of the mammoth Minskoff Theatre. British director David Leveaux, moreover, has removed or toned down much of the shtetl shtick that has become identified with the show, the sort of thing that has kept Hadassah theater groups happy for decades. But that's no reason to dismiss a striking Broadway revival that manages to shake off the cobwebs and relocate the emotional core of a show too often typecast as your...
...rock band, the Dresden Dolls demand to be viewed as artists in their musical approach as well as overall vision. Look no further than the album’s gorgeous sepia-tinted artwork to see how well they pull off the artsy rock’n’roll shtick. even more appealing. —Sarah L. Solorzano
...positive attitude imbues much of his comedic sensibility—a shtick that’s a mix of Andy Kauffman’s inscrutability, Tom Green’s prankishness and a heaping of Bob Hope’s charm...