Word: gruffness
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...when Samuel Goldwyn filmed These Three, from Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour, he removed the accusation of lesbianism from the plot. In 1947's Crossfire, RKO changed the homophobia theme to anti- Semitism. Interracial tolerance was in the air; homoeroticism may have lurked under every gruff bonding between cowboys, gangsters or G.I.s, but as for gay love, Hollywood dared not speak its name...
...problematic piece of casting is Jeroen Krabbe. He is a star and his participation no doubt helped finance "For a Lost Soldier," but somehow he does not mesh with the child Jeroen. After Smit's wonderful performance, it is a letdown to see Jeroen grow up to be the gruff and temperamental choreographer played by Krabbe...
with no offense to the Athletic Director, who has a fine schnozz and should brook no gruff on this subject. (Besides, he's won a national championship both on the ice and behind the bench--which is much more than almost any team at this school can boast...
...more obsessed with interpersonal trivia than the demands of police work. Not that the police work is very demanding. The morning roll call in Bakersfield P.D. is like Hill Street Blues on happy juice: "We've got two officers down and another squad car in the shop," announces the gruff sergeant (Brian Doyle-Murray). "Try and remember that new speed bump by the junior high...
Quinn imbues his character with a gruff machismo. Zampano is a bold ladies' man, stupid and violent. He would frighten the people around him more if he didn't seem so ill-fated. Rarely is he effective in venting his desires or angers. This doesn't stop him from posturing as a refined man in hand medown-suits. Nor does it stop him from bullying everybody but paying customers. In fact, his apparent awareness of his own crudeness only increases his need to and pleasure in commanding Gelsomina, beating her and boasting about "how he taught her everything she knows...