Word: smirking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...jacket. Koernke is a big man; he looks like the butcher's boy grown up. His voice is high and reedy, but it has come to represent the truth. He is introduced, and acknowledges the ensuing ovation. And then the darling of the militia movement gives his little half-smirk and begins: "Ladies and gentlemen, we just came back from Palm Springs, where the disinformation flowed like water, trust...
...actors who seemed terrified to be on camera. But Wood had passion, ambition and, as a heterosexual who enjoyed wearing women's clothes, a very chic identity crisis. His films were about something: man's need to create a monument to himself, even if it ends up as a smirk on the face of posterity...
...candidate's private life must increase. There may be little correlation between fidelity and managerial ability, but the President must be able to address the issues of the times without being guilty of open hypocrisy. The spectate of Clinton preaching monogamy and family values has, no doubt, brought a smirk to more than a few faces...
Rising notably above the production in terms of subtlety and humor is Winsome Brown as Lysistrata. The role of Lysistrata is particularly difficult since she is at the center of intrigue, and appears in almost every scene. Maintainig a devilish smirk and unflagging energy throughout the play, Brown sustains rapport with the audience. She effectively coordinates the sub-plots of the characters on stage, as well as creating a complex, witty personality for herself...
...voice becomes a bit laggardly. J. Matthew Riopelle as Jean-Michel has a crystalline, resonant voice, with a very well-controlled vibrato. He plays a keen, maturing son, but in Friday's performance sometimes found the joks in the play so funny that he could not contain his own smirk. Ethan Golden as the stage manager Francis and as Mrs. Dindon provides timely comic relief, especially as the politician's muppet-like wife. And Richard Brooks as Mr. Dindon is a stern man with a few caricatured features...