Word: showmanship
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...education. Workers and curators are putting the finishing touches on a $60 million, 66,700-sq.-ft. museum and visitors center. When they open, on Oct. 27, half the museum will have traditional displays: maps, artifacts, Martha's jewelry. The other side, however, will offer a heavy dose of showmanship. A scrolling cartoon of Washington's life will be projected on one wall. A theater will show an action flick about Washington at war. The audience's seats will rumble when the cannons go off, and visitors will be dusted with simulated snow when Washington crosses the Delaware River. There...
...course, for the Greers of this world Irwin's real sin was his lack of sophistication, his puppy-like boisterousness, his artlessness, his showmanship. Good lord, the man was little better than a common entertainer. People with joyless lives circumscribed by cynicism could never comprehend his mad enthusiasm, and needed to mock it to justify its absence in themselves. Greer is in a hurry to mock it too, but she'd really like an Irwin quote to make fun of, and we know she's used up her research budget on the Dasyatidae. The Guardian deadline looms. What...
...course for the Greers of this world Irwin's real sin was his lack of sophistication, his puppy-like boisterousness, his artlessness, his showmanship. Good Lord, the man was little better than a common entertainer. People with joyless lives circumscribed by cynicism could never comprehend his mad enthusiasm, and needed to mock it to justify its absence in themselves. Greer's in a hurry to mock it too, but she'd really like an Irwin quote to make fun of, and we know she's used up her research budget on the Dasyatidae. The Guardian deadline looms. What...
...Alfredo Peña, a veterinarian from Madrid who regularly attends bullfights, agreed. "Bullfighting is like painting or poetry - it's an art. And though Mehdi is good, he's not yet an artist." The corrida (tournament) highlighted Savalli's weaknesses as well as his strengths. He displayed the showmanship for which he is known - passes on his knees, cape tosses over the shoulder - and killed his first bull with aplomb. But his second opponent proved feistier, and Savalli partially missed his target, leaving a sword dangling from the bull's shoulder. This error cost him any chance of winning...
WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: At the Toronto Film Festival, where both Capote and Brokeback Mountain were launched, Ledger's performance was the one that earned the awe. But Academy members want a little showmanship in the roles they recognize (that's why Hustle & Flow's Terrence Howard is another viable contender), and it's Hoffman who is a one-man show...