Word: veneered
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...accept a compliment. It is Keillor talking, no question. Someone says, "Good speech," and he mumbles, "Oh, it was way too long. I didn't know what I was talking about. I was just blathering." Actually, he confesses, "good" is not good enough. "Under this thin veneer of modesty lies a monster of greed. I drive away faint praise, beating my little chest, waiting to be named Sun God, King of America, Idol of Millions. I don't want to say 'Thanks, glad you liked it.' I want to say 'Rise, my people...
...resemblance to The Big Chill is impossible to miss: characters reminisce about antiwar rallies and ponder the implications of "getting caught up in the mainstream." Despite its glib predictability, the series boasts a likable cast, headed by Jane Kaczmarek and Daniel Stern, and at least a veneer of seriousness missing from most other summer entries...
Meaney manages to portray Jimmy with both the hardened veneer of a country boy who has made it in the big world and the aw-shucks-ness little brothers almost necessarily possess. Hill is the wizened Irish grandfather we all wish we could have to tell us stories by a roaring fire. And Andrea Corr, lead singer for the internationally acclaimed pop/rock/Celtic group the Corrs, bucks the trend of musicians-turned-bad-actresses: she is absolutely stunning as Anne, the reigning band’s gifted fiddler...
...bands in the post-Strokes wave that have made a name for especially killer live performances. Say what you will about 2004’s Antics, but their debut album, Turn On The Bright Lights, was a almost undisputed classic, channeling the gloomy 80s through a cultivated veneer of sneering guitar and downcast vocals, and oh that sound! On both albums, Interpol draws strength from this signature sound of repetitively churning guitar lines evoke smoky roads, heartbreak, and an overwhelming cool above it all. Recent setlists point to a slight preference for the newer album, which continued in the patterns...
Kind of like the Hasty Pudding itself. The veneer of camp belies the hard work that 57 undergraduates put in to perfect their garush glitter. The Pudding members mock celebrity, but they also worship it, promote it, and feed off of it. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ (HPT) show and the Woman of the Year ceremony are themselves a mix of kitsch and professionalism, heartfelt productions hidden by makeup. It started as a joke, but today, the Pudding is anything...