Word: wimpyness
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Anyone who's been to a comedy film this decade will not be surprised by the cast, who are pulled a usual from the ranks of the "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV" casts. What is surprising, though, is that Rick Moranis, as Seymour the wimpy flower shop assistant, does remarkably...
Of course, the marketing consultants are going wild. They have the rare opportunity to completely distort the public mindset. In the old days, condoms had rough, manly names, officially and on the street. Guys called them "safes," "johns," and "scumbags;" their trademarks implied conquest and domination: "Ramses" and "Trojans." Some...
AND YET, as wimpy as Harvard police act, it is obvious that their attitude is exactly what Harvard administrators want. It is clear that campus police have been told to stay out of the limelight no matter what it takes.
American Greetings' In Touch line has the bluntest, quirkiest of the cards, including a sincere but somewhat wimpy message from a jilted lover ("Everyone tells me I'll get over it . . . but how could they ever begin to know how much I loved you?"), a modified zinger to get a...
Of course, with the blubbering C. Thomas Howell playing opposite him, it's hard to think of Ryder doing anything but laughing. Drawn into the maniacal web of Ryder's killings, Howell's standard emotional response is a wimpy moan, which gives way with unrealistic suddenness to the steely eyes...