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...compensate for its singing. Delivering his lines like an overgrown marionette, Bue alternates between timidity and sarcasm. Occasionally he introduces a British accent for variety. Harper's Todd is an improvement, although his lumberjack appearance detracts from the credibility of his role as a Don Juan. Many of his facial gestures grate after the hundredth repetition but he still performs convincingly as the hard-drinking stud. Genovese's constant head-tossing disturbs her acting, as does her whining intonation. Yet Roffner rescues much of the dialogue with her intuitive feel for timing, breaking easily through her stereotypical role...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: Passable Strangers | 3/18/1977 | See Source »

...climbed, to the very top. The players on the field resembled flyspecks; stratospheric currents chilled us to the bone. Drunk sports fans screamed unintelligible epithets in our ears and yes, the UCLA band was settling down directly in front of us. The despair creeping into my facial expression was painfully obvious, reflected in the tubas that lined the row before us. The game itself was a complete mismatch, Alabama winning by a score...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: Grid Classic At Liberty Bowl Invites Unexpected Turnover | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

...really do feel pretty powerful down in there." Of course, it was not all mangoes and bananas for him. The temperature went over 100° inside his latex and bearskin outfit, and Baker sweated off 5 Ibs. every working day. Then, too he was not responsible for his own facial expressions. He had five different masks to wear, depending on Kong's basic mood in the shot. The masks could be made to change expression-but not by Baker. Hydraulic facial "muscles" tug the features into smiles, frowns and full-scale rage. Kong in a lustful mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES KING KONG | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

...company's problems with dance and compensation for this by acting, their tendency to think onstage rather than move, the first piece, "That Is the Show," was the best indication of their strengths and weaknesses. In "Show," there was a Message being projected by the troupe's collective mind, facial expression and dramatics. But in the dancing per se the message remained uncatalyzed, unseen...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: Modernity Undanced | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

...both gave and took hospitality were those who, like a lot of Greeks, enjoyed the feeling of peculiarity or singularity in others and themselves. These tended to be travelers without any plans. The Bolivian, for example, who spoke only Spanish and Rumanian but let go a slew of facial expressions and circular gestures that drew...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Trapped in Perpetual Transit | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

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