Word: effortless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...achievements were effortless. Where he could have made his self-realized mark, where he could have impressed his father, was in quite a different realm. Mantle's wasted potential pained him more than his remarkable accomplishments impressed...
...century's greatest pop singer at last has a book that fits his personality and takes full measure of his stature," says TIME's Jay Cocks. "Blithe, respectful, snappy and smart, Will Friedwald catches the creative fire of the singer, the implacable perfectionism that made his music seem both effortless and passionate and that ensured it would not just endure but remain definitive." The writer spoke with dozens of Sinatra sidemen, contemporaries (like Jo Stafford and Tony Bennett) and songwriters. "But this book is in no sense an authorized religious journey," Cocks says. "Friedwald has been true to his cantankerous...
Buswell immediately demonstrated his precise bow control in the Bartok. He played the opening with rough, fervent strokes but reverted to smooth, effortless attacks in the slower sections of the Allegro apassionato. Meanwhile, Levinson supplied equally sharp attacks while staying within a drier, less flamboyant idiom than Buswell...
Molina, Palminteri and Walraff are all fine (Walraff gives an especially marvelous performance), but this movie belongs to the women. Anjelica Huston delivers a dream of a performance. Her acting seems effortless, and Huston is profoundly sexy in the manner of women who have had a bit of life experience (Vanessa Redgrave also springs to mind). She is also intensely witty; her whole body has become a witty instrument, and she can get more out of a raised eyebrow than out of a page of dialogue...
That said, Ginger, those of us who do watch your films will miss you. In your movies with Fred Astaire, you stood for quiet pizzazz and untainted glamour, for elegantly tailored gowns and effortless dance steps. You may not have given us profundity, but you've given us beauty and grace--and they can't take that away from...