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This could be a problem," said Hughes, watching the first debate from a black-curtained boiler room backstage. It was hardly the knockout punch the Bush team had hoped for. Instead, as the debate unfolded, Bush looked more and more ... well, undone. With each smirk and scowl and shake of his head, the President ratified every charge John Kerry had made about his stubbornness and inability to admit mistakes. He not only looked cranky but he sounded it, shearing off his answers, forgetting the more expansive and compelling explanations he routinely gave on the stump. As the squalls continued, Hughes...
...looks to get any girl—and he does, with an endless string of paramours ranging wildly from an aging cosmetics empress (Susan Sarandon) to a flighty, semi-psychotic teenager. But the car is borrowed, the suits were on sale, and beneath Law’s charming smirk is a calculating mind. Alfie has no warmth or romanticism, despite his British charm. The movie captures his gradual comprehension of that emptiness surprisingly well. His self-discovery is aided by the stylistic device of Alfie’s narration directly to the audience; in his self-absorption, Alfie considers...
Still, you’ll have another excuse for not joining in the misinformed laughter when you tell people why you skipped the dining hall that night. Any attempt to chuckle could be severely dangerous to your overloaded stomach—after a dinner at Asmara, a secret, satisfied smirk is a much safer...
...face up to the fact that one man will lose and limp away to join the ranks of noble losers (Eugene V. Debs, Barry Goldwater, George McGovern) while the other one grins and waves and elementary schools are named after him. So what happens next? The winners smirk and gloat, of course, but what do the losers...
...card shark’s heart. Right by his side is the queen of hearts, first lady Laura Bush, posing as a doctor. Moving down the royal hierarchy, we find the captain of the ship, Jack of Diamonds Dick Cheney—steering the ship with his characteristic smirk. Rounding out this Republican coterie are three of diamonds Ann Coulter, six of hearts Jerry Falwell, and of course the terminator, six of diamonds Arnold Schwarzenagger bidding “Hasta La Vista” to John Kerry. And don’t forget those Jokers Ted M. Kennedy and John...