His ballads "wear the garments (
actorish if you like) of the 'Child's Ballad,'" in which the speaking subject arm-twists the reader into playing their own part in the determination of meaning, and the ballad takes on a heightened sense of dramatic irony, providing a pronounced swing between self-conscious voice and meter (NF, 161).
"
actorish enthusiasm" (histrionale stadium), and was practiced
She brings everything to the tablewarmth and superficiality, kindness and tackinessin a kind of breakthrough performance that
actorish dreams are made of.
Audience members appear to be filing on stage to purchase food from a vendor and an
actorish type with a twinkle and a handy aim is firing paper planes at ladies in the grand circle.
This is what the great Meryl Streep supposedly said -- all in good
actorish fun -- when Madonna's tireless campaign to play the lead in the movie "Evita'' came to pass in 1997.
Nothing about "Do it stronger here, do it less there." I think he wanted the minimum "
actorish" inflection, because the text is so strong, the images are so strong.
Although marked by dishy details and adroit feats of
actorish mimicry, neither "The Girl" nor "Hitchcock" rises far above the level of glib entertainment, much less to the rich level of their respective source texts.
And
actorish is definitely the label I'd pin on Shaw at this moment.
Sinclair once said he'd like to swap places with him and "then I'd commit suicide and do us all a favour!" Quote: "Sometimes I think I ought to become more
actorish and get into the celebrity lifestyle, but I'm quite happy mixing with old friends from Glasgow and being normal at home." Tonight: Rab C Nesbitt, BBC Two, 9.30pm.