Word: buffoonish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what really makes this book remarkable are the photographs--all of which are black and white, and most of which are collector's items: a buffoonish Little Richard with six inches--straight up--of hari, "the handsomest man in rock and roll"; Carole King more than a decade ago, starched, prim, and complete with bouffant hair-do; and three grinning Marvelettes ("you can call me up and have a date, any old time"), spike-heeled and poured into satin and sequin sheaths--to mention just a few. The pictures are abundant, and cliched though it may sound, they capture...
...reasons of his own, Billy has chosen to adopt a buffoonish public persona when the reporters come calling. That did not help him much with the townsfolk. "I joined the church when I was twelve years old," he likes to say, "and I've been back there three times since. Correction-five times...
...balls. The dramatic moments simply lack credibility. Cesar, for example, is subject to violent fits of temper occasioned by Rosalie's desertion--but the tone of the movie informs us that these are nothing but outbursts of sound and fury, moving toward no tragic destination, only emphasizing Cesar's buffoonish character. Since such incidents neither shift the equilibrium of forces nor portend such a shift, they soon appear unnecessary, and melodramatic in comparison with the whole. The film is so slick that every attempt at seriousness slides right...