Word: sleight
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...even more dramatic by virtue of being played indoors, accompanies the "great chieftain o' the puddin-race" born aloft to the table by a chef. Then, a wild-eyed Scotsman recites Robert Burns' poem Address To a Haggis, and upon reaching the line, "An' cut ye up wi' ready sleight," he plunges a dagger into the taut sheep's stomach amid cheers from the diners. In a ritual repeated by Scots across the globe on Burns Night, January 25, the birthday in 1759 of their most cherished poet, the attack on the main course continues...
...young Steve--the defining epiphany of his youth--was Disneyland, which opened near his family's home in 1955. In the book, Martin describes the park's kitsch splendor with the rapture of Marco Polo on first seeing China. There, he quickly located two mentors: Jim Barlow, performing sleight of hand at Merlin's Magic Shop, and at the Golden Horseshoe Revue, Wally Boag, a comic who made funny balloon animals. From them came the raw material for Martin...
...young radical will likely upset some viewers, though it is undoubtedly the high point of the film. Whether or not one has the patience to emotionally invest in these characters will determine whether the twist that ends their story is meaningful or simply another case of unnecessary cinematic sleight of hand. Regardless, this storyline stands out: The viewers are not told exactly what to think, and the motivations of the characters are not so black and white...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) has used sleight-of-hand to fund its confrontation with the Harvard College Dean’s Office. And it’s getting away with...
...wrote. It's a play about role-playing, an unapologetic display of actors doing their tricks, putting on masks, throwing their voices - all the delicious stunts that say the theater is a game. Was it not cinematic? Mankiewicz didn't care. And most viewers were too appreciative of the sleight-of-hand to care either...