Word: skillful
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Despite these shortcomings, some of the pieces in the exhibition are worth examining more closely. The sections entitled "Trompe I'Oeil" and "Twentieth Century Still Life" liven up an otherwise drab show. The former category merits a close look because of the amazing technical skill with which they were painted. Most notable is "The Slate" of 1890-94 by John Haberle, in which the entire canvas is painted to look like a chalky slate, complete with a wooden frame, and, as the label points out, uses scientific precision and detail to create a canvas that appears messy and smudged...
Still, I wonder if we're not reaching a time when artistic skill must be matched with a minimum dose of responsibility. We live in a very violent society, one in which every passing day seems to bring a new atrocity, previously unthinkable...
...worth their own movie, like the suburban drug dealer (Eric Stoltz) and his trippy wife (Rosanna Arquette) -- a married couple for the strung-out '90s. Part of Pulp Fiction's fun is that memorable weirdos keep popping up in the second and third hour. Part of the movie's skill is that familiar characters reveal new depths. By the end, Jackson's Jules -- in a "transitional period" from L.A.'s baddest malefactor to Tarantino's idea of masculine sanctity -- has commandeered the film. But even Jackson, brilliant in the role, knows that all good films, like the Scriptures, begin with...
Amazing how you never realized how much use these characters could be, huh? The ability to communicate and persuade effectively is powerful skill...
...guess the rest before it happens, since Denis O'Neill's script is rudimentary. Wade soon proves to be a great deal less than he seems (he and Terry are grand larcenists on the wilderness lam). They need Gail's skill and bravery to get them through the Gauntlet (hushed tones whenever it's mentioned) -- a nasty set of falls, rapids and whirlpools. Tom takes a little ) more time to prove that he is a great deal more than he seems, a tenacious defender of (shall we say) family values...