Word: slouch
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...biggest difficulty was getting my accent back-after struggling 16 years-to lose it." Mary also had trouble getting her elfin feet back on the ground. "After all those flat-footed roles, I'd forgotten how to walk like a girl. I didn't get that Monroe slouch-which ain't bad, honey-but I don't know...
...Slouch. At 17 Bertie was dubbed Knight of the Garter, and established in his own "household." His equerries were instructed never to permit "lounging ways, such [as] lolling in armchairs" or "slouching ... with hands in the pocket." All "satirical or bantering expressions" were taboo, and "a practical joke was never to be permitted." Bertie's leisure was to be spent "looking over drawings or engravings." On reading this memorandum, the Knight of the Garter burst into tears...
...gives the actors a peculiar kind of challenge. They must rely on their voices and Shaw's lines to project the matter of the play, rather than on movement or color or the suspense of a tight plot. Laughton handles his role most satisfactorily. Sometimes relaxed into an engaging slouch, he yet rouses himself to an oratorical fervor of Churchillian stature that all but sweeps away his opponents, including the audience. Glynis Johns' characterization of Major Barbara is much less successful. She possesses an interesting voice--a sort of throaty croak--but the playwright's subtle speech rhythms prove...
...name on it in the Hall of Fame, The Man will surely stand no less than third in the league in all eight offensive departments: runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, total bases and extra-base hits. For all his recent lapse, he has never been a slouch on defense...
...Adams' slothful behavior as young Dr. John. Although John Buchanan is a casual and lecherous character, he is not indifferent to the people around him--which makes Adams' frequent failure to react to others' lines somewhat unsatisfactory. When he does react, it is by mugging or with a boogey slouch which gives an unfortunate impression of adolescent youth. Because Adams seems unable to throw himself completely into the part, and in spite of Miss Boyko's strenuous efforts to rush through her lines in order to buoy the play, the pace lags...