Word: wits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...English language and on the tawdry modern phenomenon of the mediagenic politician. From Shakespeare's shaky dramaturgy to the meaning of life and afterlife, from the enigma of TV to the hollowness of the man of action, a thrilling welter of ideas, aphorisms, historical allusions and wry wit, robustly staged by Des McAnuff and cunningly acted by Daniel Jenkins...
...English language and on the tawdry modern phenomenon of the mediagenic politician. From Shakespeare's shaky dramaturgy to the meaning of life and afterlife, from the enigma of TV to the hollowness of the man of action, a thrilling welter of & ideas, aphorisms, historical allusions and wry wit, robustly staged by Des McAnuff and cunningly acted by Daniel Jenkins...
...constricts painfully. But ordinary life -- and extraordinary life -- goes on. People still write novels and environmental treaties, design solar cells and stage sets, orchestrate symphonies and ad campaigns. They still care about tossing a salad or a baseball superbly. From science to show biz, they exert all the passion, wit, ingenuity, game playing -- and, yes, the ego, venality and damn-fool silliness -- that keep the human enterprise steaming along so entertainingly...
...Tamey. "You wonder how did you get this way? How did this happen?" The kids felt the pain too. Brandon, a bright child with a sharp mind, hungered for attention and grew angry at times. Without any peers, Nicole, a pretty girl with a sweet smile and a quick wit, was adrift and alone. They had no friends, no neighborhood, no grandmother and little reason for hope...
...benign busybody, trying to pat almost all the lives that touch his into shape. His work comes out a little too neatly, but Kline's performance, like all the others, is engagingly soft- spoken. And well spoken. The screenplay -- by Lawrence and Meg Kasdan -- has a nice, unforced wit, and Lawrence Kasdan's direction has its jagged edges. If sometimes this loose and anecdotal film loses dramatic pace, it always rights itself. And it remains steadily in touch with its best qualities -- generosity, common sense and a mature decency that is neither smug nor sentimental...