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...often that it might seem passe by now. But Davies' production quickly brushes away any cobwebs. Diana Rigg, as Martha, the university president's daughter frustrated with her underachieving history-teacher husband, is acid, sexy and funny without turning into a camp diva spewing one-liners. She is matched snide-for-snide by David Suchet (PBS's Poirot), with his oversize glasses and chiseled, world-weary sarcasm. Together with Lloyd Owen and Clare Holman as the young couple drawn into the game playing, they bring out all the lacerating power and poignancy of Albee's depiction of the blasted American...
...find Simpson guilty if they decide that he probably murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ronald Goldman. Only nine of the 12 jurors need agree on the verdict. In his closing statement, Daniel Petrocelli, the lawyer for Ronald Goldman's father, delivered a string of snide accusatory one-liners that kept the audience chuckling. Key to the case's outcome are charges by the defense that evidence against Simpson was manipulated by Los Angeles police and the prosecution's last-minute presentation of 30 photos showing O.J. Simpson in Bruno Magli shoes similar to the ones...
Africa. When Christopher went to Africa in October to show U.S. interest there, a junior French Minister made the snide comment that the trip was a campaign ploy to win black votes for Clinton. The official was chastised by Chirac, but both sides swapped barbs about the other's imperious claims to "private domains...
...some reason, journalists seemed to feel that campaign events--new strategies, snide comments, political gaffs, polls--were more significant and important to the readership than a discussion of the actual issues and positions of the candidates. The ramifications for what people base their votes on are frightening...
...various contenders for the ephemeral status of true 90's relationship movie, "Walking and Talking" doesn't bother swaggering or making snide social comment: it delivers the goods, with just the right amount of bite. And the movie's beautiful final shot in a lake eloquently reassures us of Holofcener's underlying sincerity. Apply whatever metaphor you want to the summer movie scene--drought, bloated big-budget feast of fast food--the independent gem "Walking and Talking" provides refreshing proof of life beyond planet Hollywood...