| 单词 | payoff |
| 例句 | They were skeptical at first, but after I described the unique nature of the quest, and what I believed the payoff for solving it might be, they finally agreed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But as her father said, sometimes you had to take a calculated risk in order to earn the payoff. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z For human biologists, each of these discoveries came with enormous payoffs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For bettors, the least attractive race is one in which the favorites finish in the top positions, producing low payoffs for winning bets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, Brother, the school wanted the chocolates sold. And we got them sold. This w-as the payoff, that’s all. A fight. With rules. Fair and square.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole milieu was a portrait of affluence and ease, a less-than-subtle reminder of the payoff that came when you committed yourself wholeheartedly to the grind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z From 1980 to 1996 he averaged two discoveries a year–not a huge payoff for hundreds of nights of peering and peering. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They concentrate first on favorite foods, or ones that yield the highest payoff. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This highlights yet another payoff of the passive voice: it can unburden memory by shortening the interval between a filler and a gap. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In return there was a fantastic, visceral payoff—a single season of his life in which he became a prince, ogled at, treasured, bathed in the unimaginable glory of Friday night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And, even more to the point: The players never know when they will get a payoff, a feeling of satisfaction, a fulfilled desire. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The horses were almost all long shots, because no one trusted what Smith was doing, but that just made the payoffs for Howard’s bets all the greater. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing my hunches, many a day I’d have up to forty dollars on two numbers, hoping for that fabulous six hundred-to-one payoff. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The callers accused C.P. of taking payoffs to work for integration and routinely threatened to murder him and his family if he didn’t resign his position with the charrette. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and you won’t be complaining if we get a nice fat payoff, will you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The illicit payoffs were as yet unknown to the public, and as the barons moved toward the front of the Million Dollar Elm, they were treated as princes of capitalism, the crowd parting before them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The payoff to the gun seller—usually $50 or $100, but in one California buyback, three free hours of psychotherapy—isn’t an adequate incentive for anyone who actually plans to use his gun. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If the left branch is slender enough, it is generally understandable, albeit top-heavy, with all those words to parse before one arrives at the payoff. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He believes Scramble for Africa was a failure because it lacked a similar, or any, payoff. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Although dilution and instructions vary for different types of surfaces, Forte says the payoff is fewer bottles in the cleaning closet. There’s no one-for-all cleaning product, so here are a handful of top performers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z One particularly well-worn weapon in the tabloid arsenal was payoffs for confidential personal information, often obtained from shady private detectives like Glenn Mulcaire, Goodman's partner in the phone-hacking campaign who also served jail time. UK media feels the heat after phone-hack scandal 2011-07-08T20:15:11Z And somehow, a few emotional payoffs snuck through the dazzle, too. Concert review: Madonna at the United Center 2012-09-20T07:42:00Z Although the list price is usually modest, a dollar or two, authors keep up to 70 percent of the royalties — welcome revenue for fledgling authors and a potentially big payoff for well-known writers. Digital age brings revival of the short story 2013-02-16T18:02:06Z Then he said the classic words: “The bigger the risk, the bigger the payoff.” How ‘The Lion King’ Got to Broadway and Ruled for 25 Years (So Far) 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z But once the cooking is done, the payoff is big: The rich and brawny succulence is matched by few other meats. Lamb Shanks Show Off Their Inner Beauty 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z I realize that baking with yeast is time-consuming and a challenge for some, but the payoff is handsome. All hail kolaches, the buns of Texas (and beyond). Here’s why you want to make them at home. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z There’s not a lot of dramatic or emotional payoff in watching how they cooperate to stage events for the mutual benefit of his clients and her show. Review: ‘Notorious’ Offers Nice Cheekbones, but Not Much Else 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z It is a way, in one stroke, to elevate your performance at that task and get an immediate payoff – a rush of rewarding neurotransmitters, which is a nice warm feeling. For a satisfied life, become a god of small things | Robert Twigger 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The public is learning that it can do without actual art objects as long as there is a payoff, preferably moving video images or live performers and a modicum of nudity. Hold That Obit; MoMA?s Not Dead 2010-12-30T16:49:20Z There are embraces but no real payoffs in the work, which is overwhelmed by backward falls and last-minute catches — like trust exercises at corporate retreats. Review: São Paulo Dance Company Makes a Tepid U.S. Debut 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Scott wrote, “There is something to be said for a well-told tale with a clear moral and a satisfying emotional payoff.” Holiday Movies to See (or Skip) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Reuben and his crew came in with guns blazing, targeting the deep corruption in the San Francisco police force, including payoffs to cops by the skin trade moguls in North Beach. David Talbot on “Tavis Smiley” 2012-05-21T19:31:00Z As she played it, she was also playing the story of her career, from the flashy hustle to the sublime payoff. The Brilliance of Charo 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The religious and mystical associations of this Western Argentine region are noted periodically, perhaps to a greater extent than the payoff requires. Review: In ‘The Desert Bride,’ a Maid Hits the Road in Argentina 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The final scene will surely bring some readers to tears, but those it leaves dry-eyed might also be slack-jawed at the mawkish payoff to an already mushy setup earlier in the novel. A 115-Year-Old War Veteran Looks Back at It All, With God as a Guide 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The music was operatic, brimming with archetypal characters and dramatic payoffs. Album review: Coldplay, 'Mylo Xyloto' 2011-10-23T19:39:00Z Though the film has culled its musical numbers, most iconic plot beats remain, augmented to have narrative payoffs gesturing to Mulan's growing "ch'i" rather than her wit or ingenuity. Disney's disjointed "Mulan" remake is obsessed with the concept of "ch'i" but can't find its own 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s a relationship study with few vistas or intricacies, and no human being who’s seen it before can change the channel before the final payoff. The unlikely greatness of ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ 25 years later 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The payoff is at once revolting, awkward and oddly powerful, not a combination you see very often. "Louie's" hilarious, poignant return 2011-06-23T11:24:00Z Whether the day’s show featured the organization expert decluttering somebody’s home or “confessions of a once-upon-a-time Haitian child slave,” the redemptive plot arc, the payoff of deliverance, was the same. Beliefs: The Church of Oprah Winfrey and a Theology of Suffering 2011-05-28T00:30:15Z But Stahr says Seward may later have perjured himself when he denied knowledge of alleged payoffs to help secure congressional approval of the purchase. 'Seward': a new biography of Lincoln's right-hand man 2012-09-26T22:15:06Z Is there nothing people will not stoop to in their search for a good payoff? Culture flash: heatwaves 2011-08-03T20:45:01Z “What ends up happening is they rub it off as they’re blending it in. Just pick up a tiny bit, apply it slowly. You shouldn’t see the payoff immediately. You should see it gradually.” Embrace the Blush 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It was a nice twist and the episode's only real payoff. Don Draper: Stuck in place as 'Mad Men' drifts? 2013-04-08T03:03:08Z Quite an entrance, though I fear this may be an example of “Picard” writers opting for short term payoff and forgetting who these characters actually are. ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Season 3, Episode 2: Another Next Generation 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Henderson also criticized the government for setting up a sham daycare operation that Smith allegedly believed he was going to help earn state grant money in exchange for the payoff. Lawmaker pleads not guilty to bribery 2012-04-30T18:01:00Z “There was no indication whatsoever when we started that the album had any chance of a commercial payoff,” Mr. Simon told The Los Angeles Times in 1994. Mo Ostin, Music Powerhouse Who Put Artists First, Dies at 95 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Using his own story of going to Ithaca College, Selingo argues that the economic payoff of a top-tier school might not be worth the stress, time or exorbitant price tag. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Two Russian characters, a prisoner and a cop, receive a lot of exposition time, considering their minor involvement in the plot’s payoff. Mission: Impossible 4: Cruise Control 2011-12-16T21:29:31Z The reaction from my family was a big payoff for a recipe that takes little effort in the kitchen. A healthful fish dish that even non-fish eaters will like 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z That marriage of trying to communicate something meaningful with the payoff of having an effect on people is what motivated me.” Elizabeth Futral at Lincoln Center Festival and Glimmerglass 2012-07-18T21:49:41Z The biggest payoff in "A Thousand and One" is that Inez isn't Terry's biological mother. The sacrifice needed to survive in other America shines in "A Thousand and One" 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z He blames “state TV propaganda that fed the population in the 80s and 90s. It united people. And so now there’s a payoff.” Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z It offers no narrative payoff for your time investment, other than the standing offer to keep going, full gore ahead. Perspective | On ‘Walking Dead,’ Rick’s departure is just one more opportunity to hit the reset button 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z "There are payoffs to waiting, watching, researching before purchasing, and there are payoffs to getting out there and being spontaneous," Blue Gallery owner Kelly Kuhn says. How to collect affordable, original works of art 2011-08-31T04:16:04Z They're all working as hard as their surroundings - if only all that effort resulted in an emotional payoff. Review: A gorgeous but distant `Anna Karenina' 2012-11-14T02:16:04Z The ingredients list is minimal, but the flavor payoff is major. Meet Giusti, a 400-year-old balsamic vinegar empire 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z He is up to his neck in debt and doubling down by making crazy bets in hope of a big payoff. “Uncut Gems” is a merciless, nail-biting crime thriller that lets Adam Sandler shine 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “The real financial payoff is more people finding your show,” he said. Podcasts Stretch Wings Beyond Audio and Go Live, in Festivals 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “He told us there were no holds barred: dirty cops, dirty politicians, payoffs,” recalled Reuben. David Talbot on “Tavis Smiley” 2012-05-21T19:31:00Z Don’t be deterred, the payoff in flavor is worth the extra effort. A Festive Super Bowl Menu Fit for Patriots Fans 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z While I can second-guess the authorial strategy, the payoff is an extraordinarily comprehensive and balanced account of an episode that has generally been viewed through the lens of enormous partisan ire, even among journalists. Books Of the Times: Looking for Truth in All That Lying 2011-06-12T22:09:47Z But the main difference is the emotional investment — and emotional payoff — which can push the memoir to the top of the literary heap. Russell Shorto’s Grandpa Was a ‘Smalltime’ Mobster 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z But this time, more of the jokes are one-liners, in which the premise and the payoff are one and the same. ‘About Endlessness’ Review: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z I’m a big fan of Natalie Zea, and of the larger Raylan-Winona relationship, but the payoff of their conversations seemed like a foregone conclusion. Justified 'The Hunt' recap: A lot more conversation, a little less action 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Once you were in, the grand payoff was seeing a few models in toga dresses that were quasi-tribal and painted with Japanese characters, some holding staffs made of baguettes, others holding sex toys. Fashion Review: Versatility, Sometimes a Little Too Much 2010-03-08T05:24:00Z With the payoff always on the horizon, we commit ourselves to a state of perpetual anticipation. What we talk about when we talk about Nicki Minaj, ‘The Pinkprint’ and pop music as conversation fuel 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The trail climbs 666 metres, it’s strenuous but the payoff is extraordinary. