Word: sobbed
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...kill Jesus. There is no subtlety, only his desire to kill this man, the hollowest of villains. Mary Magdalene, played by red-hot actress Monica Bellucci, has even less to do. The extent of her interaction with Jesus is to wash his feet in a flashback sequence and sob with mother Mary as they watch Jesus get led to his death. But since the audience has never been exposed to these characters, their mourning comes close to farce. I was reminded of middle ages mourners for hire, who would tear their clothes on cue, whenever a rich man died...
...kill Jesus. There is no subtlety, only his desire to kill this man, the hollowest of villains. Mary Magdalene, played by red-hot actress Monica Bellucci, has even less to do. The extent of her interaction with Jesus is to wash his feet in a flashback sequence and sob with mother Mary as they watch Jesus get led to his death. But since the audience has never been exposed to these characters, their mourning comes close to farce. I was reminded of middle ages mourners for hire, who would tear their clothes on cue, whenever a rich man died...
...stage by giving wide-eyed, comically condescending looks of delight whenever anybody said something funny or argued with him. This appealing mannerism established him as a man who was both arrogant and romantic, and served as a fascinating contrast to the scenes in which he abandoned his cheer to sob on the sofa. He also provided one of the play’s highlights in his reading of Brodie’s script; as he read, he supplied every element from steam-train noises to falsetto voices...
...estate tycoons and wealthy companies looking to make even bigger profits were not exactly garnering sympathy. Enter a powerful public relations campaign, in which every elderly widow or recent immigrant dependent on renting part of their home to make ends meet was marched before the cameras to tell their sob stories about not being able to afford upkeep on their property because of rent control...
...SOB!!!! All I ever wanted was an occasional lunch with Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters! Maybe a name check in Liz Smith...