Word: offbeat
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...cinemactors appear to take more pains than Hoofer Astaire, less pains than Crooner Crosby. Result: Crosby's easy, casual banter is just the right foil for Astaire's precision acrobatics, his wry, offbeat humor...
...Never Get Rich Astaire has the right girl: Rita Hayworth. Those who saw russet-tressed, incandescent Rita Hayworth dance before the movies drafted her knew she was a dancer to partner even the great Astaire. But few of them would have expected her to keep up with his wry, offbeat brand of comedy. She fills both assignments in You'll Never Get Rich...
...solos are more spectacular than Jazzdrummer Gene Krupa's. With his whole band massed behind him, the Brigadier twirls his drumsticks faster & faster, whirls them over his head, down to his ankles throughout the number. He can catch his sticks at any beat he wants, change pace with offbeat effects, shade his tone from a crash to a whisper...
...Rhythm Kings and Benny Goodman's Boys; Hot Record Society, 308 Fifth Ave., Manhattan). These rare and exciting discs, recorded in 1929, are repressed by the Society to illustrate "the rise of the Boogie Woogie and the emergence of the Chicago Style." Boogie woogie is characterized by heavy offbeat bass and repetitive melody...