单词 | clunky |
例句 | Felicia first notices her second husband-to-be when he pedals by her furiously on a clunky Russian bicycle, his hair vertical as a sail. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And Amelia’s mom is vacuuming upstairs, the clunky machine roaring across the carpets. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He slaps my face, and his clunky gold signet ring splits my lip, and blood pours down my chin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Several writers had provided stories for the ambitious outline, and William Faulkner had the tough job of smoothing out its clunky transitions and pulling the whole thing together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She can’t tell if Terry’s outfit is a uniform or if it’s just so boring that it looks like one: black pants, clunky black shoes with rubber soles, a matronly peach-colored T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It's more than the trendy bun, slender body, slightly Cockney accent, and clunky earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They were double ovals, with a clunky motor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In the year 525, at the start of the Dark Ages, all Westerners clung to the clunky Roman style of numbers, and there was no zero in that counting system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I sit on the edge of Danielle’s bed and remove my clunky saddle shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z On the kitchen counter the clunky old landline message machine blinked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z What I do know is that I was simultaneously taken aback and completely enthralled by the clunky, controlled chaos of the place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I feel clunky and clumsy and slow, and I’m glad for the handrail. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Lidewij drove a clunky gray Fiat with an engine that sounded like an excited four-year-old girl. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She had to wear one of those clunky boots and wasn’t supposed to walk. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She cleans them clunky things off and clips them on my ears without even asking me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She doesn’t laugh or blink, just gazes out at me from behind these clunky glasses that almost cover her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Shivering hard, I zipped my body into three layers of fuzzy polypropylene pile underwear and an outer shell of windproof nylon, then pulled my clunky plastic boots on. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He reached into the bag and pulled out clunky black leather numbers with metal bars across the tops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to avoid the masculine but hate the clunky his or her alternative, don’t resort to the plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He is big and clunky but not fat. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Before the war, I'd be able to hear the music from halfway down the block, first a melody played by my mother and then a student's plodding, clunky version a few seconds later. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After doing their calculations with Babylonian notation, Greek astronomers usually converted the numbers back into clunky Greek-style numerals—without zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That third “herons” is clunky, even confusing, for the same reason that repeating the name Stanley Goldfarb in the funeral joke would have been confusing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z While Mrs. Shannon shows the rest of the class how to make paper snowflakes, Catherine and I sit together in front of the one clunky classroom computer and do Web searches on communication devices. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She wears the same clunky glasses Violet had on today. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Pretending to be him, I took my vesta case from my pocket, clunky and unfashionable compared to the slim brass one Yakov had worn suspended from his watch chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This furniture is a clunky imitation of the early Scandinavian furniture of ten or fifteen years ago, now drastically out of style. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lots of them seem as clunky and awkward as our room computer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They squawked and squeaked and fumbled with the weapon, trying to aim the clunky thing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And to top it all off, I had on the most uncomfortable shoes in the world—stiff, clunky dress shoes, cutting into my ankles, forcing me to walk like my butt hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The girls, in loose skirts and clunky shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z When we walked, our footsteps, they were clunky. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The laces in her clunky shoes match her dress—Millie’s idea, of course. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was smiling, batting her eyes, and fidgeting with her clunky necklace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the average hermit crab isn’t particularly athletic, having to haul a clunky seashell around on its back, so the sports competition part of Abbey’s project sort of fizzled. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The old leg was clunky compared to this one. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Hence Wehn's clunky links; and his timing is erratic, too: those loopy German cadences don't always get the biggest laughs out of well-crafted material. Henning Wehn ? review 2011-03-04T18:06:05Z His language is clear, unpretentious, a little clunky, a little hammy. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The section dealing with the near-romance between the young aircraft engineer and the beautiful civilian pilot is especially clunky. The Adjacent by Christopher Priest – review 2013-06-26T09:56:10Z I’m guessing this because the pilot, at least, is not good–a braying, clunky, assembly-line sitcom–and because there’s a special pain in seeing actors like Arnett and Martindale, fantastic in better shows, stuck here. Laughing Gas: In Defense of the Fart Joke 2013-10-02T14:28:05Z The program is about robotics, but not just clunky C-3PO imitators. Review: ‘Breakthough,’ About Scientific Advances That Could Save Lives and Perhaps the Planet 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Certain trips require a little deepening first — the capacity for abstraction and clunky poetic metaphors about existence. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z “Man of the Hour,” one of the tartest songs from the new album, came next, and Ms. Jones’s ample indignation trumped the clunky lyrics. Music Review | Norah Jones: Norah Jones?s Moody Notes at Madison Square Garden 2010-03-29T04:45:00Z The contrast between the rather puny-looking divers, encumbered by clunky gear, and the vast underwater metal jungle is jarring. | 'Delta Divers': On the National Geographic Channel, a Look at an Undersea Job 2010-05-18T22:40:00Z “It doesn’t matter” is a clunky note to play in the era of Black Lives Matter. Perspective | How Herman Munster can be so right about racism and still be a little bit wrong 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z This was true of the music, too, and it was unfortunate, or perhaps overly realistic, that in a show about transformation the transitions were clunky. ‘Transformation: Rhythm’s Roots’ Explores Black History 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z “That certain magazine also refers to adolescents as ‘teen-agers,’ ” i.e. with the clunky inclusion of a hyphen in there, he writes. Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z A more significant problem is the substandard fight choreography – balletic violence is not this movie's strong point, as a few clunky hand-to-hand bouts wincingly prove. Netflix's "Gunpowder Milkshake" is another dumb fun lark about women who kill 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Cianfrance uses the dog's death to draw a line in the relationship sand, narratively — not at all as clunky as it sounds — and then goes back in time. Blue Valentine Review: Scenes from a Marriage 2010-12-21T04:40:00Z But director Christopher Janson’s production too often wields cliches, plot contrivances and clunky dialogue while taking aim at the topic. Rainbow Theatre Project’s ‘Blue Camp’ is a well-intentioned misfire 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z But my DVD tsunami revealed something else: an old row of VHS cassettes underneath, impossibly ugly, clunky things. Peter Bradshaw on his out-of-control DVD collection 2012-06-10T19:00:01Z But just as it is facing extinction, the clunky old cassette has been reborn. Return of the audio cassette 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z An artist's hand might draw with an innate elegance and authority, or it can be clunky, like a shout, or tentative and full of doubt. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z Other clunky transitions, like shepherding that sheet of fire offstage, similarly quench any sparks of magic. Review: Momix Shoots for Astonishment With ‘Alchemia’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z He keeps punching other policemen, and the whole thing is an incredibly clunky allegory for racism. ‘A steampunk fever dream’: why Carnival Row is not the new Game of Thrones 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s an intense, sometimes clunky listen, but the songs are charged. Music Review: At Brooklyn Bowl, Cap?n Jazz Channels Teenage Selves 2010-07-26T22:04:00Z At the album’s worst, it’s full of ham-handed metaphors and pop-culture references, delivered clunkily, and not because of his accent. Music Review: A Rapper Loves America, but Don?t Expect Another British Invasion 2011-02-09T23:53:47Z That is less a compliment than it sounds: Most “Carmen” ballets are clunkily melodramatic and choreographically dismal. Review: Richard Alston’s ‘Carmen’ in Fort Lauderdale 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The tonal shifts were as clunky as ever, but Mr. Scher worked his ballet clichés — the man wandering in a forest of girls — to better effect. Dance Review: Avi Scher & Dancers at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater 2012-04-09T20:47:24Z The stage effects in this production are sometimes amazing, sometimes clunky and intrusive. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z Those three clunky knights are supposed to be kings? Review: ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ Brings Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tale to Life 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s almost to the franchise’s detriment that the show is confined to being set before the original series, which, for obvious reasons, looks clunky in comparison. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 1: Engaging the Klingon 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The ghosts of all the clunky outer space movies made since 1980 haunt this presentation. Television Review: Neil deGrasse Tyson Hosts ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ 2014-03-07T23:00:27Z At the start of the decade, I was receiving shows to review on clunky VHS tapes. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z Where is a muse with a clunky pen and a dirty mind when you need her? At Wes Gordon and Jason Wu, Seeing Blue Skies In a ‘Grey’ Horizon 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A few of the parallels the film draws are clunky, but it does at least reward its audience with a spirited and technically impressive recreation of the battle of Trafalgar. That Hamilton Woman: a tale of two halves (for better or for worse) 2011-01-06T09:07:00Z Pamela is on hand to deliver this week's first example of clunky dialogue. Dancing on the Edge: episode three 2013-02-11T22:00:01Z "You see that?" he said, pointing to a clunky old TV set in his hotel room. Danish Ballet, revamped, takes fresh U.S. tour 2011-06-17T11:28:41Z However, Fingscheidt includes clunky flashbacks that trigger Ruth's emotions — e.g., pancakes being served to young Katherine — that are meant to create depth and add meaning that is revealed later, but such tactics backfire. Despite a steely performance, Sandra Bullock's dreary film of life after prison is "Unforgivable" 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z This attention to sentence-by-sentence pleasure is an undervalued, even disdained, skill among thriller writers, too many of whom excuse a clunky, utilitarian style as “unvarnished.” An Elegant, Ice-Cold Thriller Served Straight Up With a Twist 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z But maybe audiences will forgive the clunky pacing and derivative scenes in those episodes, since "The Morning Show" less about the script than the performances and the star power. Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from "The Morning Show" to "For All Mankind" 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the plot sounds terrible: like a clunky mix of "Wall-E" and "The Road." Can Will and Jaden Smith save an M. Night Shyamalan film? 2011-04-05T16:06:00Z The two meander around Los Angeles, looking for some trouble to get into, complete with the kind of clunky jokes about Viagra and new-fangled keyless car ignitions that you might expect. Review: Veteran actors elevate `Stand Up Guys' 2013-01-29T21:46:05Z This also points up the weaknesses in Mr. Graham’s writing, which tends to sketch in the characters’ history by lurching into clunky flashback mode. Theater Review: ‘The Outgoing Tide,’ Bruce Graham’s Drama at 59E59 Theaters 2012-11-21T03:00:00Z I still feel at home sitting at the long counter where I can plainly see that the clunky rolls are from Franz. Seattle’s cheesesteak scene gets a look from our Philly native 2013-02-02T01:06:40Z It went so fast that the three photographers in attendance, with their clunky wet-plate cameras, missed the moment entirely. A Lingering Gettysburg Battle: Where Did Lincoln Stand? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z There were to be no catwalks at the London venues, so heavy rigs wired with clunky microphone cable were deployed. EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z AM Every week in L&O, a clunky script is made to sing by an accomplished cast. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-03-21T08:00:02Z One is a laid-back, affecting comedy about second chances; the other is a clunky mishmash of broad gags. Review: ‘The Last O.G.’ Searches for Brooklyn, and Itself 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Noisy and clunky, my parents made their presence known. Modern Love: About That Rustle in the Bushes 2011-06-16T19:38:02Z Secondly, that those hideous, clunky, antiquated, anachronistic contraptions known as fax machines are in their last dying days. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But it’s a glib, clunky effort that manages to be both dismissive of Mr. Trump and his voters and flippant about the opposition. Review: The World Changed. NBC’s ‘Will & Grace’ Hasn’t. 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z If you watched one now, it would seem so slow and clunky. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Squire's legendary guitar also sounds clunky and heavy. The Stone Roses – review 2012-06-15T18:00:00Z Max, the trans character, was a clunky addition, and much of the dialogue around gender – there’s no mention of non-binary identification, for example – seems like the product of an era very far away from now. Leather vests at the ready! The L Word is coming back 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z I thought Shape of Water felt forced and contrived and the dance dream segment was clunky. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Cousteau’s legacy also includes co-creating the Aqua-lung, freeing underwater diving of clunky apparatus and birthing the use of scuba. In ‘Becoming Cousteau,’ diving into the depths of Jacques 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But it just felt clunky to me to do that. Gavin O’Connor Narrates a Scene From ‘The Accountant’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z If the clunky lines about loyalty and betrayal make you weary, turn down the sound and just stare at the screen. Dallas is back. And the cliffhanger is: who put JR in an old people's home? 2012-06-14T12:30:01Z These moments are clunky devices that offer no understanding of Hitchcock and his demons; at best, they're good for a chuckle here and there. Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study 2012-11-19T17:30:11Z These clunky wines may sell because they are cheap, but they probably also reinforce the idea that sweet wines are lower quality. There’s nothing wrong with being a little sweet on wine 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The libretto is clunky, rather pleased with its own cleverness and takes most of the first act to exert a dramatic grip. Elegy for Young Lovers 2010-04-25T21:05:00Z SmartStudy sees the limitation of the domestic market and is eyeing China, where the absence of YouTube, and the clunky local word for shark, did little for Baby Shark’s appeal. Beyond Baby Shark: creator of viral hit eyes China with dinosaurs 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s clunky, but the premise — one multiuse piece of baby gear — was irresistible. On Packing Light and the Car Seat Question 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z His intrusive tinkerings, ending with a clunky dialogue between winds and strings that subverts the inspiration of Schumann's troubled final bars, only detract from the work. RLPO/Petrenko 2010-07-20T21:30:00Z With its two personable, fresh-faced leads, it appears to be heading into self-consciously charming rom-com territory, and is at times somewhat clunky. Blink – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-05T15:06:30Z It's how glamour is so often juxtaposed with the downright clunky that gives the show its unique character. The Baftas are so British, and no one blubs when they win 2012-02-12T14:30:01Z A few, like “Social Distance” on Netflix, made the pandemic a direct subject, earnestly if clunkily. Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He's willing to dismiss ideas if they're clunky, if it's a piece of dialogue or something that's not working, or change something or incorporate something new. Anthony Michael Hall on joining "Halloween Kills" & remembering John Hughes: "I genuinely miss him" 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Neither does “The Burnt Part Boys,” the clunky downer of a name affixed to the new musical that opened on Tuesday night at Playwrights Horizons in a co-production with the Vineyard Theater. | 'The Burnt Part Boys': Mining Families in Disaster?s Wake at Playwrights Horizons 2010-05-26T02:29:00Z Downstairs near a room that resembles the inner chamber of an Egyptian pyramid sits an artifact: his clunky 1975 Telstar video game console. Video game music comes to the orchestra concert hall 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The score could easily have been clunky and obvious, but Mr. Stucky’s music is subtle, sly and vividly colorful. 'The Classical Style,' an Opera Buffa at Zankel Hall 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Macklemore, however, does fall short on a few of the album’s tracks, like the awkward “How To Play the Flute” and the clunky “Intentions.” Album review: Macklemore finds renewed sense of freedom in ‘Gemini’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Servers bobbed around in colorful headbands, big hair, crop tops, sequins, jean jackets and clunky jewelry. 'Dear John Hughes': Songs of 'Ferris Bueller,' 'Sixteen Candles' live 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Movie actors were forced to give theatrical displays for the benefit of clunky, insensitive equipment, but today even the most basic camera and sound kit can pick up the subtlest actorly inflection. Clip joint: films that feature yelling 2013-03-28T10:00:09Z “You see these patches and you really want to put them on your skin, even without knowing what the function is,” Ms. Loh said, noting that most wearable computers today are clunky and ugly. Wearable Technology That Feels Like Skin 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z And this works well enough for the most part, while sometimes yielding clunky expository turns. Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" is a spine-tingler for our darkest timeline 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z But from the often clunky premiere, it looks as if it will be tough going. Television Review: ‘Go On,’ With Matthew Perry, on NBC 2012-09-10T21:51:57Z The songs from “Lady Sings the Blues” included a clunky “Them There Eyes” and a drawn-out “Good Morning Heartache.” Music Review: LaChanze at 54 Below 2013-04-18T21:44:31Z Birdemic features acting as wooden as a tree, clunky camera work that amply illustrates Nguyen's budget of around $10,000 and crude special effects that reduce audiences to tears of laughter rather than terror. Horror film Birdemic earns cult status for bad acting and worse special effects 2010-04-07T15:14:00Z Doris Lessing capturing her family history in the clunky but rewarding “Alfred and Emily” as her mind tests her. David Bowie and the sad, inspiring history of making art while dying 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “It’s a little bit clunky but it’s better than telling them to leave their phones in their cars or forbidding it.” Alicia Keys is done playing nice. Your phone is getting locked up at her shows now. 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Shakespeare has a lovely rhythm to it, but this is a bit clunky. Le Morte d'Arthur: The RSC throw down the gauntlet 2010-06-06T20:31:00Z It also leaves the actors seeming somewhat stranded, trading clunky lines or lurching into tantrums without the psychological depth to underpin their affliction. ‘The Son’ Review: Father Doesn’t Know Best 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Which is ironic given that the plot of was rather clunkily devoted to the rise of racism in its fascist form. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z She called the show “a little clunky” and said “the exposition was a little forced.” Unsatisfied: Meet the people who have some reservations about ‘Hamilton’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z They toted clunky electronic devices; as the bats emerged to eat, the machines translated the inaudible sounds of their echolocation into audible electronic signals. Vilified for Virus, Bats Are a New Album’s Seductive Stars 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z They seem less like agents driving a story than slaves to their respective character arcs, and though they are performed with gusto the actors are ill-served by clunky dialogue. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z It will be a little clunky, especially if you’ve never experienced this thing before. This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z And judging by the number of fat, clunky bottles on wine store shelves, wineries think we prefer to pay more for packaging than quality on the inside. A 3-point plan for choosing wine you really want to drink 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I was too busy with the clunky dialogue: "Wow, how the mighty has fallen, you're surprising me here Darren." The Killing US: episode three 2011-07-14T21:02:01Z That's less of a sin than the clunky fight scenes which, again, one can tell were meticulously choreographed but lack polish and speed. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z It was not a success: the German libretto was clunky, its dramatic pacing inconsistent. Henze: Gogo no Eiko 2010-05-06T21:15:00Z The novel is still for sale, and I often wonder what teenagers now make of that clunky detail, which seemed so topical. Planned Obsolescence 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Audiobooks were once clunky and overwhelming, a failed tech experiment, encumbered by multiple discs or cassettes. ‘I can write the words. He supplies the melody’: The harmonious bond between authors and audiobook narrators 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z I grant that the term “atheist church” sounds clunky and self-contradictory, because these areas of human interaction have historically been claimed by religion and our language doesn’t have good non-religious words for them. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z While the suspense and power of her story come through, the film can be clunkily expository and, with regard to tensions between Sara and Pavlo, frustratingly vague. ‘My Name Is Sara’ Review: Keeping Secrets in Close Quarters 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Ben begins dancing to the beat, a kind of clunky shuffling back and forth, and finally cajoles Herschel into joining him. In the zany "American Pickle," Seth Rogen gives a strong dual performance to explore Jewish identity 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But the process was clunky, requiring an agent’s help to manually convert the miles to a cash equivalent and book the hotel, or presenting a voucher at the car rental counter. Practical Traveler: Frequent-Flier Mile Awards That Have Little to Do With Flights 2010-10-26T21:12:00Z Scrabble may be the world’s favourite word game, but by modern standards it’s decidedly clunky. Let's roll: the best board games for Christmas 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z When the Grand Canyon is discussed, the metaphor pounds home, clunkily. | 'Phoenix': A Flash in the Pan Carries Complications at TBG Studio Theater 2010-04-21T20:19:00Z But the plot is clunky and the characters’ motivations are so baffling that even they seem confused by them: “Why are you doing this?” Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The judges give the clunky performance a senior citizen discount and gave Jack a 23 on his first spin around the ballroom. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Meet the New Cast 2012-03-20T12:49:15Z Yorkey’s clunky lyrics are what ultimately do the songs in; some are attempts to add introspection to a deeply withdrawn protagonist with a wooden disposition. Review: ‘The Visitor’ Lags Behind the Times 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Beyond the clunky dramatizations and hazy solutions is a very real understanding of the street as a microcosm of a world in crisis. "GhettoPhysics" an awkward but sharp-eyed mashup 2010-10-06T01:14:00Z Reading today's interview with Brown and extract from his new book – Beyond the Crash is a title that suggests he is trying to put the past behind him – reminds me of his clunky earnestness. Gordon Brown and Ann Widdecombe ? two possible paths for politicians post-power 2010-12-06T12:25:00Z What limitations there are lie in the original, with its clunky, dated characterisations and writing that never lets Anatoly or any of the Russians move beyond cliche. Chess ? review 2011-07-27T17:49:00Z There is plenty that doesn't work: the storytelling and comedy are often clunky, the hard-working cast play too many roles, and the music and songs are, at first, unmemorable. Run! – review 2012-06-12T17:18:30Z Bach's Third French Suite never quite settled – loud passages were clunky and too heavy for the small room. Piano Month – review 2012-11-21T19:32:35Z Despite Midler's Oscar-nominated performance, it's full of rock film cliches: pushy manager; bumbling handling of her bisexuality and drug use; and clunky dialogue. Is the Janis Joplin biopic finally going to be filmed? Don't hold your breath 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z The narrative furniture is a bit more clunky, and the love triangle between Katniss, Peeta and Gale a mite more contrived, but when the action finally arrives, it more than makes up for it. Why Hunger Games 3 will kill one Mockingjay with two stones 2012-07-12T14:54:53Z So what if the writing is at times a bit dry or clunky? More retirees are self-publishing their memoirs as family legacy 2011-10-12T19:43:04Z There are some clunky moments in the dialogue and direction, and maybe Ferrara doesn't quite finesse the switches between French and English, but Welcome to New York has the brutal courage of its convictions. Welcome to New York review – Abel Ferrara is unencumbered by good taste 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The script for this opener, however, is surprisingly clunky. TV highlights 22/05/12 2012-05-21T19:00:02Z Slight melodies, clunky chord changes and imponderable lyrics leave a listener with little to latch onto. Review: Slight songs mar Neko Case's latest 2013-09-03T23:13:04Z All three are burdened with clunky dialogue and contrived plot exposition in place of character. ‘The Quiet Ones’: Horror flick is more creaky than creepy 2014-04-24T22:08:21Z Instead, he finds himself first assigned to “drive a bus”–flying a clunky Raptor on errand missions–in support of a war effort that is not going as well as advertised. One More Episode! BSG’s Blood and Chrome Sequel Debuts, But Where’s the Great New Sci-Fi? 2012-11-09T16:06:16Z Adding a tough hardware clutch and clunky strap heels produced that sexy-without-trying look. T Magazine: Basic Training 2011-02-23T23:13:11Z Sadly this is far too derivative, clunky and confusing to be either a great show or a ratings powerhouse. Shades of Blue – Jennifer Lopez's cop show is a criminal waste of her talent 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z I sat there wondering whether these actors knew what they were getting into when they said yes to this clunky, punny, unfunny film. AP critic takes toddler to epic flop `Oogieloves' 2012-09-07T20:25:10Z The Independent called it "well-meant but clunky" and described its mix of fact and fiction as "self-defeating". Diana play 'clunky' and 'clueless' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s a really strange novel and it seems extraordinary that it has managed to sell 21 million copies, given how clunky and weird it is. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z The play’s clunky, anticlimactic story line is part of the problem. Larger than life character, small-scale 'Lombardi' 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z A live stream allows you to pause, digest and move on; to skip past the clunky shapes and overly vintage looks to the moments of loveliness. Gucci Has a Rave in a Cemetery 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z She is great at feet, too – at clunky shoes, elegant brogues, baby feet and the abjectness of men in socks. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z Our time is sculptural, like Piano’s building: crazily clunky on the outside, dreamy within. The Whitney Opens 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Take a look at the clunky, metal-soled miners boots worn on the playing field. ‘Pitch Black’ traces African-American baseball history 2014-02-06T22:30:30Z His charisma carries the set through lean spells such as Sycophant, aimed at the group's journalistic detractors, and the mawkish and clunky Cross My Heart & Hope to Fly. The Courteeners | Pop review 2010-03-21T22:20:00Z The interior art had rigid word balloons and recalled the early days of video games, with pixelated, somewhat clunky images. Superhero or Supervillain? Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Ishigami’s spaces seem like fairy-tale versions of the everyday, the modernist dream of space that shelters but doesn’t require the clunky imposition of enclosed plumbing or rooftop air-conditioning equipment. MoMA Offers Japanese Navigators in an Architectural Firmament 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Sanders allows the actors to devise the scenes on camera; sometimes the resulting dialogue is clunky, but sometimes brutally and all too plausibly real. Late September – review 2012-06-14T21:19:01Z He's "not into politics", the extent of his interaction an appearance in one of those clunky here-be-youth segments on Newsnight last year. Tinchy Stryder 2010-07-31T23:02:00Z In between the clunky scene changes and odd pauses, however, there are two parallel speeches, poetic and emotionally raw, that are shocking in their contrast. Poke/Wuthering Heights – review 2013-04-24T16:47:25Z One interlude shoots quickly into the next, with the help of blackouts and clunky music shifts. Dance Review: At Jacob?s Pillow, Barak Marshall?s ?Monger? 2010-07-13T23:17:00Z The exhibition at M+B is a jaunt, despite a clunky title and the awkward installation. 5-year-old Big Macs as sculpture? Animal chef Vinny Dotolo serves up a food-themed art feast 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z And those things are true, but the simple fact is that her gorgeous paintings and prints are filled with clunky, awkward renderings, almost like sketches by a seventh-grader who is pretty good at art. Fay Jones’ awkwardly magical, mysterious paintings 2013-11-29T15:01:24Z He directed "The Wiz" in 1978, adapting "The Wizard of Oz" with a black cast headed by Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, but the resulting clunky musical was jeered by film critics. Prolific American film director Sidney Lumet dies 2011-04-10T00:09:53Z So celebrating was in order, but it was a clunky and not entirely enjoyable evening. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore celebration falls a bit flat 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z We accompany the twosome through dense thickets, and some clunky dialogue, ornamented with ominous portents. ‘Significant Other’ Review: Backpacking Is a Trip 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z As soon as I could afford it, I bought a clunky Russian Zenith SLR. Snap happy 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z Joe Holbrook’s set, with walls that get wrested into different positions by disembodied hands from the wings, contributes to the clunky feel. Who is Deb, anyway? In 'D Deb Debbie Deborah,' more questions than answers 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z At the Museum of Soviet Arcade Games, clunky vintage slot machines, using real Soviet kopeks, are played by Russian teens for whom even the fall of the Berlin Wall is ancient history. Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z By today, Smith was sounding more at ease, but it's still mighty clunky. Radio review: Jacqui Smith 2011-08-25T18:59:02Z While the series itself clunkily presented racial and social issues, the film made an effort to at least not to traumatize Thomas too much for storytelling purposes. Another "Downton Abbey" movie is the Christmas gift you're getting, but didn't know you needed 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z I thought Shape of Water felt forced and contrived and the dance dream segment was clunky. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z This may be a clunky pitch for a friendship with you, but it sounds as if you’re not interested. Ask Amy: White elephant gift exchange goes to the birds 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z If you’re new to opera and its conventions, you may find the work simply long and clunky. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z They were kind of clunky and hard to play. New iPad App, ?The Guitar Collection: George Harrison? 2012-02-22T15:44:05Z But I like them because they’re comfortable and kind of clunky. What 8 Holiday Shoppers Wore to Industry City in Brooklyn 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z A few scenes pondering the effects of consumerism attempt a clunky counter argument, but for the most part this gesture at critique merely slows down the narrative. The opulence and drama of the Asian jetset in 'China Rich Girlfriend' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Aside from Hadi Khanjanpour, as a coolheaded Afghan prisoner, the acting is pretty awful, though the script is so clunky and the characters so clichéd it’s tough to blame the performers. ‘The Lair’ Review: Going Underground 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The telltale signs, the curator explained, include clunky arrangements of plant stalks and rigidly outstretched pistils. Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z The grey, clunky tablet looked like something you might find suspended over an amateur basement mushroom laboratory, or perhaps an unconvincing medical prop on a TV show. Therapy lamps tested: ‘The optical equivalent of freezing cold shower' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z An emotional high point — Richard’s suicide by falling out a window — was a clunky comedy of errors that had DiDonato, who was watching from a seat in the auditorium, joking, “Guffman called.” ‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z They would seem clunky here if not for Mr. Goodman’s sly delivery. Movie Review: ‘Drunkboat,’ With John Malkovich and John Goodman 2012-07-12T23:41:40Z His juvenile fantasy involving the redemption of mythic Russia through the manly intercession of Vladimir Putin is rendered in hilariously clunky animation. ‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z With “L’Amour de Loin” Mr. Lepage returns to the Met after his hotly debated production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, a clunky, fairly clueless staging dominated by a gargantuan set made of rotating planks. Review: A Newly Relevant ‘L’Amour de Loin’ at the Met 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The interface is minimal but clunky – designed for the least tech-savvy Boomers – and has few market rivals. Newly single? A beginner’s guide to the best dating apps 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Museum audio guides tend to be clunky and overly insistent, but these lightweight, touch-screen paddles invited play. Seoul’s Hundred Faces 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But while the details may be true, most of the writing is baldly explanatory or clunky in its summarizing of the problems of ego and insecurity that helped destroy their marriage. | 'This Side of Paradise': The Tormented Fitzgeralds at Theater at St. Clements 2010-04-23T22:52:00Z The result chafes clunkily against the music and libretto, like an attempt to capture a Gertrude Stein poem in CliffsNotes. ‘The Source,’ an Oratorio About Chelsea Manning’s Leaks 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z If you are going to strap a clunky anachronism on your wrist, the thinking goes, people better at least notice it. Tick, Tick, Tick, Chic 2011-07-06T19:58:31Z The show didn’t win any of the festival’s big awards, and Moss still grimaces when recounting “the most unbelievably bad, clunky segues, and the exposition,” but it did get some encouraging early reviews. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z It’s a clunky line, yet it bruises like the truth. How Harvey Weinstein's accusers are fighting their way back to the top 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It is all a bit on the clunky side until Swinton shows up in the flesh; the impressive delicacy of her performance makes a major difference. Tilda Swinton's performances – ranked! 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z That essay, somewhat clunkily referenced in the episode focusing on Friedan, is a harsher take on the characters than the show adopts. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Just be prepared to deal with a clunky user experience. Become a Spontaneous Traveler by Using These Apps 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Bateman plays the middle-class schlub attempting to bring McCarthy's credit card thief to justice and clear his own name – a clunky plot device that would be less problematic were the movie funnier. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-07-13T23:05:18Z Running just over 90 minutes, the movie is often clunky, but at least it’s fast and unpretentious. Review: ‘Hercules’ is schlocky but entertaining 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z First reactions range from some critics enjoying the film’s humor to others calling it “clunky” and a “complete failure.” “Venom” first reactions: Critics divided as Tom Hardy’s film called “ridiculous” and a... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z That subtle maneuver lets the story of “Rogue One” draw you in without clunky exposition about the “Star Wars” background. Movie Trailers: ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and the Franchise Challenge 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z I wasn't thrilled when Zak stormed into the kitchen one evening, treating us like nuisance neighbours because we had woken the baby with our clunky footsteps. From empty nest to full house: three generations under one roof 2012-06-08T22:00:57Z Instead, it's just a clunky crime procedural attempting to leverage a newly acknowledged type of crime, committed mostly though not exclusively against women, with maximum sensationalism. In violent 'Stalker' on CBS, depravity seems to be the point 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The point about violence was obvious – but it was clunkily done. The Promise delivers but still divides 2011-02-14T11:27:00Z Language becomes physical and clunky, while the weird, composite thing itself seems to hover in the uncertainty of "what is it?" Artist of the week 106: Thomas Scheibitz 2010-09-22T15:47:00Z Gate 35X was the clunky magic trick that got members of Congress from last-minute votes at the Capitol to family dinners in small-town Ohio or Alabama. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Originally this was going to be a gentle story about reclaiming and modernizing clunky holiday foods, using the specific example of that most loved or loathed Thanksgiving classic, the green bean casserole. Eat this green bean casserole made with love or stop complaining about it 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z I can see why Shyamalan was attracted to this material, but the results are clunky even by his recent standards. "The Last Airbender": Shyamalan's fantasy schlockfest 2010-07-01T00:31:00Z The place needs a little TLC, and the husband, who looks a lot like Philip, has just the accessory for the second-floor home office: a big clunky listening device. 