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z A surprise appearance works best when a star’s cameo is so self-mocking or so unlikely that it is its own payoff. The TV Watch: Guests Overstaying Their Welcome 2010-09-24T22:51:00Z He hopes to inspire a youthful generation, “obsessed,” in his phrase, with “the short-term payoff,” to participate in a larger, more ennobling scheme. Why Is Fashion Having an Astral Moment? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But the payoff was deeply appealing: the opportunity to work and live on the same land that has been the lifeblood of Amish families for generations. How a small Amish farm co-op came to supply D.C.’s top restaurants 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The big payoff here is Sunrise Point, a turnout with twirl-all-around vistas of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and the other Cascades, and nearby Sunrise Lake. Best drives around Mount Rainier 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z It’s a very hilly city, but well worth the payoff: the views from the top of the castle are spectacular, although the 7km run is not for beginners. Top 10 city running tours 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The problem is that when the payoffs arrive, they’re deflatingly familiar — the show has gone from lovingly echoing 1980s touchstones to industriously copying itself. ‘Stranger Things’ Review: Once More Into the Upside Down 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z And Akiho’s piece put him through innumerable hurdles without always giving him, or the listener, enough payoff. Loosening its tie, NSO debuts a steelpan work and its composer 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “The payoff takes too long and stops the movie,” he said. Film: Adam McKay Directs Cops Under Arrested Adolescence 2010-08-01T01:53:00Z One payoff arrived almost immediately, when Clinton felt compelled to issue a statement assuring us she had no intention of riding into town on a Koch-fueled dragon. Charles Koch goes full Tyrion Lannister: His threat to back Hillary hints at the brothers’ devious game of thrones 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Television is increasingly willing to concede patience as a virtue, but only if there's a payoff. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The continual assembling and disassembling lowers the pressure of the performance, and often the payoff seems insufficient. Dance Review: Aki Sasamoto’s ‘Sunny in the Furnace,’ at the Kitchen 2014-03-07T23:16:54Z Yet sometimes Dread halts an anecdote short of the payoff. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z There are benefits to letting a tale unfold at a stately pace, and it added to payoffs that arrived in the last two episodes. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: The Ultimate Betrayal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The payoff, of course, is that he has a wooden leg. 127 Hours ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:25Z Your own peace of mind is, in fact, the only payoff that counts. Carolyn Hax: School teammate rose to an occasion, but there were no cheers 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The real prize wasn’t a big cash payoff, it was being on TV in the first place. “Gonged at Last”: game show impressario and author Chuck Barris dead at 87 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z They have only the quick jab, and the payoff isn’t nearly as rich. Television: ?New Girls,? ?2 Broke Girls,? ?Last Man Standing?: New Season for Old Jokes 2011-11-23T14:30:42Z He especially relishes showing up at Claridge’s, not to eat, he could never afford that, but to make the arrest that is the payoff for this book’s long, serpentine investigation. Books of The Times: ‘The Invisible Code’ by Christopher Fowler 2013-12-18T21:56:32Z The grand payoff to “Baby Cobra,” Wong’s début special, actually came two years later, in her follow-up, “Hard Knock Wife.” “Growing,” Reviewed: What Amy Schumer Won’t Expose 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z But this pilot suffered from too much set-up and too little payoff. Charlie Sheen's comeback sitcom Anger Management makes tepid debut 2012-06-29T14:39:03Z Throughout the film, prologue undermines payoff as scenes are shot in exceedingly deliberate takes. Review: ‘Dark Crimes’ Finds Jim Carrey as a Brooding Cop 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z It’s a nice payoff when quiet folks reveal themselves over time. Social Q?s: Plenty of Seats, but Only One Behind the Wheel 2011-06-16T23:59:30Z And that, we suspect, is where the real payoff lies. The perks of being a sports fan: Cheering on a team has benefits beyond game day 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Better to view the wrestling with Shakespeare’s language, he said, as having a payoff for writers and audiences down the road. Perspective | Dumbing down Shakespeare: Are Americans too intellectually lazy to appreciate his genius? 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Is it just me, or was there very little emotional payoff when Van Alden and Chalky were killed? 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: No Exit 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Bran has spent plenty of time over the past couple of seasons questing without much payoff. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z That was the payoff to that, 24 episodes ago. ArtsBeat Blog: Terence Winter Looks Back on the Mother of All 'Boardwalk Empire' Seasons 2011-12-12T06:28:56Z At first, they hoped to find funding through a broadcast network, but couldn’t drum up interest — “they weren’t guaranteed a payoff if the initiative failed,” Cowan said. 3 SIFF documentaries tell Northwest stories 2013-05-09T00:02:50Z Now in its sixth year, this festival of new American one-acts is presenting just six plays over two nights, letting productions take a bit more time to develop and, theoretically, offer a bigger payoff. Theater Review: Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theaters 2012-08-09T02:00:00Z The shock of the revelation — which involves her husband, Jack, a Supreme Court justice — is meant as a peep-behind-the-headlines payoff. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z He will pay for the programs with money from cancelling foreign payoffs and merging Federal departments that are not constitutional and unneccessary and are performed by the states. Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot 2012-01-26T20:33:59Z A national horse shortage means smaller fields, which means lower payoffs on bets, which means fewer dollars wagered, which means smaller purses. Belmont Awaits Its Annual Return to Glory 2011-06-09T23:00:12Z The cigar shop owner makes his payoff to Nucky and wants to know what he’s getting in return. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: No Exit 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Here are a few small substitutions for the biggest nutritional payoff. How small changes in your diet can result in really big health payoffs 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z And the duo deliver shocks, scares and a resonant payoff. ‘Synchronic’ Review: Twisted, Trippy Trips Through Time 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Winning is the ultimate payoff in many sports films, but we find we care as much about whether he grows as a person. On Silver Screen, a Bit of Gold 2014-02-04T23:04:55Z Just recently we even reaped an ancillary payoff. Motherlode Blog: It's O.K. for Children to See Their Parents Fight 2012-02-21T16:28:26Z That failing, she offers money and jewelry to her priest–a payoff, essentially, to the Almighty, to no avail. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Unjust Deserts 2011-11-28T13:03:53Z Again, it’s easy to see the setup but harder to buy the payoff. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 6: Breakdown 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z And while genetic techniques may be an excellent bet for psychiatric science, whether there will be payoffs in the clinic is far from certain. A Nobel Laureate Asks What Makes a ‘Disordered Mind’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z This set up a running gag — “You’re sending money to Hamas?” — that led to the big payoff: Eli told her she was being set up for embarrassment by her frenemies Louis and David. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Bad-Boy Issues 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z At the midpoint of the program, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s variations on “The Last Rose of Summer” started to sound like a lot of work to little effect — more effort than the payoff was worth. Review | A violinist veils herself in virtuosity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The result was a noble failure, sluggish and dark, but with flashes of inspired payoff from its unusual structure. Review: ‘Arrested Development’ Chases Its Past, Slowly 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Americans have long had a vexed relationship to work, seeing it as alienating, exploitative or simply without real payoff. The anti-work movement in "Clerks," "Modern Times" & other films 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z This is why, as a child, I was upset by Daniel Handler’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events”: The books offered enigma without payoff. What Pokémon Can Teach Us About Fiction 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z As his nickname "Infortunio" indicates, he also specializes in faking accidents to get insurance payoffs. 'The Passionate Thief' as laugh-out-loud funny now as in 1960 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The first payoff was a warm, flat rock at the highest point, with a fabulous view over the valley. D.C. area hikers can lose 10 pounds in a day — just not where you think 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The payoff of the pachinko on “The Wall” is slightly more appetizing — winning up to $12 million. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Godless’ and ‘The Wall’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The payoff of being that particular cliché had always been that I’ve had plenty of energy, kept my weight in check and rarely come down with whatever gross bug was going around. Confessions of a part-time vegan: How changing my diet changed my life 2014-01-27T15:59:00Z NBC may also be seeing a payoff personnel stability in the morning, where viewing is more habitual than any other time of day. 'Today' is closing the morning ratings gap with 'Good Morning America' 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z He said the only way to persuade these “art-history majors” to join the fiercely competitive economic mechanism is to tempt them with extraordinary payoffs. Did I make it? 2012-11-18T17:01:00Z For most of this story, the young filly that Will Testerman plans to train up and sell for a big payoff is nameless. 'Boleto': a young horse trainer's ticket to a high-stakes world 2012-06-13T20:20:05Z For some characters, the story arcs, whether of sin and redemption or of just desserts finally served, are fairly mathematical — sometimes at the expense of an emotional payoff. 'Book of Negroes' is a compelling look at a slave's journey 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Maybe that's how things went down for the real Sam Childers, but it's a drag to watch, with no real payoff, on screen. 'Machine Gun Preacher': goodwill gone amok 2011-09-29T20:00:08Z In his game An Infamous Traffic, about the opium wars in China, Mr. Wehrle believes he achieves the payoff by juxtaposing sobriety with absurdity. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z She’s immediately seeing the payoffs with nominations for herself and Pike both playing highly unlikable but completely absorbing women in those two films. The Sad State of the Best Actress Oscar Race 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The payoff, for him, is wines that are both subtle and expressive. From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The many trail offerings include the Mount Roberts Trail, whose payoff is a panoramic view of the long, skinny town. In Alaska, pick Juneau over Anchorage 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “The Simpsons” and “Futurama” offer constant, explosive payoffs; here the jokes are more muted, and they’re in the service of a continuing story whose major payoffs have to be delayed. Review: Matt Groening Enters the Netflix Age With ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times looks what the potential payoffs are from an Emmy win. What does an Emmy get you? Another Comcast deal raises eyebrows. 