Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Long Black Veil is a lovely introduction to this musical Irish institution, with a cogent, eclectic choice of material and Moloney's smart matching of song to singer. Sting leads off with the rapturous Mo Ghile Mear--Our Hero, a tribute to Bonnie Prince Charlie that makes the listener shiver, and sing along, with its manly melancholy. For three other star studs, Moloney provided tales of faithless women: the dirty dancer in Jones' giddily melodramatic version of Tennessee Waltz, the vixen who leads a beau to murder in Knopfler's The Lily of the West, the adulteress refusing to save...
Where Seinfeld is smart and appealingly free-form, Friends is inane and gimmicky. The characters are constantly abusing that most bogus of sitcom conventions--playing out their intimate personal crises in front of the largest possible group. The worst offender is Ross (David Schwimmer), a gawky shlub whose wife has left him. Ross seems incapable of making any move in his love life without polling everybody at the coffee bar. In one episode he is flustered when a new girlfriend wants him to talk dirty to her. For advice he goes to studly friend Joey, who coaxes him into "practicing...
...There was a better ball control offense, a more patient offense," he said. "This year, guys are making smart passes and don't try to force things...
...would be one thing if my roommate were only cheating on some random girl, but the girl he's cheating on is my best friend! Poor Sally! If she knew, she'd give birth to an elephant. Sally's such a great girl. She's sweet, outgoing and smart. I just can't figure out why my roommate's doing this to her. To complicate matters, I think I'm falling in love with her. Should I tell her? Or should I just seduce her and take her away from all this evil? Help...
Marc Talusan's new production of Falsettos is relevant, witty, and irresistibly fresh. From the opening number, with its refrain "four Jews in a room bitching," this Broadway musical is smart, not sappy. Talusan's cast handles the timely subject matter--ranging from homosexual parenting to the traumas of little league--with confidence and enthusiasm, and the whole production is winningly strong...