'The Americans' Recap: A Most Painful Extraction 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Equally striking are the subtitles, which identify new locations within the film using the clunky lettering of old-fashioned typewriters and telex machines. Design: If There Were an Oscar for Film Titles 2011-02-21T03:00:04Z I had, in fact, suggested “Co,” which was a feminist pronoun in the 1970s that was meant to be a third, gender-neutral personal pronoun to allow us to avoid the clunky “she or he.” A boy named Sue? Why not! I named my kids Yo and E 2014-03-22T23:00:00Z It’s clunky and sluggish and only intermittently funny, even given that it may be deliberately aiming for those qualities. Watch List: Louis C. K. Releases His ‘Tomorrow Night,’ From 1998 2014-01-29T21:00:35Z The Marni look is one we all have down pat: clunky shoes, crazy print frocks, a madcap styling trick or six. | Marni Wins! 2011-03-01T00:52:10Z Which might be too clunky to work as a rah-rah T-shirt slogan, but it does fit into 45 seconds. Perspective | Warren vs. Sanders totally misses the point about sexism in politics 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The door handles struck me as clunky and oddly shaped until I touched one; modeled on Gaudí’s own hand, it fit my grasp perfectly. Getting to Know Gaudí in Barcelona, From Park to Palace 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z “I made this for the exhibition,” Negrete says, holding a vibrating, clunky tattoo machine powered by a roll of D-sized batteries. Tattoo you: Freddy Negrete, the black-and-gray style and an L.A. museum's new interactive exhibition 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z There is rarely a clunky moment with these two graceful singers. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z Stay away from using oversized pieces, clunky frames, or word art. Bringing art into your kitchen is a great way to add life to an otherwise utilitarian space 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Their acrobatic feats are clunky at best and often unattractive: Shoulder balances involve three people. Dance Review: Shen Wei, LDP and María Pagés at Fall for Dance 2012-10-13T00:50:06Z Rio, however clunky her book’s characters and plotting can sometimes be, captures that, the exhilarating dummy immortality of youth. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z I don’t think your patients are actually wondering about your competence, but they are really just feeling vulnerable and are trying — in a very clunky way — to connect with their physician. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman wrestles with adoption dilemma 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z It helps that "The Lady and the Dale" is so visually distinct from other contemporary documentary projects that lean either on clunky re-enactments or dramatic talking-head interviews augmented with archival footage. Buckle up! "The Lady and the Dale" is a wild ride through the cons of auto CEO Elizabeth Carmichael 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z But in this chapter, his use of expressions such as “dodgy dossier” and “Arab spring” in describing historical episodes is somewhat clunky. Building societies 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Those pasta dishes were a little clunky when sampled a la carte on a subsequent visit. Bainbridge's Hitchcock is a must-try 2011-08-19T00:02:47Z The Web page is clunky, but filled with information about seeds tailored to cooler climates and shorter seasons. How does your garden grow? Starting from seed is fun and nutritious 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet while the actor's "bravura acting" drew praise in Time Out New York, its reviewer felt it did not stop Bernard Pomerance's play being a "clunky chestnut". Cooper takes Elephant Man to Broadway 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a clunky way of transitioning to her own experiences with abuse, but nevertheless situates Moreno and her lifelong commitment to social activism along a feminist historical trajectory. ‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’ Review: An Icon’s Growing Pains 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z For all the insights of “The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra,” its web design is clunky. The Ancient Syrian City ISIS Is Destroying, Preserved Online 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Unlike the rap-rock of a decade and a half ago, which was often clunky, expressed via brute force and a constant reminder of its forebears, Mr. Mulherin’s blend is seamless and intuitive. nothing,nowhere. Blends Hip-Hop and Emo to Make Tomorrow’s Pop 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The editing is frequently awkward, clunkily overemphasizing physical gags, and lingering too long on the actors as they try to light up dusty material. ‘Playing With Fire’ Review: A Firefighter Comedy Running on Embers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Mark Happel’s costumes, overtly based on those designed by Karinska for the Gothic ballroom of “La Valse,” are on the clunky side. Dance Review: New York City Ballet?s Architecture of Dance 2010-04-30T23:01:00Z The other problem is purely technical: voiceover narration is perfectly natural in cinema, but on stage it seems rather clunky. The Silence of the Sea – review 2013-01-15T17:51:48Z There are supported jetés in which one dancer, leaning on the shoulders of two others, soars across with clunky grace. Dance Review: Taking the Audience Up Close and Personal, and Beyond Skin Deep 2011-05-13T22:33:10Z Visitors are encouraged to slip through the studs and wander within, where Harrison has placed a pallet of cinderblocks and a dozen clunky, blocky little cement-slathered ziggurats, painted in brash colors. At Regen Projects, Rachel Harrison showcases the art of self-importance 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z That's the only way to explain the ridiculously over-the-top, repetitively numbing fifth film in the "Die Hard" franchise, the clunkily titled "A Good Day to Die Hard." Review: The latest `Die Hard' movie simply won't 2013-02-13T22:46:05Z I mean to say, the Kindle was sooo clunky: you had to press buttons just to turn the page and how 1980s is that? As the reborn Kindle proves, looks don't count for everything 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z I also can’t understand why the artificial intelligence of the computer-controlled drivers often seems so boring, and why the game’s online modes are so clunky to use. Video Game Review: A Racing Rush, With a Ferrari or an ?83 Toyota 2010-12-17T23:33:49Z Sadly, the first major treatment was a clunky harangue. Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z It plods along, the plot twists are signposted miles in advance, the character relationships are clunky and uninvolving, there's no tension and the action proceeds at a sea snail's pace. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-08-03T07:00:00Z The music is wondrous, but anyone familiar with the number from its secondary life in cabaret and concert recordings might be disappointed by the clunky handling of the context here. After another brave attempt, Sondheim-Furth musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' remains a rutted road 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “I now know how a woman feels when they’re touched by a stranger inappropriately,” he quietly said, before clunkily joking: “Now there are so many accusations, it becomes like, ‘O.K., me too?’ Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The prosthetic limbs mass-produced by the British government in response to the thalidomide crisis in the 1960s aimed chiefly to look like realistic limbs, and yet they were clunky and rather macabre. Superhuman: are we the greatest design project of the century? 2012-07-17T12:38:33Z The Wii U’s brains are part of the set-top itself, a static processing nexus beholden to a clunky power brick that plugs into a wall outlet, making dragging it around unwieldy. Switch Is the Dream Console Nintendo's Been Working Toward for Years 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z With the exception of the thin-skinned won tons in a patch of chili oil, most are either clunky or dull. Uncle Lou Is a Restaurant for People Who Love Chinatown 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Bieber’s good cheer can’t help him, though, when he’s mumbling clunky metaphors, as on “U Smile”: “You are my ends and my means/With you there’s no in between.” Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z Nearly every course began with a clunky, humorless history lesson about steakhouses, appetizing stores, clambakes, cheesecakes and even Times Square scam artists. Restaurant Review: Eleven Madison Park in Midtown South 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z And with masses of plot to propel and less episodes to serve it, exposition tended towards the clunky. 'A dumbed down, shark-jumping mess': you review Game of Thrones 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z But in 2008 the Copenhagen city council voted against erecting the sculpture, a mastodon of towering geometric shapes, with a majority deeming the work too clunky and costly. Scene/Seen: A Bold New Art World Is Lighting Up Western Denmark 2011-10-14T13:30:15Z “The designs are still a bit clunky,” he says. Love your ceiling fan but hate its clunky look? Meet the ‘fandelier.’ 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes, this clunky script is so bad it's unintentionally funny. Frida: raises an eyebrow 2010-06-17T09:09:00Z It's as clunky as ever, but Anna Chancellor is a steadying influence, and Scarlett Alice Johnson plays the frazzled new mum with aplomb. TV highlights 08/01/2013 2013-01-07T20:00:02Z But “Inventing Mary Martin,” which was conceived and written by Stephen Cole and directed by Mr. Cole and Bob Richard, is more often tepid or clunky. Theater Review: ‘Inventing Mary Martin,’ With 3 Singers in the Title Role 2014-04-28T02:00:01Z But she eventually came to realise that the British writer would only sanction a final cut that cleaved tightly to her own famously clunky dialogue. Fifty Shades of Grey screenwriter says film is 'too painful' to watch 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z A potentially clunky twist is made much less so by the acknowledgment that it's all probably psychosomatic, and then given an extra fillip with a joyous cameo from Ralph Brown as Neil's dad. TV highlights 10/04/2013 2013-04-10T06:00:04Z Ross Matthews says Gigi’s commercial was clunky and we completely disagree. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode eight – is this just Jan-tasy? 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Holten’s gray production aspires to stylization but is merely clunky. Music Review: A von Trier Tragedy, Recast as Opera 2011-07-31T21:40:49Z But, disappointingly for a novelist, his writing is often clunky or jarring. When the Price of Freedom Is Detention, Frostbite and Amputation 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet the book doesn't end with the film's clunky moral. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z Educational films as a category aren't known for their artful narratives or top-flight acting, and the dialogue tends toward the awkward or clunky. Sex ed films through history 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z There’s not a clunky sentence in this book. In Shawn Vestal’s ‘Daredevils,’ Evel Knievel inspires a young Mormon to cut loose 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Despite being a familiar horror movie character, the ventriloquist’s dummy, with its clunky mouth, heavy eyelids and twisting head wasn’t meant to be fearful when it was invented for 18th century music hall entertainment. 20 of the world’s creepiest museums 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z These strange, clunky pictures, in a palette dominated by cadmium red, also included bare lightbulbs, the soles of shoes, buildings and bricks. Perspective | Anger at Donald Trump may turn great artists into political cartoonists. It’s happened before. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The film is clunky, but we should be left in no doubt that that the clunkiness is as deliberate as the misspelling in the title. Why Bran Nue Dae should get a UK release 2010-07-25T21:04:00Z The love we have for this clunky, affectionate type of man is a rejection of traditional gender roles and flat out proof that Andrew Tate’s alpha male courses actually won’t help men attract partners. Why does everyone want to date a "golden retriever boyfriend?" 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z But then, it resembles a clunky, fascist mausoleum. Abroad: As Rome Modernizes, Its Past Faces Disrepair 2010-07-06T20:46:00Z Often clunky, battery-powered devices which converted cartridges of nicotine solution into a breathable mist, the caustic nature of the vapour imposed a limit in practice on how much inexperienced users would inhale. Nicotine sickness: the latest vaping scare 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z And yet that threat of flying to pieces always seems a bit too carefully managed and underlined, with Jake Meginsky’s sound design further emphasizing rather clunky transitions and an atmosphere that veers into the precious. Dance Review: It?s Vaudeville Without the Tomatoes 2011-02-05T00:03:32Z The challenge is to make something of these clunky episodes. Review: A Radiant Revival of ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Two weeks ago I rounded a corner at the end of Bridgeport Village, an outdoor shopping center slightly south of Portland, Oregon, with my clunky Uppababy stroller. Glitter and Cotija: The poignance of my first lunch out with my daughter 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z “Today’s wearables are ugly and clunky because tech is a very male-centric industry, and as a result wearables are too ugly for most people,” Dr. Pedersen said. Intel and Opening Ceremony Collaborate on MICA, a Stylish Tech Bracelet 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z No spaceships or Star Trek uniforms are on display, and no next-generation gadgets except for the hoverbikes and the time-travel device: a clunky gray apparatus that looks like a washing machine made in Stalin’s Russia. Looper: (500) Days of The Terminator 2012-09-27T12:00:49Z Critics complained about wooden acting, clunky dialogue and confusing plots. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor It’s a nostalgic kick for some people to stumble upon a working pay phone today — particularly if it’s enclosed inside a Superman-style booth, said Dank, adding that the clunky phones supply a lifeline. Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z There’s the clunky comedy “The Goldbergs,” which is set in the 1980s and just started Season 2. ‘Mulaney,’ a Comedy That Riffs on ‘Seinfeld’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Befitting its name, “Disjointed” plays less like a series and more like a collection of clunky sketches. Review: ‘Disjointed’ Is One Buzzkill of a Pot Comedy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Which explains why the studio vastly overpaid for a film that, while commendable, exhibited much of the awkward obviousness and clunky storytelling typical of first films. Perspective | ‘Mudbound’ is the Oscar movie we need right now. It would be a shame if Hollywood ignores it. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Ticked Off: Yes, being billed after the fact is clunky and obnoxious. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Who invited Bill? Being asked to pay after a family reunion. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Brown's writing is clunky, his characters are weak and his plots are complicated and thoroughly unbelievable. Book reviews roundup: Edmund Burke, Inferno and Five Days in May 2013-05-24T15:00:02Z Everything I left in the 1970s was there waiting for me: the tiny bars of soap, the clunky room keys, the sand in the bed and the smell of candles and mildew. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The lyrics can be clunky — as in “I let you use my gifts/To back those lying lips,” from “Bullet in the Brain” — but they’re never less than clear. New Music: New albums by the Black Keys and Swans 2014-05-12T22:08:25Z I bought computer games, early clunky low-resolution ones but three-dimensional spaces that one could enter and move around within, photograph. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z The screenplay is little more than serviceable and is marred by clunky data dumps, but the film is elevated by the acting and direction. Readers' reviews 2011-01-13T22:17:00Z It used to be one of their most glorious pieces: now, a lot of its magic has been squashed by a clunky focus on Fukushima, and Ralf Hütter singing: "Chain reaction, and mutation/ Contaminated population." Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night two: Radio-Activity 2013-02-08T14:53:56Z But writing fiction is an art form, and it is really arrogant of these two to keep perpetrating clunky, artless novels. Surprise! Newt Gingrich’s thriller ‘Treason’ features a bumbling female president 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Sadly your gravity powers are underdeveloped, underused and a little too slow and clunky for the heat of battle. Game on: Inversion – preview 2012-07-05T21:01:01Z Due to the high demands of heavy-lifting — scene-setting, character introduction and general exposition — most sitcom pilots are clunky and self-conscious to the point of embarrassment. NBC's 'One Big Happy' doesn't quite reach comedic bliss 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Yes, there is some clunky plot points, but for an evening of laughter AND introspection, this piece is worth experience. Review: ‘If I Forget,’ Clashing Currents in Jewish Identity 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z But the movie's dizzying star power and twisty backstories render it too clunky and overstuffed to concisely answer said central question. The dazzling star power of "Eternals" is both its triumph and its undoing 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Spark itself is buried in the sidebar menu with no mention on the home screen; once you get there the map is clunky, with just a few zoom levels to choose from. Can users rely on WeatherBug’s ‘personal lightning detector’? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Who knew no one would like a discussion of parody films hung on a semi-obscure and majorly clunky Italian film?” Those movie nerds behind the video-store counter are back — and they’re doing podcasts 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z What could have been stodgy, clunky, obvious and miserable to boot is saved by the deftness of the script and particularly by the organic quality of the snugly interlocked ensemble performances. Christopher Walken's A Late Quartet is a beautiful sunset-minuet 2013-04-01T05:00:00Z Now on view at Theater J, “Sheltered” is an uneven work with a clunky way of pinpointing its themes. Review | The drama of saving refugee children in 1939, and a journey that’s just as moving and meaningful today 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z At Bard the pianist Danny Driver performed one such exercise, a Fugue in G Minor, as an endearingly clunky testament to a midcareer artist hard at work on self-improvement. The Story of ‘the Most Underrated Composer in History’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “Cursed Child” is a clunky play that could not reverse my indifference to the Potterverse. Who Is Neville Longbottom, and Why Should I Care? A Potter Newbie on That Broadway Show 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z An hour later, as she took her bow, Ms. Sander herself looked quite nervous, wearing a navy pantsuit and clunky black shoes. On the Runway Blog: Sander's Return to Sander Receives a Warm Reception 2012-09-22T20:26:26Z The de rigueur slapstick scenes for the title characters don’t even play, as the integration of animation and live action is so clunky that it feels like we’re watching special effects demonstrations rather than gags. ‘Tom & Jerry’ Review: Chasing the Mouse of Nostalgia 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Likewise, the film falters when it relies on a clunky visual motif of an IV bag rolling on to the floor to mirror Amy passing out in a hallway after discovering Charlie's method of killing. In Netflix's uneasy "The Good Nurse," Jessica Chastain suspects Eddie Redmayne of killing patients 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z There’s also the clunky dialogue, confusing detours and cheesy sentimentality. Valerian: why Luc Besson is the unsung hero of world cinema 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Sure, there were awkward/clunky moments, but they were there in the original three as well. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Goldman’s book is still winceably clunky in its “Me Generation” confessional style, but Mr. Sondheim’s score has seldom seemed more psychologically penetrating or more astutely edged in the dissonance of desperation. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Part of the problem is Hopper’s persistently clunky handling of female bodies. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Long criticized for cluttered, clunky home pages, MySpace is streamlining its design. 'New MySpace' narrows focus to entertainment 2010-10-27T18:09:00Z It could so easily have been clunky, all this flipping backwards and forwards. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z Ultimately, "Legacy" proved dazzling but clunky, and it just barely earned back its hefty $170-million production budget at the North American box office. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' and other sequels that took their sweet time 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z You hear an echo of that clunky divide between “literary” and “commercial” fiction: To turn our brains on is work; to turn our brains off is fun. What exactly is a beach read anyway? Summery, sexy — or sexist? 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z When I very first started doing dialogue for Faina, it felt too clunky when I put the quote marks around it. How to make a Snow Child 2012-02-20T09:08:14Z The plot sometimes moves forward clunkily, heavy on devices like the weapons that just happen to be stashed beneath the floor of the tower in which the Frankish knights are imprisoned. ‘Il Trovatore’ and ‘Fierrabras’ at Salzburg Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z You’d do a disservice to both the cream of chestnut soup and the chicken with Riesling dish by using a clunky commercial chicken broth. New Year’s Eve dinner at home? Vive la blue, white and red. 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Lots of saturated colour, clunky vintage gadgetry, chain-smoking, casual misogyny and spectacular violence. Bigelow? Tarantino? Nolan? You share your picks for a Bond director 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Daskalopoulos, getting exasperated, eventually sheds his clunky footwear to keep up. ‘Cambuyón,’ a Percussive Show at New Victory Theater 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z And yet this group isn’t nearly as clunky as it often appears. Will.i.am in particular is a gifted producer, and at this performance he made sure to show off different sides. Music Review: Black Eyed Peas Play Central Park Benefit Concert - Review 2011-10-02T21:57:48Z Teenage girls may prefer “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening,” but the vote here is for the clunky humor and honest tawdriness of “Piranhaconda.” Critic’s Notebook: New ‘Blue Lagoon’ on Lifetime and ‘Piranhaconda’ on Syfy 2012-06-15T22:34:02Z Though it’s clunky rather than graceful, it is a massive concrete reminder of the political detainees who were held in communist prisons or deported and persecuted. Best of Bucharest: Eclectic architecture, Palace of Spring 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z They even started their own clunky hashtag – “Burger King is Over Party” – which the originator of the tweet claims was just intended to be a joke. Taylor Swift fans 'cancel' Burger King after chain tweets sarcastic joke about singer 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z "People are astonished because they have preconceptions or prejudices that the wines are going to be clunky, and yet they are floral, delicate and fresh," says Wregg. A New Generation of Mediterranean Wines 2010-07-21T10:15:00Z In the clunky introduction to that scene, a therapist reads Mr. Hurley a Civil War diary entry about the demands of the fallen. ‘Healing Wars,’ by Liz Lerman, Portrays Soldiers’ Trauma 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Though clunky at times, Ford's narrative is rich in incident and historical detail, and a suitable eye-opener for young adolescents. 'Bitter and Sweet' is a tale of long-lost love, and a local history lesson 2012-09-26T22:23:05Z Though the comic confection's clunky moments keep it from achieving soufflé delicacy, its bright zingers and seamless fantasy sequences amp the playfulness, and the mostly unforced performances complement the production's cartoonish exuberance. Songs and love, served with 'Cupcakes' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Once again Mr. Sandler milks middle age for lucre, nostalgia and clunky, ham-fisted humor. Movie Review: Adam Sandler and SNL Alumni Return in ‘Grown Ups 2’ 2013-07-11T21:12:50Z If there is an underlying issue, it might be that clunky, rather bloodless title, one that seems anchored to the drama’s initial premise. Hail to the Kief! Sutherland is still TV's best action hero – even as President Dadbod 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Still, I thought the timing of the Prada B.Y.O. was interesting—the start of a summer, when you don’t want to be bothered with a clunky bag or decisions. Starting the Summer in Paris 2010-06-04T15:41:00Z Whichever order you choose, the result is clunky and we were reluctant to saddle a child with it. If not my surname or my husband’s, could we call our child after a New Zealand volcano? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z The presence of the clunky recorder became such a part of the room and beachscape that it was just taken for granted. Among Friends: Linda Rosenkrantz on 'Talk' 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Caleb, a construction worker, is occasionally accompanied by a clunky robot partner. What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Three clunky computer monitors on a single desk make up a crude mission control in the corner, and a TV plays stock footage from a traditional Somalian wedding on a loop. Welcome to Somaliwood, Ohio: where Somali movie magic comes to America 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Look, it's got visual style and some of it is exciting, but as a movie I found it clunky and overblown and oddly masturbatory. Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z The tapes are clunky, heavy and hard to carry around — they exist in the series as a constant physical connection to Hannah, even after she is gone. The human cost of a forced upgrade: What we lose when technology platforms fade away 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Neologisms are one means of avoiding this type of clunky expression. Author, author: Henry Hitchings on neologisms 2011-02-05T00:05:32Z Accommodating the various reveals also entails some clunky dramaturgy, especially in escorting different combinations of characters on and off stage. Family and faith set to simmer at Ruskin's 'Face in the Reeds' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z In the paintings from 1960 to ’62, he doesn’t seem to be working on raw canvas and covers the entire surface with paint with somewhat clunky results. The Great Beginning of Jules Olitski 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z As I descended a 120-yard-long tunnel and held a clunky red audio-tour handset to my ear, the laconic voice of Mr. Parrish inquired, “I don’t suppose you’ve given the next war very much thought?” Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z A best seller in France, the novel will find its passionate readers here despite the occasionally clunky translation. Friendship or Identity Theft? In This French Best Seller, It’s Hard to Tell. 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Rising 11 feet and higher, wearing business suits and ties and nondescript dresses, they have a spookily imposing physical presence and a clunky, cartoonish ugliness. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z David, who is given to unfortunate outbursts of clunky, poetic monologues, violates the unwritten family rule of pretending that everything is O.K. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The roof, a bifurcated glass pyramid, is all but invisible from Harvard Yard, but, along with a boxy new entrance facade, it reads loud, clear and clunky from the other side. Harvard Art Museums, Revamped and Reopened 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z I confess, I spent too long rolling my eyes at the flat style, the shiny characters and the clunky polemics of “The Four Winds” before finally giving in and snuffling, “I’m not crying — you’re crying!” Review | ‘The Four Winds’ is Kristin Hannah’s next inevitable bestseller. Don’t forget the tissues. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z This clunky reliance on ableist tropes as a form of humour was disappointing coming from a film lauded for its “moments of sharp, cinder black comedy”. Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The rental I procured was similar to what I saw most residents riding: a clunky frame with upright handlebars, an oversize basket in front and back-pedal brakes. A cyclist abroad: Why European bike culture far outpaces America’s 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z This clunky Vinnie Jones time capsule – a soccer-focused redo of The Longest Yard – features a young Statham as mercurial goalie Monk, daydreaming of making cartwheeling saves against a team of lousy screws. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z He aimed for thought-provoking but clunkily landed just short of eyeroll-inducing. A stranger e-mailed saying he planned to kill himself. What was I supposed to do? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z I stumbled through a brief, clunky bio of myself — my name, where I studied, my areas of interest — and asked what I needed to do to apply for an internship. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z The dialogue is close to pure exposition, with an occasional clunkily macho line thrown in as a concession to dramatic atmosphere. Luther, Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Jamie Does? Venice 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z It's meaty stuff, yet the storytelling and stagecraft can be clunky, and the production doesn't quite entwine the stories of Hunter and Byrne. The Irish Giant – review 2012-05-28T17:20:16Z To add insult to injury, these clunky green products used to cost more green cash. How to be green without giving up life’s luxuries 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z He’s not interested in mining the heart of Comden and Green’s periodically clunky script; he leaves their lyrics and Leonard Bernstein’s high and bright and wistful score alone. Two Musicals 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The script is a little clunky but somehow that and the overacting all adds to the magic. Florence Welch Thrives on Horror. And She Still Wants to Smell You. 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, we all just have keep ignoring the clunky contrivances regarding how it is possible for hosts to kill fellow hosts, but not guests, and for guests to kill hosts, but not fellow guests. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 3: Don’t Make Arnold’s Mistake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z He gave up the spit-and-glue aesthetic of those films, whose clunky reminders of real-world physical realities were a key to their charm, in order to explore the early limits of digital filmmaking. Hopeful Signs for the “Star Wars” Do-Over 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Lynn kept the look minimal and organic by forgoing clunky ornaments and decorating the Fraser fir with burlap ribbon and paper cones filled with balsa wood flowers. Elegant Christmas Dinner Party 2011-12-12T19:20:07.153Z The editing is clunky as the story jumps around in time. "Where the Crawdads Sing" is a stupefyingly bad adaptation of spoon-fed melodrama 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z While much of Worms, with its clunky, blocklike postwar architecture may lack the charm of Mainz, the town made a concerted effort to reconstruct and showcase remnants of its Jewish past. Tracing Jewish History Along the Rhine 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He even appeared in a TV commercial, a clunky bit of awkward ’80s salesmanship in which cheerful young people offer banter like this: Want to know how Donald Trump views the world? Try playing his ’80s board game. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The "tasters" seem clunky and oddly downbeat – "Mountbatten Speaks on World War 2; In Colour: Verdict on the Paris Fashions" – but the portrait, with its clever crop, could have appeared on any magazine this morning. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z But Haire found the fans on the market to be chunky, clunky and, frankly, ugly. Love your ceiling fan but hate its clunky look? Meet the ‘fandelier.’ 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Along with the movie’s Checker cabs, rotary phones, outsized answering machines and clunky desktop computers, these mean streets have a Pompeian quality, relics of the past. The Late, Late Show With Martin Scorsese 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The human dimension is painfully cliché, and Oie’s clunky orchestration of intersecting individual stories flattens the film’s overall momentum. ‘The Tunnel’ Review: Fire in the Hole 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The show went off Thursday night without any major hitch or clunky notes — and was far more entertaining and certainly more endurable than its zombie predecessor, last year’s “The Sound of Music Live!” ‘Peter Pan Live!’ flies clear of Twitter’s crocodile jaws The laser, worth about $90,000, resembles a large, clunky handgun. Disappearing ink 2012-12-26T01:00:00Z Some nice spins and lifts, but some of the transitions are a bit clunky. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The beginning was a bit clunky, in terms of some of the dialogue setting up the story, but that's a minor detail. iLL Manors – reviews 2012-05-26T23:03:05Z Representatives of the proletariat, the slumming Socialists and the Park Avenue swells all have a lot to say, in what is sometimes very clunky, symbolically strained poetic prose. Review: A Mesmerizing ‘Hairy Ape’ Brings Existentialism to Park Avenue 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z After last week’s clunky exchange about Vietnam between Lou and Hank, we get a meeting at the Gerhardts where a foot soldier complains about Jimmy Carter and long lines at the tank. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 3: Small-Timers and City-Slickers 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The script — which portrays an eventful season on Lake Erie in 1945, when the menfolk are away at war and families are feeling frayed — remains fairly clunky by Mr. Gurney’s standards. Review: ‘What I Did Last Summer,’ a Letter of Apology From an Ex-Teenager 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Verdict: An appealing mulch of soil-like texture that avoids the clunky mulch look in small urban gardens. Americans love mulch — and many of us are misusing it 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Secondly, that those hideous, clunky, antiquated, anachronistic contraptions known as fax machines are in their last dying days. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The problem is that flying in big-budget musicals still seems kind of clunky and primitive – not even so last century but so 19th-century. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Urge to Fly 2011-03-10T17:31:44Z And if you try to click through one of those clunky digital museum tours, you might quickly conclude that you’re better off with no museum experience at all. Perspective | This Smithsonian exhibit says something powerful about Native Americans, even through your screen 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z T.A.M.I. stands for the clunky Teenage Awards Music International, and William Sargent, the executive producer, initially thought that it would become an annual concert filmed for network broadcast. Music: ?T.A.M.I. Show? Release Reveals Classic Performances 2010-03-20T04:36:00Z It's a big job, and it results in a handful of clunky scenes consisting of little more than people introducing themselves to one another. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Prohibition begins 2010-09-20T12:53:00Z The show is a bore and the scripting is obvious, clunky and off-putting. MTV Searches for ‘Jersey Shore’ Magic on the Florida Panhandle 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The bulk of the academy’s new standards seek to address these disparities, albeit in language that is sometimes bureaucratically clunky. Perspective | The Oscars have always had a checklist. At least now it’s in writing. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z And Hatch’s full-body motions operating clunky machines are a mesmerizing contrast to our fingers flicking across smooth screens. A printing press operator and a snail expert? These museum workers have become unlikely TikTok stars. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z If only Mr. Rubinek’s play, not to mention the filmmaker Frank Oz’s clunky stage handling of it, possessed something of the sheen of their co-star. Theater Review: Welcoming Back Synge, and Stomping Along With 'Rock of Ages' 2011-10-04T10:11:45Z I found the heavy doses of voice-over in the rather clunky movie to be obtrusive and irritating. Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Story, the Musical,’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater 2012-11-20T03:00:10Z She zips from hilarious descriptions of going to the bathroom while overloaded with clunky gear to bone-dry observations: “The ethics lesson was slightly less detailed than the guidance on the proper wearing of uniforms.” The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z And there’s bracing wit in the contrast provided by the sailors’ crude, boisterous chanteys and the wonderfully clunky dance they engage in with the rum-selling island women. Theater Review: ?Early Plays? by O?Neill From Wooster Group at St. Ann?s 2012-02-23T05:07:20Z Wearing a black tunic and black pants, she showed off McFly prototypes, including a snowboard boot with a clunky dangling circuit breaker and white high-tops with a fly embellished on the tongue. The Mad Scientist Behind Nike’s ‘Back to the Future’ Sneaker 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The obsessive narcissism that formed Hornby’s novel strikes a clunky flat note instead of a sharp, making it difficult for Kravitz to summon a convincing performance that could help bridge the divide. Review | Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Though the setup is promising, the execution is clunky. In This Playwright’s Dystopia, Forgetting Is Forbidden 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Don’t all these folks look a little uneasy as they glide and jerk through the air via technology that no matter how up-to-date feels clunky and unreliable? Theater Review: ?Peter and the Starcatcher,? With Christian Borle 2012-04-16T02:57:15Z But it doesn’t look all that great now: clunky direction and cheesy set design undermine its intentions. Tilda Swinton's performances – ranked! 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “Landfall” occasionally gets a bit too goofy, such as a clunky scene that comes out of nowhere — and adds little to the narrative — involving a tryst between a high-ranking U.S. official and a Canadian diplomat. Review | What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In that hedonistic decade, Ollie registers more clunkily than need be as a quaint and noble anachronism. | 'One Arm': Hustler on the Streets, Missing Both a Limb and a Capacity to Feel 2011-06-10T02:01:04Z For authenticity's sake, did you consider giving the audience a taste of his clunky playing? Hershey Felder gives Irving Berlin one-man-play treatment at Geffen 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Why Bother: Most men use lip moisturizer, but it’s usually something sweet, shiny or clunky that was designed with women in mind. | Chapfix, A Lip Balm for Men 2010-10-11T18:00:00Z The “Lonely Goatherd” number, with its cloying puppets, including an unfunny Merman one with a gaping mouth, makes the clunky category. Theater Review: ‘Inventing Mary Martin,’ With 3 Singers in the Title Role 2014-04-28T02:00:01Z The format was clunky and enervating, too, killing off the few funny lines. Happy Tuesdays 2010-07-21T07:00:00Z But where he was nimble, the exhibition is clunky, shoehorning the interests of its corporate sponsor into an exhibition ostensibly designed to give us a more intimate view of the artist. 'Letters to Andy Warhol': Celebrity drives art exhibition, but in the end, is it a clunker? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Here, the “Phonic Ear,” a clunky listening device with wires running from her ears to a box strapped to her chest becomes both the bane and the boon of her existence. Review: ‘El Deafo’ by Cece Bell Realistically, most of those skirts are too old-fashioned and clunky to wear; you’d be exhausted before you went a block. Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Ala?a, Herm?s, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino 2010-03-11T23:19:00Z Time for Poliakoff to crack one last clunky line of dialogue: "She was a fine artist, such a fine artist." Dancing on the Edge: episode three 2013-02-11T22:00:01Z A clunky script without nuance bogs the #Venom down, preventing it from choosing between being gritty, funny, or something unique. “Venom” first reactions: Critics divided as Tom Hardy’s film called “ridiculous” and a... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Their hair alone takes up half the boat, and at first glance, she’s simply one of the crowd: floofy perm, tacky jewelry, and white sneakers that seem too clunky to climb the corporate ladder. Working Girl at 30: the workplace comedy that changed the game 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z But it's very slow to get going, and is a bit clunky in both design and staging at times. Goodnight Mister Tom - review 2011-02-06T18:06:26Z Intricate designs created with heavy embroidery, clunky metalwork and structural-yet-soft pleating lent an heirloom quality to the floor-length gowns and short cocktail dresses in the collection. | Mary Katrantzou’s High-Heeled Loafers 2014-02-17T01:37:03Z While some of the early stories house tremendous ideas – a society where timekeeping is banned; a city where space is so scarce that broom cupboards are envied addresses – they are frequently sabotaged by clunky twists. A brief survey of the short story part 26: JG Ballard 2010-06-10T15:24:00Z Other elements I found less convincing: the flashbacks, clunky at the best of times, looked like they’d just changed costume and done their hair a bit differently. The Americans recap: Season one, episode one: Pilot 2013-05-27T23:20:26Z She’d curl under the bedspread at night and listen to the Supremes, Chuck Berry and the Coasters, ear to her pink and gray clunky portable radio, volume so low that her parents couldn’t hear. From Our Children: Retreating to Memory With a Song 2012-09-25T15:15:07Z And in the end, the show’s theory of Mildred is a pretty rote story of childhood abuse and repression, clunkily related. Review: ‘Ratched’ Flies Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest and Into the Mire 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z “It’s taking away the awkwardness of that clunky exchange,” Ms. Benz said. A Curator of the Montauk Summer Scene 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The show got off to a clunky start, focusing only on the round-table discussions. Larry Wilmore declares war on Bill Cosby 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z James Morgan’s set is handsomely framed, but the heavy furniture makes it clunky. Review: ‘Unexpected Joy’ Is a ‘Me’ Generation Musical 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Oculus Rift Virtual reality was a 1990s flight of fancy that never quite got airborne thanks to clunky technology and enormous expense. This week's new games 2012-08-10T23:05:31Z I expected the scenes to look a bit clunky to my 40-year-old eyes – a touch hokey, perhaps, the scares maybe over-signposted. 'I didn't sleep well for months': the films that terrified our writers as kids 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Despite the clunky technology/clunky misogyny that often accompanies retro police drama, this isn't a wallow in nostalgia; it's a faithful reflection of the enduring presence of the past. TV highlights 17/05/2013 2013-05-17T06:00:06Z Few objects do more than sit there to be looked at, and observing the variously clunky, smart and dumb ways of representing high-tech equipment wears thin after a while. Art Review: Tom Sachs, ‘Space Program: Mars,’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-05-24T22:30:07Z They came up with clunky moves for him and costumed him in a baggy, ill-fitting suit. ‘Streetcar’ duo had mutual desire 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z No skis were locked on top of my car, no clunky boots rattled in the trunk. Explorer: Kayaking Lake Tahoe in Winter 2011-02-25T21:55:00Z And who can blame them, given that Hollywood and space have a troubled history stretching all the way back to studios’ clunky attempts to mimic the extraordinary success of Star Wars in 1977? Could Passengers be the next Avatar, or will it disappear into a black hole? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z When she sat down to write, her lyrics were clunky, embarrassing and not especially personal or meaningful. Glastonbury festival: Jessie Ware's wildest moments 2013-06-29T23:05:17Z If this clunky breed of holiday entertainment dies out, an odd combination of unintentional absurdism and historical documentation will die with it. Critic’s Notebook: Long-Ago Shows From Stars Like Perry Como and Dean Martin 2013-12-22T21:24:18Z And then Nolan proceeds to hammer them relentlessly into the ground with an increasingly clumsy, clunky plot and an allegedly profound mystery that just sort of fizzles out into what-if-this-world-isn't-real sophomoric musing. "Inception": A clunky, overblown disappointment 2010-07-15T01:01:00Z The roof shells were eventually realised in clunky ceramic tiles. Frank Gehry's new building looks like five scrunched-up brown bags 2011-01-09T22:30:00Z I'd forgotten just how clunky were the interfaces of yesteryear: every incoming text had to be individually selected and opened, so it was hard to keep up with group texts that might have 50 entries. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The machinations get clunky, and by the finale the show feels overlong and overstuffed. Review: 'Iron Curtain' turns Cold War into a splashy romp 2011-04-07T19:24:04Z Some nice spins and lifts, but some of the transitions are a bit clunky. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The fully functioning offices inside the building juxtapose new computer monitors and smartphones next to aging, yellow file cabinets, simulated wood paneling and clunky push-button phones. One of Coachella's hippest art installations happens to have hippos 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z It was clunkily done and far too literal – as was his directionless handling of the piece. RSNO/Oundjian – review 2012-10-09T15:39:33Z Historical accounts indicate at least one session was captured on an Edison cylinder, the clunky recording equipment of the time. Review: Novel draws on jazz legend's music 2012-12-31T14:54:08Z The cocktails aren’t quite as clunky as names like Thyme to Samba suggest. Restaurant Review: Oiji in the East Village 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It was just clunkily handled, despite the scenes themselves being really quite entertaining. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode two recap – The Damned 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z But he didn’t want sneakers that looked clunky and clinical. How Design for One Turns Into Design for All 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In the first of a few clunky narrative turns, this decision leads to Song and his father inadvertently murdering a stranger and Song going on the lam. ‘Back to the Wharf’ Review: Ghosts of the Past 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z This distaste for the clunky machinery of traditional narrative fiction has spread quickly. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes people respond to social uncertainty by basically being too clunky, shy, or intimidated to demonstrate basic decent manners. Ask Amy: Workplace exclusion creates petty drama 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s not just that they’re the only attractive people in the building — in Dr. Thompkins, Gordon has finally met a woman who can go toe-to-toe with him in the clunky declaration department. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon's New Gig Brings Same Old Hassles 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z He is better known for infuriating reviewers with his clunky pseudo-science and cheesy religious symbolism in thrillers that have sold all over the world. Manila less than thrilled at Dan Brown's Inferno 2013-05-24T05:30:00Z The imaginative scope was undeniably breathtaking, but the prose I found jarringly clunky at times, the storyline sometimes overwrought. 'Eleven-year-old me was very, very happy!' You review His Dark Materials 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But there’s a more curious, and certainly less intentional, link between the two: both titles invoke records, those clunky grooved discs that remain one of popular music’s most peculiar symbols. Why Apple and Beats Should Sell Turntables 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Farther afield a clunky construction more than 11 feet tall by Spencer Finch titled “Lunar” looks as if designed for a Moon landing. Art Review: ‘Light and Landscape’ at Storm King Art Center 2012-09-20T21:27:58Z He flies around in a clunky winged apparatus that looks like something from the Wright Brothers’ steampunk phase. Review: Spider-Man (Again) and All That Sticky Kid Stuff 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Even Trump, in the first Republican debate, tried in his clunky way to explain single-payer health insurance, which he supported. Michael Moore on why America “needs a little time in the timeout room,” and whether Hillary will start a war to prove “a woman can pull the trigger” 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Because of that, she said, it’s virtually unheard of for shoppers to request the clunky, executive-style desks of yesteryear that would span more than 65 inches wide and weigh about 200 pounds. Small-space desks that don’t sacrifice style A fixture of the downtown art scene, Johnson was well known in her time, particularly for her elaborate floral hairstyles and clunky red heels. 8 facts about transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The dialogue in Mike Rich's screenplay is often clunky and expository, full of people explaining things to people who already know what they're being told. 'Secretariat': Slow out of the gate, film picks up speed in horse-racing scenes 2010-10-07T19:35:00Z The clunky, shoehorned-in exposition doesn’t overwhelm the sweeping grace of “Shuffle Along” whenever it sings or dances. Review: ‘Shuffle Along’ Returns to Broadway’s Embrace 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The one time that the movie puts on its deeply serious face is when it addresses race, which it navigates with self-conscious awkwardness culminating in a clunkily handled showdown between Sally and Jennifer. ‘Misbehaviour’ Review: Pretty Women, Some Pretty Angry 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z It's really clunky and not as fluid as Final Draft, but it was free and I'm a cheapskate so I make do. Nikesh Shukla: My desktop 2013-06-05T07:00:00Z He blurs the line between deliberate artlessness and accidental ineptness to such a degree that it’s hard to tell if the dialogue is meant to be as bland and clunky as it often is. Review: Fixing a Dispassionate Stare on Slavery in ‘Southern Promises’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The relationships are implausible, the revelations clunky, and even the characters seem surprised at how often they end up in the same room as each other. The Bookie 2010-09-20T20:45:00Z It takes some lifting to get a story going, and often that involves some clunky exposition and, especially in the case of a horror show, thudding moments of portent. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: The World Starts to Crumble 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The third story here — told in a rather clunky fashion — is the history of 20th-century photography and its ascent as a respectable art form. The (Often Complicated) Lives of Artists 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z But the moment, if clunky, offers Julia an important new riddle: If she can figure out why Aunt Viv is a virgin, perhaps she can save herself from the same fate. ‘Losing It’: A 26-year-old virgin plots her own deflowering 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The Idiot was designed to resemble a Dostoevsky-era apartment: old oak furniture, Singer iron-pedaled sewing machines, clunky typewriters, shelves of antique books and the occasional, anachronistic bust of Lenin. White Nights of St. Petersburg, Russia 2011-06-03T19:03:09Z But such clunky teaching moments are overshadowed by the megalomaniacal ambition and greed on display. Review | In Will Smith’s memoir, the superstar is self-deprecating but ultimately invincible 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z These numbers — featuring generally clunky lyrics by Sheik and Amanda Green — all draw from the same well of wistfulness. ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ Review: Four on a Mattress, With Songs 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z His chunky, clunky “Untitled” from 1959-60 bears only the faintest resemblance to a traditional vessel. Feat of clay 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z As clunky and cluttered as some airline websites are, they are usually where you will find the best fare and flight combinations if you plan on flying exclusively on that airline. Tricks and strategies for finding cheap airfares from Seattle 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z His esoteric topic at times clashes with the clunky colloquialisms Skaife deploys when talking about himself. 3 Books That Take Us Inside the Lives of Britain’s Royals 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Full of forced rhymes and clunky couplets, and all the better for it, Cheryl Tweedy captures the mundane depression of being forced reflect on a life stuck in the doldrums. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-05-30T10:35:02Z “NW,” the title of Zadie Smith’s clunky new novel, refers to northwest London, where she grew up — a multicultural corner of the city that will be familiar to readers of her dazzling debut, “White Teeth.” Books of The Times: ‘NW’ by Zadie Smith 2012-08-26T19:49:57Z In written form, these can feel slightly clunky, like reading a movie script. Nonfiction Audiobooks to Download This Winter 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z When the dialogue is as wincingly clunky as this, which corner of the British Isles it's being spoken in is frankly the least of its worries. TV highlights 23/08/2012 2012-08-22T19:00:01Z That makes it fairly watchable despite the clunky execution of the second, third and fourth episodes. A Second Civil War and too many plotholes plague "DMZ," HBO Max's latest dystopian adaptation 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Use a big, clunky foldout map, on the other hand, and you’ll look like the lost tourist you are. 7 Travel Inventions I’d Love to See (But Probably Never Will) 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Hence the artist’s typically bland and clunky name for the show — “Unlights” — and his insistence that these works are “drawings,” a term meant to suggest a certain sense of improvisation and free play. Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The girl power messages are welcome even if they are clunky. "The 355" delivers all the glammed-up action you want from a badass women spy flick 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The material was on a clunky half-inch video format which probably nobody now would believe if they saw it. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The interpretation sounded labored and sometimes clunky, with little sense of the work’s overall architecture, although there were musical moments during the more serene études. Music Review: Joaqu?n Ach?carro at Mannes College the New School for Music 2010-07-23T23:25:00Z The audience needs that clunkily relayed context for Pearl Harbor, the first combat spectacle that Emmerich stages. ‘Midway’ Review: Pacific Theater Action. Dinner Theater Accents. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z While the transitions are invariably clunky, there are interludes that are fun. ‘Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!’ at Here 2012-12-01T03:33:58Z See thought the writing was just too clunky in places. The literary life (and death) of Susan Berman, alleged Robert Durst victim 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Ryan called them the “Swiss Army knife of the bike world” — not as clunky as a mountain bike, but not skittish and thin like road bikes. Biking the Open Road in Colorado, With a Few Bumps Along the Way 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z It’s certainly clunky & not as fluid as some recent Marvel movies, but it’s funny, intentional or not. “Venom” first reactions: Critics divided as Tom Hardy’s film called “ridiculous” and a... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The Bard's plunge into the travails and sins of the Roman general Titus Andronicus and company can be campy, clunky. Seattle troupe mounts a spooky, lean, all-women 'Titus' 2012-09-13T20:30:07Z And like many artists drawn to gambling themes, she can’t resist clunky philosophizing about life, chance and certainty. Movie Review | 'Teen Patti': Taking a Gamble 2010-02-26T02:50:00Z It boasted incredibly detailed visuals that helped the player overlook somewhat sluggish combat controls, clunky artificial intelligence and a somewhat vague narrative. Review: 'Metro: Last Light' digs deep under Moscow 2013-05-16T12:54:08Z It's a bit clunky that some of them make a ton of vegetables and then just plop some meat alongside. "Top Chef: World All Stars": We see London, we see France, we see cheftestants cooking up plants 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Moreover, the film’s emphasis on characters “finding something good” in themselves is clunky. Nicole Kidman is gunning for an Oscar in "Destroyer" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Though it creaked a lot and did not always work right, the machine was overwhelming in every sense of the word: sometimes amazing, sometimes clunky and intrusive. Critic?s Notebook: To Seal a Director?s Reputation, Put a ?Ring? on It 2011-07-04T21:00:06Z I fall in love with the clunky, magnificent cheese cart. A Labor Day tribute to restaurant workers, cooking and serving food they can’t afford to eat 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Lured by all the negative reviews, my friends and I decided to go see it as a joke, hoping for some “Showgirls”-style clunky greatness. 50 shades of regret: A cautionary tale about online dating and the movies 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Until now, that is: “Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony,” an installation of clunky constructions relating to the ancient Japanese tradition of chanoyu, the ritualized preparation and serving of tea, is the first. ‘Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony,’ at the Noguchi Museum 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z He took a properly gnarly slide solo on “Dockery Farm,” an otherwise clunky tune inspired by the blues. Music Review: The Joel Harrison 19, a Big Band, at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2013-07-17T20:24:01Z Thus, it made it all the more unfortunate to see his storyline culminate in such a clunky "a-ha" moment. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac” is a clunky and often poorly written novel, nevertheless worth reading for its sheer weirdness. ‘The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac,’ by Sharma Shields 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Despite a growing maze of clunky housing complexes rearing up around the city’s periphery, central Tangier looks pretty much the way it did in the 1950s, but spiffier. | The Modern-Day Melting Pot of Tangier 2013-12-02T17:46:32Z Also making up for the track’s clunky spoken-word verses is the return of what appears to be Shakira’s “She Wolf” choreography. Shakira Plays Truth or “Dare” on the Dance Floor: Watch 2014-05-07T19:07:15Z Scott Aiello’s play, which just opened at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan, passingly establishes that we are in the 1990s — the clunky corded phone helps — but avoids references to the news, technology or pop culture. Review: ‘Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon’ Is Old-School Drama 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The choreographer is sitting in front of a large monitor, clunky glasses balanced on his nose. 3D dance takes a great leap forward 2010-09-28T21:15:00Z Second, their website is impenetrable, clunky and seemingly designed by a first year IT student in the early-90s. New music: Sleep ? Over ? Romantic Streams 2011-08-01T09:54:00Z Grace is the watchword of Mozart conducting, though, and this was far too clunky, weighed down in the strings and blurry in woodwind details. Met Orchestra With Maurizio Pollini at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The show also uses amateurish re-enactments, which look particularly clunky when juxtaposed with images by photographers in the midst of crisis. Critic’s Notebook: Nature Is a Threat in ‘Tornado Alley’ and ‘Will to Live’ 2014-04-25T19:03:32Z “Her oversize dresses and coats layered over trousers stressed comfort and elegance over blatant sex appeal. She gave women permission to walk around in big clunky shoes and sneakers.” Restlessly Seeking Celine 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Alas, the plotting is sketchy, the social satire clunky. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Chief Keef might not be much of a rapper — he’s clunky, monochromatic and sometimes outright awful — but he’s careful. Critic’s Notebook: Chief Keef’s New Album is ‘Finally Rich’ 2012-12-19T23:07:51Z He wore a red-and-blue Eisenhower jacket, faded gray dad jeans and clunky white sneakers. Connor Jessup of ‘Locke & Key’ Gets His Nails Done 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z As for the writing … well, pilots are clunky. 'Gotham' Recap: 'Batman' Before Batman 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z No longer a clunky, ill-fitting ensemble of literary legends, the characters in Penny Dreadful fit together brilliantly under Logan’s banner of long-suffering rogues. Disillusioned with Game of Thrones and True Detective? Try Penny Dreadful 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z I went to a meeting in New York wearing these clunky men’s shoes, and one man just looked at me and said: ‘Why are you wearing those? Put on a heel.’ Why Lisa Kudrow Doesn't Like to Dress Sexy 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z What emerged amid the celebration of Adele and other winners and the often clunky musical performances was a stubborn and almost total reluctance to engage with the music of the day. Critic?s Notebook: At the 54th Grammy Awards, Everything Old Is Praised Again 2012-02-13T19:47:24Z We choke when failing to operate this clunky, complicated, and delicate apparatus correctly. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z The artist, scythe in hand, slashes at overgrown bamboo in front of a clunky yellow house fit for an Andrew Wyeth painting. Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Outside the stage area, the four-floor public space is overwhelmed by a clunky green staircase of Cuban “marble” — actually serpentine — donated by Fidel Castro, and a chandelier of 1,000 glass cubes. Scene/Seen: Prague: What's New in the Cube 2011-01-07T13:00:08Z Details pile up in deranged accumulation, but he gives us so many we can forgive some clunky ones. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-24T10:21:39Z However, the exposition of these techniques is rather clunky, as when Dr Foster explains to a patient how the hypodermic needle was invented. Mercy Street: PBS civil war hospital drama is ER version of Downton Abbey 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The title is a clunky and gratuitous conceit. Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z They are big and old and clunky, but they make great noises. Delta Force: A Q&A with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan 2013-04-04T11:00:37Z Sitting at her clunky PC, Cher flips through articles of clothing until she lands on a match. An app dressed me for a week. The results were shockingly good. 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z "Starry Starry Night" is a somewhat clunky family movie about childhood escapism, alternating a little too conveniently between the grim and the adorable. 'Starry Starry Night': Child actors brighten Taiwanese tale 2012-07-05T20:50:06Z Brown typically compensates for clunky prose with his ability to generate a sense that the distant past is fuller, wilder, and more complicated than we knew. “Inferno,” a Movie Even Tom Hanks Couldn’t Save 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z But while the play is always enjoyable and the performances are sharp, particularly from Daisy Hughes as Stella, the design is rudimentary, and Hannah Eidinow's stagecraft is often clunky. Playing with Grownups – review 2013-05-30T12:35:59Z There are a few lines of meta-humor that show that the show is self-aware, but if it’s aware of itself, is it also aware of how clunky the dialogue is? Fuller House: Tanner family nostalgia doesn't make redundant sitcom better 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Perky, affectionate and upbeat, “Applause” translated the arrogant stiletto thrust of Mankiewicz’s dialogue into the crowd-courting bounce of clunkily rhymed song. Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Grandma, on the other hand, is a clunky Toshiba notebook sort of lady and honest about that fact. High-tech gifts: You should love them. If only you knew how to use them. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Well-Mannered: I disagree that “my nephew’s mother” or “my nephew’s mom” is either dismissive or clunky — to me it seems perfectly descriptive, as well as correct. Perspective | Ask Amy: Wronged wife blames the cellphone 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z How can three short words form such a clunky, unwieldy, barely readable piece of English? What Philip K Dick needed was a co-author 2010-06-04T15:07:00Z Ms. O’Day’s ostensible goal here is to secure a record deal, though this awkwardly filmed, clunkily arranged show will probably be more successful, or entertaining, if she fails. Television Review: Danity Kane?s Fallen Frontwoman Tries for a Return to Relevance 2011-03-06T22:58:58Z Bemused Birthday: I don’t think you pal’s exclamation was really inappropriate — just quite clunky. Perspective | Ask Amy: Ghosted friend struggles to cope at church 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z This nuclear thriller from Matthew Reilly — the Australian author of numerous adventure novels — is clunky and barely coherent anytime there’s not a fight scene. ‘Interceptor’ Review: Failure to Launch 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z As soon as I gazed into “Sky TV,” consisting of a clunky old television set broadcasting a blue sky with whipped-cream clouds, I counted myself among the charmed. Finding Yoko Ono’s New York 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Worse still are the inconsistencies of character and the occasionally clunky plot devices. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z Sure, the child is super cute, with his gurgling noises and the clunky, puppet-y way he hustles about. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap: Way Down 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z This suggests why “What Happened” is a necessary — if at times clunky and unconvincing — retrospective. Read Hillary Clinton's 'What Happened' in context and with an open mind. What she's written says something about America 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It's a book that wrestles honourably and intelligently with big moral and political questions, but does so in a slightly clunky and convention-bound way. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z |
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