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But the lack of a tangible payoff may be weighing on Hollywood the most. The Oscar Hunt: Oscar’s Best-Picture Candidates Seek Box-Office Bumps 2014-02-20T23:04:53Z But there is not much payoff for trying to unscramble the pile-on of bustling contrapuntal lines that Mahler writes, which came across here as textural and impetuous. Music Review: Finding the Right Pace (and Support Crew) for a Marathon 2010-10-22T22:44:00Z The payoff in flavor, beauty and satisfaction is a windfall. A feel-good skillet dinner starring salmon 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Soon, they will graduate to higher-stakes scrap work: stripping deserted buildings of wiring for larger payoffs, with even bigger risks. ‘Holler’ Review: Escaping a Life of Scraps 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Interior design, once known for its unhurried pacing and pricey payoff, is going virtual with clients looking to the Internet for immediate and affordable advice. Two companies target millennials with quicker, more affordable design help 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The first one was the movie’s emotional payoff: Tara leaving Christian and Christian letting her go in exchange for a lethal favor. Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z Fear might have drawn them to true crime, but the real payoff is a sense of courage and strength. Review | ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ isn’t just another true-crime docuseries. It’s a brilliant look at how the genre pulls us in. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z This wasn’t so much a gift as an ethic — the payoff, as she’ll tell you, for hard work, though it simply looked like pleasure. Patricia McBride, passing on Balanchine’s torch with joy at Charlotte Ballet But mostly it all felt like many more minutes spent for very little payoff. ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Dutch Treat 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z He doesn’t offer a justification for the promotional incitement or deliver a rewarding payoff. Review | Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ is the unedited ramblings of the world’s oldest adolescent 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z This interlinking takes getting used to, but the payoff can be huge when it’s the poignant examples from Shields’s own life. Review | ‘The Trouble With Men’ offers an intimate look at its subject 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Sharks are one thing, but it's down in the depths where no light penetrates that the real payoff begins. Explore the Ocean Depths in a Homemade Submarine 2011-04-14T14:15:00Z FYI, RoadsideAmerica.com rates this as “Worth a Detour,” defined as “a solid attraction with extra payoff or unintentional comedy.” 7 hidden-gem attractions to check out at Seattle’s Pike Place Market 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Or maybe there are nothing but emotional payoffs, depending on your expectations. Review: The More, Further (Final?) ‘Tales of the City’ 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The meandering plot is encumbered by details that offer little payoff and a few characters who are clichéd and flat, even when we do dive into their back stories. Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z There’s an immediate payoff for the audience in all those tender moments, but I’d hate to be a judge because it’s nearly impossible to criticize a performance dedicated to, say, someone’s dead mom. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: First perfect 10s; Michael Sam leaves 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Her band occasionally builds to galvanizing payoffs in “Seeing Black,” “Convince Me” and the title track. 'Blessed': Lucinda Williams goes beyond the break-up song 2011-02-28T22:14:26Z The 12-year-old daughter of Khalid bin Mohammed, as he’s called here, is kidnapped and held for ransom, the demanded payoff being not money but the prince’s abdication. Review | Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The expansion emphasizes the sameness of his writing and his performances, and makes the payoffs of the jokes feel small. Television Review: Chris Lilley Stars in ?Angry Boys? on HBO - Review 2011-12-31T00:29:11Z “But I have to say, the payoff makes it all worthwhile, and we always end up with a unified cast that has learned a lot about themselves and each other.” New staging of ‘Tommy’ to include Russell Harvard and Monica Lijewski 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The pointedly outdated gender stereotypes are practically highlighted in yellow, to decreasing payoffs, and Mr. Wilson’s performance is too indebted to Will Ferrell’s pompous, clueless alpha males. ‘Space Station 76’ Is a Mash-Up of Science Fiction Parody 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A narrative shape and an emotional payoff arrive in the very last scenes, just as the spell is broken. Movie Review: In ‘Viola,’ Shakespeare Is Lens to Look at Young Argentines 2013-07-11T21:39:22Z For the brands the desired payoff is coolness by association. Arts & Leisure Preview: Looking to a Sneaker For a Band?s Big Break 2010-10-06T17:01:00Z The payoff is upstairs in the demonstration room, where ladies chat merrily while making lace, usually using the bobbin technique perfected in Bruges. Lighten up your souvenir shopping in Europe 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z One of the biggest payoffs from performing at the game isn’t just the honor, but the huge spike in sales that an artist’s entire back catalog witnesses in the weeks following. Missy Elliott Saw A 2,500% Sales Bump After The The Super Bowl 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z But the payoff is worth it, because the gleanings these days are often prime produce rather than just leavings. Meet the Gleaners, Combing Farm Fields to Feed the Newly Hungry 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z It was a gutting scene, particularly the quick but heartbreaking shot of the girl holding her payoff in one hand and morning-after tea in the other. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: Calamitous Ambition 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z That’s a big “if,” but “Mission Bell,” his fourth album on Blue Note, sharpens the payoff. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z But the paper engaged in an ambitious coverup effort, arranging secret payoffs and repeatedly lying to the press, the public, and parliament in a bid to bury the scandal. Duchess of York among new phone hack settlements 2013-02-08T12:44:11Z They are different kinds of searches, with different kinds of payoffs. Birder, scuba diver — or both? This biodiverse destination offers the best of both worlds 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The episode went well—skewing a little more serious than “The Daily Show” typically does, but not without payoff. “The Daily Show”’s desperate move: Bringing Jon Stewart back to give Trevor Noah a credibility bump 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z But “Sound of My Voice” has such creepy-crawly, brain-tickling energy that I wanted a much bigger payoff out of the final collision of all these people and episodes. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z The payoff erases the memory of pain, a version of transcendence that “The Method Gun” captures in its penultimate scene. Many Methods to Collaborative Madness 2011-02-23T00:23:36Z The Futureheads bravely venture material from their a cappella album Rant, with a celebratory Hounds of Love the payoff. Rockness – review 2013-06-10T17:03:53Z “To get it perfect, I knew, would be so exhilarating and the payoff would be a fantastic feeling — which it was.” Florence Pugh goes down a dark rabbit hole in ‘Midsommar’ 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z This season has lots of payoffs and episode 9 is the king or perhaps I should say queen of these. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 9: The Hungry Dogs of War 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z But it's also working in the full awareness of a streaming show's tendency to string viewers along for weeks before giving them a massive payoff. The "WandaVision" TV homages aren't mere storytelling gimmicks – they're strategic metacommentaries 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Their inferences and guesses are crucial because they are attempting to "choose the action with the highest payoff". Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk-Youg Chwe – review 2013-06-12T09:01:01Z Punishing, yes, and maniacally overwritten, but a vulnerable and moving performance — with a heart-stopping payoff. ‘The Chandelier’ Offers an Early Glimpse of Clarice Lispector’s Power 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Last week I worried about the show’s tendency toward realism at the expense of comedy; that continues here, but at least the payoff is a searing critique of the very mind-set that fuels this place. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: How Will Pied Piper Be Any Different? 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z As he advanced, he employed actors and film crews to fabricate scenes with a similar emotional payoff on a grander scale. For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The payoff in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the review argued, was not nearly as satisfying. Tarantino: "Golden Girls" helped my career 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It's the big payoff for the length of time it took in development and it's much more of a rich environment for it. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Place is Dangerous 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s a hassle, but the payoff for your arms is huge. 10 Hacks for Traveling With Small Children 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It would be nearly impossible for any novelist to conjure up a plot payoff that justifies all this anticipation. Review | Fans of Tana French are in for a surprise with ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Interviews with three more former journalists and published accounts suggest that Rupert Murdoch's flagship Sunday tabloid engaged in a pattern of payoffs aimed at rival newspaper employees. AP Enterprise: UK tabloid paid spies for scoops 2011-09-28T12:10:09Z Combal.Zero is as expensive and luxurious as Cracco, with tables so widely separated they seem to occupy different time zones, but the payoff is greater. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z But it's a long time to wait for that payoff. Netflix's clumsy "Locke & Key" almost unlocks the door to greatness 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The songs put dance beats, rock guitars, piano hymns, string orchestras and hip-hop loops at the disposal of her voice, all leading to those leather-lunged payoffs. New Music: Albums From Pink, Dwight Yoakam and Aimee Mann 2012-09-17T22:14:32Z One such remark did have a comic payoff, however. The TV Watch: Veiled Apologies and Few Surprises 2011-09-19T04:28:08Z The real payoff in “Bridgerton,” however, is a renewed scrutiny on the historical treatment of women and their bodies. Review | In ‘Bridgerton,’ Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix — and the traditional period drama 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But there was an emotional payoff as well. The Line Dance of the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “Just when you think Hodges is building to a payoff that will clear everything up,” he wrote, “he may leave you to sort things out for yourself.” Mike Hodges, Director Acclaimed for ‘Get Carter,’ Dies at 90 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Focus on only the big recommendations, however, he says, “and we might not see any payoff for a very long time, which is not the way to move the District and Georgetown forward.” Historic Georgetown may be barreling toward a newfangled future. Are we ready? 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z The payoff in music and memories, after all that determined effort, was priceless. Northwest Sinfonietta: 'The Cubans are here!' 2012-09-26T21:51:04Z Fortunately, pelicans are interesting creatures and the time spent with the lens focused on them is payoff enough. Rehabilitating birds soar in 'Pelican Dreams' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Still, the sexual travelogue in particular could benefit from some editing and rehearsal for a little more payoff. Twanna Hines makes Fringe Festival debut with her raunchy one-woman show The comedy of cruelty has its payoffs when it’s played with the kind of corrosive elan exhibited on the Woolly stage. Review | Taylor Mac’s play ‘Hir’ shows an America that’s groping in the dark for its moral identity 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z But the payoff of seeing the penguins is worth it. “Drew! Barry! More Power!”: The 10 best penguin movies ever made 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z "Magnum," for instance, with its sack of lead shot tucked into the sculpture's base, alludes to shooting with both camera and gun, but without any synergistic payoff. At Regen Projects, Rachel Harrison showcases the art of self-importance 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Then it ate itself in recriminations, and payoffs, and now recriminations about payoffs, and it all may never end. 2012 review: it was the best of times. It was the worst of times … 2012-12-29T23:46:00Z But the payoff is worth it when you bring the elements together in a shallow bowl. Plate Lab: At Zaytinya, a giant of a bean makes for a spectacular Greek stew The payoff is that there are few other culinary feats that are more impressive than bringing a plate of hot, crisp, freshly fried food to the table, whether said food is chicken or churros. It's almost too easy to make hot, fresh, fried onion rings 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z The trouble is that there’s not much of a payoff, other than a few chuckles and admiration for the creators’ diligent, ultimately safe, conservative work. Review: ‘Ghosts’ of the Guillotine Reunite at Versailles 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z His appearance onstage is an unexpected development, the payoff of a subplot that I will leave to you to discover. One Indelible Scene: When the Show Must Go on in ‘Drive My Car’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Typical electronic pop and dance music offer reassurance through predictability: an obvious and reliable beat on the bottom, crisp verse-chorus-verse delineations for songs, or measured four-bar buildups leading to anticipated payoffs in dance tracks. Sylvan Esso’s New Album of Electro-pop Challenges All Expectations 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z That would be fine, except the writers have often opted for short-term payoffs rather than long-term storytelling. ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Season 3, Episode 1: Reunion Engage 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z When asked if the expense and effort is worth the payoff for such a brief firework display, Lewis responded, “Why can’t we just have our five minutes?” A Sculptor Takes His Craft to the Skies 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z When Victor meets with Léger around the film's midpoint, he tells a story that involves corruption, payoffs, and misconduct, including an effort to lie about what happened. Why Josh Hartnett became addicted to making indie films: "It just feels more honest" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Like Ms. Warmoes, she sees little payoff in putting her money on extremes. Fashion? They’re Over It 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z It was a great payoff and was very gratifying, but it wasn’t the highlight of my life or anything. J.Cole: "I Don't Want 'Beat Yeezus' On My Tombstone" 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z But though the payoff is deferred, it’s considerable. ‘The Essential Straight & Narrow’ Plays With Time 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z I believe in Aristotelian concept of set up, rising action, and payoff. Let’s all picture Stephen Tobolowsky in a beekeeper suit: “Lately, my wife and I have developed a fascination over honeybees” 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “Better Call Saul” is full of the protracted and even loopy storytelling techniques that Gilligan and company mastered with “Breaking Bad” — minus most of the payoff. ‘Better Call Saul’ better get busy 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z If only this one generated a greater emotional payoff for all of the concentrated effort. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" shows off Quentin Tarantino's best and worst moves 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Above all, when she looks at her life, Henson sees the payoff from years of hard work and shrewd decision-making. Taraji P Henson: 'I'm glad I kept my ego in check' 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z "Survivor: Redemption Island," the 22nd edition of the CBS show, concluded tonight with a furious rush of action and a big payoff for longtime fans. 'Survivor' supplies redemption to winner 2011-05-16T03:00:51Z But the film is two-thirds gone before the five are placed in any real jeopardy, which seems like a long time to wait for the payoff. ‘The Houses October Built,’ a Halloween Horror Tale 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Deborah Glass, deputy commissioner of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, said she will personally supervise the investigation into the possible News of the World payoffs. UK phone hacking scandal damages police reputation 2011-07-07T17:35:13Z But while the playing was polished throughout, the contrasts were never quite sharp enough to make the payoff worthwhile. Joshua Bell Plays Mostly Mozart 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z With capital performances by two female leads, valuable humor contributed by supporting players and creditable musicality and dancing, the production reaps a more-than-respectable payoff. Review | Strong cast throws a spirited ‘Wild Party’ at the Source 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z While Henry's long wait for a payoff only increased his passion, this film fails to recreate that effect for the audience. Anne of the Thousand Days: Tudor tale of thwarted passion with unlikely twist 2013-03-27T10:10:04Z For the rest of us, though, this near-indecipherable movie — as murky in plot and payoff as in setting — demands such a total suspension of rationality that its few scary moments struggle to land. ‘The Boogeyman’ Review: Monster Hash 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z And, for some, the payoff may seem less revelation than: duh! How Memory Maps Fashion’s Future 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But all that trimming is necessary, and the payoff is big. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Fans looking for sudden changes in tempo and dynamics and quick payoffs are in for a taxing evening. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z The night’s closer, “Str8 Outta Mumbai,” is one of Paul’s most ornate and energetic songs, a rocket ship launch of exuberance and payoff for years of anticipation. Jai Paul Emerges, Tentatively, for His First Headlining Concert 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “He is innocent of the false and hurtful accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him, waged by enemies seeking a payoff.” Should Streaming Music Services Penalize Bad Behavior? 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The academy, in turn, said that an assistant had complained about a toxic and bullying work environment, and that Dugan had demanded a $22 million payoff to leave quietly, a charge Dugan has denied. Billie Eilish Sweeps Top Awards at the Grammys 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z But it’s much easier for him to describe his haggling with Mr. McGee over Walmart payoffs than it is really to delve into how and why this young man became capable of such brutality. ‘God’ll Cut You Down,’ a True Crime Book by John Safran 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Trump initially denied knowledge of the payments to Daniels and McDougal but said on Monday that the Daniels payoff was a “simple private transaction” that wasn’t an illegal campaign contribution, as federal prosecutors contend. Publisher of the National Enquirer admits to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Each sang another brief number, but Ms. Quinn got the big payoff at the end, with her soaring “Sing ye to the Lord.” Review: St. Thomas Choir and Concert Royal Perform Handel 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z It illustrates the grand gamble made by the cable network, one with a potentially big payoff. FX network's big risk with Sheen 2012-01-15T22:01:04Z Thousands of dollars of heroin a month were moved through an elaborate system of payoffs and profits—all funding the Aryan Brotherhood’s activities and leadership. Inside the Aryan Brotherhood’s prison heroin empire 2013-03-19T17:58:00Z Riffs and hooks, verbal flourishes and narrative payoffs – these provide pop's most immediate and repeatable pleasures. Tom Ewing 2010-12-09T22:30:00Z It’s a lot of suffering with very little payoff. Review: ‘Blair Witch’: Don’t Go Back Into the Woods 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The payoff was Polli’s generosity, lust for life and raw talent. Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The gag works by delaying the payoff, a manipulation of tension that relies on structure to achieve its effect. Riddle me not: why I'm sick of TV shows that revel in WTF storytelling | Charles Bramesco 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But she also wrote that the overall message “provides a worthy payoff: the idea that there are alliances that transcend religious wars and nationalistic sentiments for the sake of saving lives.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ and ‘Mirzapur’ 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The panel commended the author for her portrait of the frustrating grind of the job and the often-long wait for a payoff. Graves and Garbage: The Hard Life of an Archeologist 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z But adding some breakfast options to your food preparation routine means that your mornings will be more about assembly than early-morning culinary innovation — and the payoff is totally worth it. This Mexican-inspired grits and chorizo bowl is an umami bomb that's not just for breakfast 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The payoff for residents was improved infrastructure and sometimes whole new neighborhoods. 6 Places in Europe Offering Shelter From the Crowds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z But for those who keep going, this look at how familial love transcends time, space and consequence will offer an enormous payoff. The Season’s Standout Crossover Y.A. Novels 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z When the chaos finally unfolds, it's a real payoff. Rereading Stephen King: week two – Salem's Lot 2012-06-11T10:58:12Z Fixers would use methods ranging from payoffs to manhandling in order to eliminate threats to a studio’s assets. The Coen Brothers' Next Film Is About a Fixer in 1950s Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “Sincerely,” the group’s new record on Seattle label Hardly Art, feels like a payoff for what’s long been one of the city’s hardest-working bands. Dude York’s personality shines through on new record 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Developing your listening skills will payoff big time if you want to have these more open conversations. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The result is a watchable overview with few explosive details, but plenty of reasons to root for his downfall, and some modicum of payoff. "The Brink" review: Steve Bannon finally looks like a loser — Sundance 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s the setup for a whopping emotional payoff in the surprise final number, in which a son gives his mother a valentine that could only be delivered in showbiz. Drawing on the Past, Living in the Present, Dreaming of the Future 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z "Isn't moviemaking all about creating suspense and waiting, waiting, waiting for your payoff?" said Tom O'Neil, a columnist for awards website TheEnvelope.com. Oscar organizers ponder earlier show time 2010-06-23T21:29:00Z Yet this ornate display winds up feeling like a lot of show for an unimpressive payoff. ‘Fall River Fishing’ Review: So She Dated an Axe Murderer 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z If this engenders a greater affection for the world, then the payoff may be, after all, more concern for our planetary ecology. Art Review: Rackstraw Downes Landscapes in Three Shows 2010-07-15T21:53:00Z Through Depardieu’s tormented power, Ferrara conveys the harrowing paradox of pleasure without joy, a forced theatrical show of regal exuberance in which all the power and all the energy are focussed solely on the payoff. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "It's a bigger risk in some ways, but the payoff can be better." L.A. band tries to cash in with free monthly album 2010-03-22T15:46:00Z Or perhaps not: Popular songwriters and pop stars are often attractive targets for lawsuits of this kind, which give potential plaintiffs at least a small chance at a huge payoff, deserved or not. Ed Sheeran Is Vindicated, But Other Copyright Battles Rage On 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The biggest End to End payoff is the tremendous sense of accomplishment at the finish. Going to great lengths: Cycling Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z They require very little hands-on prep, but the payoff is big and delicious. Dip for Dinner! 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z And even for top athletes, Stanford says, parents should emphasize that the ultimate payoff of fitness isn’t winning in a competitive environment: the reward is being healthy and happy. How to Help Your Kids Stay Fit Even if They're Not Athletic 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The world of Thrones has been much criticized for its characterization of women as lesser citizens, but here is the payoff as the meek inherit the earth. 'Game of Thrones' Bends Over Backwards to Give Us a Girl Power Moment 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z It felt like homework for hobbyists, without the emotional payoff. A Choir Finds a Way to Sing. Just Ignore the Steering Wheel. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Writers these days are so surpassingly skilled at the buildup that they can’t come up with a payoff that matches it. The Nonsense of an Ending: In Defense of the Middles of Books 2012-01-04T15:58:18Z But the film’s people are moving, and the payoff is compassionate, humane and worth heeding. ‘The Mole Agent’ Review: Undercover, Where You Least Expect Him 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z They add up to the definitive album on the pressures, diversions and payoffs of Internet-era celebrity. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z Annie, who is this close to securing a big payoff for her blog from a children’s toy conglomerate, would be in the latter category. REVIEW: Don't Dare Watch This Sex Tape 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z But the payoff is a surprising oasis of trees, bushes and exotic flora with lovely views over Lisbon’s hills. What to Do in Lisbon 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Based on the high quality and emotional payoff contained in that last hurrah, it was widely assumed then that this crew would repeat this time out. The top Emmy races: Likely winners and possible upsets 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The payoff, however, is that it resonates with depth and maturity, the sense of a writer using genre for her purposes rather than the other way around. In 'Get in Trouble,' Kelly Link melds ordinary and bizarre 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Terra’s “Walking Dead” obsession is key to the story and adds a strange cosmic poetry to its payoff, but in the TV adaptation that’s downgraded to a non-brand specific zombie apocalypse. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z But the shake-up, abetted by the craziest presidential campaign in modern memory, has had an unexpected and largely unappreciated payoff. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z And then we did an episode for the World Cup in Brazil, and we correctly predicted bribery and payoffs and corruption – and we were just making that up too. The Simpsons' Matt Groening: 'President Trump? It's beyond satire' | First Dog on the Moon 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But that may alienate viewers who find the resulting slow burn frustrating, cold and without payoff. The Americans Watch: The Evil Empire Strikes Home 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The emotional payoff of any “Christmas Carol” is Scrooge’s transformation, and this one is over the top, with the reformed Magoo literally bouncing and flying with giddy pleasure and inundating his newfound friends with gold. ‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ Back in Prime Time 2012-12-20T23:24:19Z When future moviegoers look back at that moment, they'll cringe from the memory of how the payoff that it built up to simply didn't deliver in the final installment. "Avengers: Endgame" must do right by the "Infinity War" ending 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z You spell them out as small investments you’ve made toward a projected payoff where he agrees to give you what you ask, based on your history of asking so little. Carolyn Hax: Newlywed is a senior, but he’s still feeling insecure 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z What are the payoffs of observing limits and accepting them? Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The payoff comes from seeing two abrasive characters in a rare display of tenderness. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The trippy “Future People” is one of a few tracks with an actual cathartic payoff, while the spiky, Ramones-recalling “The Greatest” sounds like an unearthed relic from that never-to-be Jack White album. Alabama Shakes’s latest is a departure gone too far 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Less is never more, in exchange for the big payoff known as buzz. Review | In ‘Bridgerton,’ Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix — and the traditional period drama 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The story regains its footing toward the end, with a few nice, if predictable and derivative, payoffs. 'Earth to Echo,' an 'E.T.' knockoff, is pleasantly diverting 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “If I’m going to invest all of my time and energy into something, I want the payoff to be mine to keep.” Weekend Miser: Mandatory Office Party and ?Night of Dirty Songs? 2011-12-22T22:18:26Z The urge to predict, and the payoffs for pretending to be able to do so, are large. This much I know: Malcolm Gladwell 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z But it’s rare for Mr. Crialese’s political conscience to translate into an organic emotional payoff. Movie Review : Emanuele Crialese Tackles Migration in ‘Terraferma’ 2013-07-23T22:55:12Z The shift is a breath of air, a creative leap with manifold payoffs, heightening the book’s ambition. Two Novels Confront Violence Against Women 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The payoff to O'Brien is said to be close to $40 million. 2010-01-18T16:50:00Z Mr. Eng reveals layers of intrigue beyond the story’s initial promise, and the payoff is worth even the discussions about the finer points of raking gravel. New Books by Shani Boianjiu, Michael Sears and More 2012-09-26T22:04:23Z Even more, as the subject turned to threats, payoffs and nondisclosure agreements, the interview became about power, the ability of wealthy men to pay, pressure or coerce women into silence. How Stormy Daniels Out-Trumped Trump 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z There appears to be little payoff for having invested so much time with Henry, a monstrous, unlikable character, listening to his unfunny stage show, or watching him act like a Stage Dad for Annette. Adam Driver is impressive, but can't save Amazon's audacious & sexy rock opera "Annette" 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z For many Westerners with only a casual interest in Buddhism, silencing inner thoughts, or learning to live with these inner thoughts, seems like the one big payoff of Buddhism. What I should have said 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z And the slow reveal of Leigh’s relationship with Axel and the events that led to her mother’s despondency offer a satisfying payoff. Dark Magic and Other Escapes in These Summer Y.A. Novels 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Sex can become easier, or possible, again, but the payoff is further shortening. Peyronie’s disease: the penis condition that affects one in 10 men 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z For the most part the series preferred more compressed, chaotic glimpses of action, scenes that were more often a payoff to a firehouse plot thread than a self-contained, self-justifying spectacle. After seven seasons, "Rescue Me" ends with a cough and a smile 2011-09-08T02:01:00Z Her jokes often have long lead times, the setup in one scene, the payoff in another. ‘At the Wedding’ Review: Cocktails, Dancing and an Albatross 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z And we’re not asking for the next “American Pie” — one thing we’ve learned from Of Montreal and the acts on the Fueled by Ramen label is that maximum verbosity does not necessarily equal maximum payoff. An Open Letter to Rihanna: Please Use More Words 2012-10-18T12:00:15Z Part of the payoff from the renovation is its effect on current and prospective clients. Black and White and Redone all Over 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The lack of robust payoff impelled her to change tack. She’s Taking the Show Uptown 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The payoff: breathtaking views of the Himalayas and roaring glacier-fed rivers below. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z I was surprised that there wasn't at least a partial payoff for their relationship. "Miss Scarlet & the Duke" creator on the reality of Victorian women & hopes for the show's future 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “The ultimate payoff is always the live show for us.” The Chicks head back on tour in 2022 after long break 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z And for an author who admits that he needs the payoff of seeing his readers engaged and happy, the thought of not being around kids didn’t sit well. Jeff Kinney’s six-foot pool skimmers and the evolution of pandemic-era children’s book author events 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z More to the point, the ads were a welcome change in that they featured intrigue that built to a clear payoff. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: On 'Revenge,' the Twists Came From the Ads 2012-11-12T15:47:07Z She gives a nice payoff to a sight gag involving Alice falling sleep against a car window. Cheers to Maya Erskine, flawless life of the "Plus One" party 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Criminal probes are now under way into the phone hacking and allegations of payoffs to police. News Corp admits guilt, settles hacking claims 2012-01-19T12:53:03Z The Main Street payoff is Burke’s Bakery and Delicatessen, located a couple of blocks past the Hub and run by the same family for four generations. Pursuits: Twists and Turns Along a Kentucky Doughnut Trail 2012-11-04T03:27:20Z By turns wistful and whimsical, this antidote to Charles Schulz’s “Happiness Is a Warm Puppy” is as much about the buildup to its title as it is about its payoff. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z But the payoff, usually, is seeing the action that doesn’t make it to broadcast. Five things to know about 'A Very Grammy Christmas' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But if you love The Americans like I do, it’s because the investment, the building of dread and its effects on the characters, is the payoff. The Americans Watch: The Evil Empire Strikes Home 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the film is a moving portrait of the global underprivileged, with a hopeful payoff. Oscar Spotlight: Best Director and Best Picture 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z While the version from Bravetart's Stella Parks took the best overall, it was Hijabs and Aprons's "low effort, high payoff" close contender that piqued my interest. Show your Valentine your love with the thickest, gooiest, chocolate chip cookies 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The payoff isn’t the same as the thrill of pleasing a beautiful woman that Ms. Lopez can provide, but in Mr. Tyler contestants have a compatriot who knows all the words. Arts & Leisure Preview: Steven Tyler Escapes From Idolatry 2011-02-09T16:50:05Z But of the play, he wrote, “The setups are unlikely, the payoffs banal. Call it ‘Dangerless Liaisons.’” 10 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And there's the killer payoff line, the work of a blackbelt comedy writer. Nora Ephron was serious about comedy 2012-06-27T12:12:07Z Sometimes more than guile and payoffs are used to secure a Palio victory. The Palio di Siena: A Survivor’s Tale 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was found guilty of phone hacking, but his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, who was also charged with hacking, making payoffs to officials and obstruction of justice, walked. Hacking verdicts are in! Crown Media shareholders not happy. 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Competitors say the payoff is worth the risk. The Most Dangerous Eight Seconds in Sports, on ‘Fearless’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But when it comes to the emotional pull that makes a book into an object of desire and curiosity, a promise of payoff to come, the image matters. Prince Harry, Up Close 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Today he has 32,604 followers, and as he calculated the payoff from the social media network, says, “It’s a business.” On the Runway Blog: Fashion Week: @whatdidIjustsee 2011-09-09T02:42:57Z There’s an intentional disconnect to it all, and it’s too early to tell whether the narrative style will offer any payoff. ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’: Carny cornballs They are, by and large, smeary—the idea of their cumulative mechanisms, their plotting, the payoff that results, overrides any single image by which they’re realized. “Mission: Impossible—Fallout” Is Basically a Two-and-a-Half-Hour Making-Of Sequence 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The problem comes from the above-the-title leads, a lively match on paper that doesn’t deliver the payoff one might expect. London Theater: Divergent Takes on 'Much Ado' 2011-06-07T13:00:06Z So far, all indications suggest it’s going to provide the climactic payoff that Potter fans are looking forward to. What's the Most Sinister Part of the New 'Harry Potter' Trailer? 2010-06-29T12:50:00Z He’s even consulted with “The Good Place” creator Mike Schurr on the proper way to create an ongoing mystery with a proper payoff. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Instead, the payoff is the trio of reveries that closes the album: “Always,” “Despair” and “Wedding Song” build on the disarming vulnerability of “Maps,” and deepen it. Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Mosquito' 2013-04-15T16:18:00Z The moment can produce a big emotional payoff for audiences, but Mr. Mantello told Mr. Wolfe that a warm-and-fuzzy embrace did not seem of a piece with the stripped-down, unsentimental tone of the production. A Return to Acting That?s From the Heart 2011-05-25T15:10:50Z He’s got the upward mobility offered by a prestigious club, though being accepted may depend on whether he’s darker than a paper bag — that notorious criterion — and will definitely cost him a payoff. In Colson Whitehead’s New Novel, a Crime Grows in Harlem 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z At 60, Mr. Lane is enjoying a sense of resolution and payoff. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Broadway – Nathan Lane! 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z With Simon, the big payoff arrived with "No Secrets." New Carly Simon compilation "These Are the Good Old Days" tells a wistful music industry story 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Artistically and financially, the payoff has been spotty. Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo take on ‘Godot,’ hoping it’s a powerhouse online 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Campbell was accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in payoffs in exchange for city contracts. Billy Martin: Washington’s go-to lawyer when you’re in trouble. Real trouble. 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z That whole season was setups with no payoffs leaving cliffhangers for episode 10. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 9: The Hungry Dogs of War 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Even the wacky hide-and-seek machinations in the laundromat, into which Ebony Marshall-Oliver’s silent clerk is amusingly drawn, have their joyful payoff. Review | Shakespeare returns to Central Park with a ‘Merry Wives’ that lives up to its title 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Were-Rabbit does all that the short films do, only on a bigger canvas; the payoff for the audience is proportionately larger. Aardman's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The payoff was that they helped craft a soundtrack that elevated one of the best new shows of 2016. The best TV soundtracks of 2016 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Naomie Harris’s performance in “Moonlight” opens wide emotional expanses in precise touches, and Octavia Spencer, in “Hidden Figures,” delivers the film’s emotional payoff no less than Williams does in “Manchester.” My 2017 Oscar Predictions 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The vaguely unsatisfactory lives of 25-year-olds living in funky but friendly cohabitation as they await the arrival of the big payoff seems pretty thin material, as does the whiny entitlement of the nosy Milo. Theater Review: ‘The Tutors,’ by Erica Lipez, at McGinn/Cazale Theater 2013-06-06T02:00:13Z In a classically structured work there must be a payoff for every set-up, no strand left forgotten. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z Griffith — her contract was a payoff for a debt owed her uncle, she writes, joking that even the press man who cooked up the lie eventually came to believe it. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The two also realize that their shared isolation demands an emotional payoff. Moonrise Kingdom: Escapees from a Doll House 2012-05-16T20:52:43Z Although the somewhat stridently self-conscious wordplay drags the pace more than its final payoff reaps, this novel ultimately proves both clever and impossible to put down. 'The Beautiful Bureaucrat' a mind-bending, thrilling page-turner 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z For female artists, it's got to be weird doing the same job as their male counterparts and not getting the same payoff in attention. Why don't female rock stars have groupies? 2011-02-22T16:23:00Z Eventually, though, there is something of a payoff. Movie Review: ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II,’ the Rest of von Trier’s Story 2014-04-03T23:45:12Z Libraries provide a community gathering place with resources, information, entertainment and socializing for no commercial payoff. Librarians, librarians, librarians! 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z And rarely do people stop to ask themselves if the long-term payoff for the quick post is worth it. Fashion Becomes a Victim of Its Own Oversharing 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The circus acts were at first a smart, if distracting, echo of the relationship between risk and payoff in Gandhi’s life, and the emphasis of the Bhagavad Gita on delicate balance. Two Ways of Looking at Philip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z For a while, it's a genuinely funny and unnerving experience, promising a lively payoff, but the ending is anti-climactic and the meaning of the title is only revealed in the laborious, jokey ending. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale ? review 2010-12-02T22:37:00Z The potential payoff - a largely untapped audience of 1 billion - is worth the effort of tailoring a business to African markets, he believes. Action! Nigeria's film industry draws global entertainment brands 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z But some scenes, like an extended sequence of electronic devices going haywire in a luxury apartment, continue too long without any real payoff. Season 2 of ‘Mr. Robot’ Turns Inward From the Cyberworld 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z A lengthy scene of Alvin setting up camp and hanging in a hammock is scored to increasingly ominous music, but with no payoff. Sundance film festival 2013: Prince Avalanche – first look review 2013-01-24T16:55:49Z Watching is exciting and the payoff is rewarding. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Killing bin Laden 2013-05-05T17:00:00Z He managed to play pro golf anyway, clocking a tournament win in 2009, but the biggest payoff of his time on the links is that he developed his relationship with Donald Trump. Andrew Giuliani is test-driving his father’s legacy in New York 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z It’s a quiet program, both in tone and volume, but the payoff — a home with organized linen closets and minimalistic kitchen cupboards — is nonetheless satisfying. "Going From Broke" is the "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" for your finances 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z You’ll wait even longer for Flight of Passage, but the payoff is greater and the line easier to endure. There are already four-hour lines at Walt Disney World’s new ‘Avatar’-themed attraction. Does Pandora live up to the hype? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z When Jake turns up dead, Scilla hopes to find his killer, though over time it’s clear she just wants a share of his payoffs for the inside information he’s sold to his contacts. Theater Review: ‘Serious Money,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Atlantic Stage 2 2012-07-13T22:03:45Z It’s even there in high-stakes car rides when it’s time to make a payoff. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The closing seconds of this episode-long homage to “Austin Powers” were perhaps the most satisfying payoff I saw this year. The Best TV Episodes of 2022 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Serpico joined the force in 1959 and, witnessing casual payoffs that were accepted without a thought, encountered further disappointment: “The job was not on the level.” Review: ‘Frank Serpico’ Updates the Story of the Man Behind a Classic Movie 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner,” Wright’s culinary crime story, is hectic and complicated, with a nice, bittersweet payoff. ‘The French Dispatch’ Review: Remember Magazines? 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z There is something to be said for a well-told tale with a clear moral and a satisfying emotional payoff. Review: ‘Hidden Figures’ Honors 3 Black Women Who Helped NASA Soar 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Second, much tougher but with a higher potential payoff: Use this as a wake-up to a workplace that isn’t working for you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A colleague judges you for not having kids, and now you’re a pariah 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z “Going, Going, Gone,” from 1990, is a painfully detailed catalog of the ravages of drug abuse: “Liquid, tablet, capsule, powder/Fumes and smoke and vapor/The payoff is the same in the end.” Johnny Cash, the Poet in Black 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z "The younger one starts taking care of oneself the greater the payoffs later on in life." Mom, 64, says she gets mistaken for daughter’s sister: 'People react to my age with astonishment' 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z But the payoff of our journey was evident once we set foot on those beaches. Culebra, a Quiet Corner of the Caribbean 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But as each hour-plus episode lurches toward the next without much sign of a payoff, you may start questioning whether you have, in fact, been drawn into another long con. "Inventing Anna" takes a good story, imprisons it in unnecessary excess and robs of us our time 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Although a range of strategies could be adaptive for dealing with some specific circumstances, on average, vigilance, caution, and readiness to flee at a moment’s notice would probably have had the greatest evolutionary payoff. Our new era of anxiety 2012-06-02T22:00:00Z The payoff to this relatively slow form of travel was a scenic ride past the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and other landmarks. A Traveler’s Guide to the Best Bets in Las Vegas 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The good cheer occasionally feels superficial – although there's a payoff later, and I admire Hughes's cussed refusal to emote. Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T17:00:01Z The ultimate payoff of this scene is the fresh fang that Jimmy sinks into his brother’s leg by highlighting — and exaggerating — Chuck’s fragile mental state, which will jack up his insurance rates, too. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 7: Jimmy Goes Backward 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s a bold risk with a satisfying payoff. The powerful story of one family’s struggle to save an autistic child 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z With his strict analytical clarity and his facility for transparency, Gielen stripped as much personal emotion out of scores as he could, which had immense payoffs in Mahler, even in Beethoven. His Conducting Wasn’t Always Pleasant. But It Was the Truth. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The payoff for you, though, would be the knowledge that you had the strength to do what she’s too craven to: express your concerns to a person’s face. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her sister-in-law has the starring role in a mean girls group chat 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z For them, the payoff is completely worth it. A river guide lays out the dos and don’ts of rafting etiquette 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Perry's children also alleged that Bishop took money intended for them, including a life insurance payoff worth nearly $300,000. Court feud over estate of songwriter ends in Ohio 2010-07-27T01:36:00Z The setup and the emotional payoff it seeks are misaligned. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z “But what’s hard for me as a viewer is that it can feel empty to then receive what feels like a cheap emotional payoff.” The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The payoff: a feeling of authenticity that comes from experiencing the West as few but ranch hands ever do. Journeys: Ranches Where Guests Do Everyday Cowboy Work 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z The payoff for viewers was both educational and vicarious. So long, ‘Suze Orman Show,’ TV’s only sane space in a money-crazed culture 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The season’s high point demonstrates how a simple idea can have a satisfying payoff. ‘Documentary Now!’ Review: The Comfort We’ve Been Waiting For 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The actor doesn't want to admit to the humiliation and secrecy is part of his handsome payoff; the producers don't want to admit to their terrible, costly mistake. Back to the Future: the way it could have been 2010-10-13T19:00:00Z Nothing, of course, works without Q. This drill gets a little old, but the payoff is big. Newly Released Books 2011-08-17T22:44:30Z Making exceptional hummus at home is one of those pleasures with a high payoff that is so worth fitting into your regular cooking program. What most people get wrong about making hummus 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z But because the story’s premise, and the character of Tetherly, in particular, never seem real — even within the parameters of the play’s deliberately eccentric universe — we never reach that kind of payoff. Review | Actor’s performance only highlight of ‘Things That Are Round’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z For someone like Morris, “let it go” is merely an invitation to delve deeper, even at the risk of ending up with little to no payoff. Review | In ‘Wormwood,’ Errol Morris finds a limit to how many layers a mystery can have 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z But those notions get rattled by a big, payoff Act 2 revelation — one that forces you to reconsider everything. ‘Other Desert Cities’: A family’s personal, and political, pain 2013-06-07T22:37:00Z But, he added, “we know the payoff is going to be worth the wait.” ‘The Walking Dead’: 7 Questions for the Season 7 Premiere 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Most shorts follow a setup, suspense and payoff formula, but your short eschews that narrative structure. Short films, big Oscar hopes: Inside 4 Academy Award contenders for Best Live Action short 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z She segued to health care and public education, then returned to national security for her payoff line. This group trains women to run for office. Here’s how one outraged, post-Trump class fared. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Modern game theory is generally dated to 1944, with the publication of von Neumann’s “Theory of Games and Economic Behavior,” which imagined human interactions as a series of moves and countermoves aimed at maximizing “payoff.” Michael Chwe, Author, Sees Jane Austen as Game Theorist 2013-04-22T22:06:09Z But if she guarded Brooke’s virtue with a gorgon-like ferocity, it was partly in the interest of a payoff. Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The ultimate introspection of “X,” it turns out, is the payoff of its cheekier prelude, which was designed, Sloss tells us in retrospect, to lull the men in his audience into listening. Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z That’s all there is to it, and the payoff is big, with the jalapeño slices perking up every spoonful of soup. There’s Nothing Better Than This Cheesy Potato Soup 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The promise of the payoff is false, as is the promise of a new and better life should you win. May the Powerball odds be ever in your favor: Poverty, greed, exploitation and the lottery lessons we refuse to learn 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z I didn’t want to spend a lot of money, and I didn’t want a long lead-up to the payoff. They’ll let you cook in your PJs, but can online classes improve your skills? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z With little conceptual payoff for much investment in the theatrical setting, it is too much and not enough. Art in Review: Muntean/Rosenblum: ‘The Nemesims’ 2012-11-22T22:53:32Z The payoff is a singularly memorable multicourse dinner that tastes more of the sea than anything else and is served with personalized charm in surroundings that are at once rustic and elegant. Wolfgat, a Far-Flung Destination for South African Coastal Cuisine 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s a series of short sketches that don’t end with a payoff, performed by actors who need a paycheck. ‘Scary Movie 5’: Plenty of pop-culture references, nary a laugh 2013-04-12T17:33:46Z From the start, the company has strove to be a conduit for artists as it developed their careers, booking them first in tiny clubs and then earning its payoff once they reached big concert halls. Brooklyn Steel, the Bowery Presents’ Latest Project, Cements Its Presence 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z A playful ode to a road trip rite of passage -- and a final payoff that's priceless. 2010-02-08T13:08:00Z And that creates its own set of challenges, and payoffs, for our tired eyes. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Grand Designs’ 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z She was sentenced to prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to taking payoffs and campaign contributions from developers in return for zoning changes. Rapper Rhymefest could be on Chicago City Council 2011-02-18T21:36:20Z This involves as much coincidence as supernatural manipulation; but the payoff could leave viewers in tears. 'Hereafter' Review: Clint Eastwood Goes Supernatural 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z The acting is uneven — sometimes bluntly functional, at other times full of soulful enigma — but the emotional payoff at the end is surprisingly fresh and strong. | 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z Both sides of "La Linea" are militarized - the stakes and payoffs are high. Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The suggestion is that Lifehouse, an operation that long ago found its working formula, has regrouped with a new starkness; that the stakes are somehow higher, and the payoff more grimly satisfying, than before. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z And some of the work cited above did have a payoff. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z “Using a shadow wet gives you more color payoff, makes the finish even shinier and creates less mess because the powder won’t fall onto the face,” he said. It’s Holiday Time. You’re Not Supposed to Look Natural. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The real payoff cannot be measured in dollars, but in the younger crowd he’s reaching, the club’s growing social media numbers, the appreciative emails from audiences and the relationships with comics. Live Comedy Is Back in New York! But Outdoors. Is This a Good Thing? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s payoff time: Los Angeles’ dance community, after decades of slow progress, is poised to have a season that’s unprecedented in its breadth and quality. Baryshnikov, Diavolo, BodyTraffic and more: L.A.'s dance scene gears up for a breakout season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Thursday, though, the evening’s real tension focused on the Mahler — and the Mahler was also the evening’s payoff. Soloist-turned-conductor impresses with NSO’s Mahler 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The labyrinthine, hazy hooks are ripped from the Kinks’ expansive greenery, and the tight guitar payoffs deliver a certain kind of Rolling Stones melodic satisfaction. Pop & Rock Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The gang is thrown into a new set of conflicts that yield big payoffs. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Premiere: Holographic Mustaches 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z All this despair culminates in one of the truly great payoffs of the series so far, the concert reunion of Mary and Matthew. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z The other problem with such buildup is the lack of payoff. 'Worm': Inside the fight against Conficker virus 2011-10-19T23:16:04Z They disagree on how to handle the situation, with “go to the police” losing out to “murder friends and keep Max Rager’s payoff.” 'iZombie' recap: Blaine's World 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Female viewers, especially, have been trained to expect certain payoffs from romantic comedies, vicarious in nature: the meet-cute, the soul mate, and, in nearly every case, a “Me, too!” identification. The Female Bad Fan 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Instead, we should have been closely watching the signs the series has been dropping by way of the key moments meant to culminate in grand payoffs. A "Game of Thrones" shout out to the last ladies standing 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Warpaint doesn’t usually construct its songs with the immediate payoffs of verses breaking into choruses. Warpaint Plays Celebrate Brooklyn in Park Slope 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Ray is one of the most inventive sculptors alive, but with the two pieces here, the payoff from his technological investments is disappointing. Charles Ray at Matthew Marks 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s just the nature of being a full-time actor — comedy is a profession where the performance is the payoff but finding the next job the job itself. Paid by the laugh 2011-06-14T21:20:00Z Audience enthusiasm and strong reviews can have other payoffs too, like the possibility of a Broadway transfer that many Off Broadway theater executives covet. Preview Audiences Help Shape Off Broadway Productions 2012-06-03T19:55:35Z And though the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication study suggests that neutral, “civil” comments have no strong “polarizing” effects, that’s a payoff that doesn’t seem worth it anymore for some of us. Does reading the comments affect your judgment? 2013-03-04T21:00:00Z That said, one has to have a fairly intimate knowledge of the Real Housewives specifically to really get all the nuance and some of the payoffs. The Hotwives of Orlando delightfully skewers TV’s most vacuous genre 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z But the bliss is broken when we get payoff from the title sequence: bottles of whiskey wash up onto the beach, and everyone runs for them. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Crate 2012-11-19T13:30:43Z You can guess how the various threads will eventually intersect, and when they do, you understand the logic and enjoy the payoff. Review: ‘Show Me a Hero’ Focuses on a Mayor in the Maelstrom of Desegregation 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z What, to put it in blunt terms, is the payoff? Does world travel make CSO first-class? 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Melanie Lundquist, a philanthropist whose foundation has donated $60 million to Los Angeles public schools, said bribes and payoffs were just a logical next step for parents with resources to buy special access to colleges. Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewife, Devoted Parent and Now a Defendant 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z From Fox’s Red Square studio, we received the payoff for Stone’s crowd-camera fixation: a delirious spray of lager. The England vs. Croatia World Cup Match Made for Some Awkward Television 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Because the payoff is so little and the amount of energy and risk are so great, collective bargaining per se, whether public- or private-sector, is pretty much a dead end.” Will “alt-labor” replace unions? 2013-01-29T20:45:00Z Indeed, aside from occasionally referencing that Louis is an atheist while Rachel believes in an afterlife, it doesn't even bother adding payoffs to the philosophical questions it sets up. "Pet Sematary" stinks like a rotting corpse: Stay away and watch the original 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Two federal police agents with top positions in Mexico's Interpol offices were arrested in 2009 and charged with taking payoffs from drug cartels. New TV soap scrubs image of Mexican federal police 2011-06-16T18:25:08Z But before that payoff, there is a tsunami of dancing, rap posturing, video, violence, sex and a set that looks like a forgotten, subterranean, graffiti-covered skateboard park. 'Bed Snake' at WET: Where hell looks like a Pizza Hut 2012-05-24T20:27:09Z Skrillex’s music rarely deals in atmospheric buildups and gradual payoffs; it’s about immediate momentum. Music Review: Skrillex Packs In the Decibels at the Brooklyn Bowl 2014-02-11T22:24:02Z The payoff for gun companies can be great – prominent placement in high-profile films can result in a significant bump in sales for gun models. Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings – both on and off the set 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Making the Penultimate Film Work: “My understanding of a cliffhanger is something that holds back the payoff of the movie, which is something that a movie can’t really do,” Mr. Nowlin said. Screenwriters Talk Shop: How to Get Audiences to Return for Part 2 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z In any case, the payoff is exciting, in an Aaron Sorkin meets Michael Lewis way. Three Dramas Explore the Margins of the Digital Form 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Then comes the payoff, the message most underlings have only dreamed of sending: “And I’m telling you that you’ll have no worker at all now. I quit,” with a thumbs-up emoji for emphasis. Quitting Your Job Never Looked So Fun 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z There’s your proof that sometimes major risks result in even bigger payoffs. 8 Professional Mistakes Millennials Make 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The momentum carried through to the finale, and with the balance reoriented around the strings, the thread of the music turned long and tightly drawn, a building chain of setup and payoff. Review | Noseda returns to the NSO podium and, just in time, finds the narrative 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The payoff for all that effort was a percussive essay rich in melody as well as drive. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z He’s one of the rare jazz composers who can load up a piece with rich harmony and real rhythmic pleasure, without feeling the need to tie things up neatly or deliver a clean payoff. Jazz and Opera Come Together in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Instead, it unfolds like a series of fuddy-duddy gags—trying to escape a maddeningly chatty fellow hiker or facing off with a hungry bear—played for cheap chuckles with no emotional payoff. Top 10 Worst Movies 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But the personality cost is too high for the payoff. Television Review: More Legal Drama for Wednesdays, From New York to Las Vegas 2010-09-21T22:54:00Z “If there is somebody who is leading the change at all levels, the payoff is the public goes, ‘Hey there is something new going on over there.’ The National Gallery’s next leader will have a chance to reshape the museum. If the museum allows it. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Yet the show’s male-dominated makeup has a positive payoff in a couple of senses. Art Review: Danish Paintings Show at Scandinavia House 2013-12-05T22:25:09Z And the payoff, with Lou receiving a clean bill of health and then immediately returning to his doughnut-scarfing, sedentary ways -- was uncomfortable because it rang so true. "Rescue Me" recap: Season 7, Episode 2: "Menses" 2011-07-21T14:30:00Z The other half is a pretty uninspiring journey past a car dealership and a strip mall, but the payoff arrives with a flight of good beers on the concrete patio looking out onto the bay. Barhop by ferry for a beer-filled weekend in Bremerton and Port Orchard 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z There’s almost no payoff to an abrupt revelation involving a potential purchaser of the painting, for instance. A potential Jackson Pollock painting sparks an exaggerated class war 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Maybe we don’t see more people emulate “The Wire” for the same reason more people don’t try to make Frederick Wiseman documentaries: The job is massive, and the commercial payoffs, historically, are not. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Bring some more loads back tomorrow — like the Jews in the boxcars, only they kept these folks alive with bright lights and loud music and jackpot payoffs that sounded like fire alarms.” Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:28:20Z Surely, the more transparently we acknowledge the stakes, the more likely we are to arrive at a payoff. She Found Carson McCullers’s Love Letters. They Taught Her Something About Herself. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But there was a payoff, and a great one. Women (and Men, Too) Pushed to the Edge at New Play Festival 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s a sturdy, versatile trope, no less appealing for being predictable, and with the right balance of flirty antagonism and latent sexual tension, the payoff is certainly satisfying. ‘Moonshot’ Review: Found in Space 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z And it all had a satisfying payoff with a lingering threat. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 13: Carol the Killer 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z At about 20 minutes, it’s the longest short in the bunch, but the payoff isn’t worth waiting for. Review: From Sundance, Shorts Tour the Country 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Nor does the cash payoff he received for his obedience. Chris Chalk of ‘Perry Mason’ Takes a Deep Breath 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Around World War II, crime became an allegory for an anti-work ethos: little effort, big payoff. The anti-work movement in "Clerks," "Modern Times" & other films 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z It's not a particularly finicky bread to make — especially when compared to sourdough or brioche — and the payoff is delicious. Giant focaccia sandwiches are the new party subs 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Especially when – as with bread – there is a payoff. Why women bake: the healing power of a quiet sisterhood 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z But if you can be killed, is there still a payoff in killing hosts? ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 4: Truth and Consequences 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The simplest veggie burger in all the land only calls for chickpeas, marinated artichokes, and sun-dried tomatoes — but the payoff is major. 18 recipes that will make you fall in love with artichokes 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Where would heist movies be without the Big Score — that payoff so irresistible it can lure the most jaded desperado out of hiding? Steven Soderbergh Quit Movies. Now He’s Back. What Gives? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z For me, the payoff is worth the risk. 9 Things You Should Know Before You Go to India 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z And the the payoff: "And babe you left me here with the chicken cordon blues." Hidden Treasures: Steve Goodman – Somebody Else's Troubles 2013-02-28T16:11:55Z These long times to a payoff can make it hard to respond quickly to climate challenges. Our tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time? 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z This ambiguity in the editor's code may partly explain the cavalier attitude shown by Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Murdoch's News International, when she testified about police payoffs before a parliamentary subcommittee in 2003. Police and press: ties under scrutiny in Britain 2011-07-14T17:33:08Z Wilson says the payoff was worth the risk. Behind Marvel’s Decision to Create These Controversial Female Superheroes 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Is this, as I mused aloud two seasons ago, a fancy intellectual strut toward a disappointing payoff? "Westworld" rides towards its manifest destiny, this time in a straighter line 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z As the music by his 14-piece band fell to a whisper, Diamond intoned the payoff lines in “Done Too Soon” and “Play Me” as if they were engraved in blocks of granite. Concert review: Neil Diamond at United Center 2012-07-07T05:45:00Z But another reason might be that there’s not enough payoff; the piece breaks a lot of ground, but not that much of it is really new. Pianist Ohlsson brings elegance to a whiz-bang performance of massive Busoni We have become a society where every venture expects a lottery-sized payoff. Feedback: Cats and dogs making the scene 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Some get antsy at the long silences and lack of dramatic payoff. The understated drama of ordinary people 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Here are a few of the major fitness payoffs thus far recognized: Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But in 2013, she says, gangs in the area became aware of her success and demanded a payoff, threatening to kill her and burn down her restaurant. Many moms left the workforce during the pandemic. For some, going back isn’t so simple. 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Nobody is telling him what to put in the scenes, what to cut, what payoffs there should be, the moral line. Modern Family, Line Of Duty, Louie: Jason Isaacs's favourite TV 2013-05-20T11:00:00Z It spoke to the bountiful Honors payoff in recognizing infectious rock and R&B catalogues, and the artists who made them great. Review | Kennedy Center Honors: It’s a boogie wonderland 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Her characterization of the forthright but also damaged Esther is subtle, but the payoff is vivid. In their cautious friendship is a hint of Harold and Maude. Don Jon: Love, Lust and Loneliness 2013-09-27T00:00:44Z When things began to fall apart, Elizabeth remembered the payoff of her husband’s patience. Listeners Found Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It Was Time. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z We traveled among snow-laden evergreens for less than an hour until we reached our payoff — a frozen pond. 5 snowshoe walks for kids (or first-timers) 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Or they might have dreams of the big payoff--money from Toyota in a lawsuit. Toyota, Flying Saucers And Bigfoot 2010-03-23T20:15:00Z “There is value to letting players sympathize with a position that is morally objectionable, as long as it has some larger payoff,” he said. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z A steady crush of visitors shuffled through the muggy one-way route leading to the payoff: the magnificent Hall of Mirrors. How to beat the crowds as you travel Europe 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z As the two strands accelerate together there is a tremendous emotional payoff, though not perhaps with the neatness that some readers may wish for. Y by Marjorie Celona – review 2013-02-15T19:19:01Z I came on board as an actor and worked collaboratively with Nick to elevate scenes and create more payoffs in the structure of the film. "The last thing we wanted to do was start a fire!": Peter Facinelli on his wildfire survival film 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Creative goals and self-improvement are hard, requiring sustained effort and faith despite an uncertain payoff. I got hooked on Uber Eats. Not as a customer — as a delivery driver 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z It was just too much work with too little payoff, and far too sad. Modern Love: Modern Love - Providing Comfort When a Cure Is Out of Reach 2012-12-13T18:08:15Z A high degree of difficulty; a fantastic payoff. ‘You’re the Worst’ mines comedy from an unlikely source — PTSD 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z A charge up a meaningless hill: a lot of effort with little payoff and, by Thursday night, a lot of potential careers lost in the process. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: The Boot Camp Begins 2011-10-06T15:02:23Z Mahler’s Fourth Symphony was the real payoff, with exceptional playing from the strings, and with the song of the finale gorgeously sung by Genia Kühmeier. Review: Valery Gergiev Galumphs Through Schubert 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Considering that more than a decade has passed since "The Grudge 3" was released direct to DVD, this feels like a long wait with a decisively unspectacular payoff. "The Grudge" sequel is cursed by mediocrity 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z And the endurance that Kimmy built over years of crank duty has a positive payoff in this third season, as a casual demonstration of upper body strength floors members of Columbia’s crew team. We all have a Mystery Crank: “Kimmy Schmidt” Season 3 and feminism 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z It is also where Holly Golightly regularly met Mr. O’Shaughnessy, the mobster Sally Tomato’s lawyer and bagman for her payoffs in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Everybody Goes to Burger Heaven 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z You must stay to the end for a potent payoff, when the tragic magic of the opening scenes is reasserted. Lars von Trier's Melancholia: The End of the World as He Knows It 2011-11-10T18:07:51Z “There’s not a lot of dramatic or emotional payoff in watching how they cooperate to stage events for the mutual benefit of his clients and her show,” Mike Hale wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Pitch’ and ‘Brangelina’ in ‘By the Sea’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Martin’s faithful fans are wild with anticipation, and some are afraid of not seeing a final payoff. Impatience Has Its Reward: Books Are Rolled Out Faster 2014-02-11T03:28:38Z Still practically effortless, yet the flavor payoff is tremendous. Ellie Krieger’s roasted vegetables, with a sweet-spicy flair The piece carried little old-fashioned narrative sense of a composer wanting to comfort listeners or reward them with a payoff. Music Review: Anthony Braxton at the Kennedy Center 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z “It’s not like the current payoff is motivating everybody to take risks,” he said. Did I make it? 2012-11-18T17:01:00Z Bioff’s racket was to control the trade unions and demand regular payoffs from the studios to avoid strikes. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z But it's also an endorsement of the low-key, seemingly casual charm of "The Descendants," which begins as a rambling tale about an inept father wrestling with tragedy and gradually builds toward a satisfying emotional payoff. "The Descendants": Clooney's Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad 2011-09-14T00:30:00Z Anticipation for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child had been building for months before its July 31 release date and the payoff was massive. 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Sells 2 Million Copies in 2 Days 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The pieces had the yearning richness associated with elegiac sequences in independent films, but they meandered, and their emotional payoffs — melancholy in the slow moments, exuberant uplift in the fast — felt unearned. Music Review: Classical-Pop Border, No Guards in Sight 2011-01-20T22:49:21Z The process takes five days, but the payoff is a crust that’s subtly sour and nutty. Review | There’s no reason to gamble on Vegas restaurants. Here are your best bets. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Filled with moments of great beauty, the book also manages a big emotional payoff. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The outfits, the jokes, the music, and that beautiful payoff: all in all, one of the best and most satisfying nights, I reckon, since Thomas E. Dewey beat Truman. A Shambolic, Kind of Fabulous Oscars Ceremony 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z And yet for audiences, there’s a payoff in every performance. Colossal puppets help create a monumental ‘Tempest’ by the Shakespeare Theatre Co. 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z That means bribes and payoffs elsewhere are a lot more common. High-Payoff Careers 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z The Karate Kid at least earns its predictable payoff, despite the nepotism and tourist-brochure China. This week's new films 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z “The parents have been supportive, but now they want the payoff,” Ms. Roney said. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Ready to Wed? No, Mom. 2011-07-22T19:37:03Z That’s not always an easy sell to audiences, but over all the payoffs are abundant here; the excitements and confusions of youth are palpable. Theater Review: ‘Pinkolandia,’ Tale of Chilean Exiles, at the Intar Theater 2013-05-14T21:34:17Z Union members are already on a work to rule after Newsquest introduced controversial new redundancy measures late last year, using a new "scoring" system and basic statutory redundancy terms, instead of more generous payoffs. Newsquest faces further strike action at Herald group in Glasgow 2011-01-04T16:23:09Z It’s a disorienting effect, rather like disappearing down a dark hole in the company of that other, more celebrated literary hopper, Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit, but without the imaginative payoff of discovering Wonderland. The Parent Who Wants to Fall Asleep 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z But the payoff was made even more satisfying by the patient, methodical buildup to that moment. Sprightly Rachmaninoff maintains a run of Russians at the Bowl 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Faraci’s problem with the film, echoed elsewhere online, is that there’s no “payoff” or “money shot” — no easy resolution — which is somewhat like complaining that there are no space aliens in “Robin Hood.” Film: Shadows of a Staten Island Boogeyman in ?Cropsey? 2010-05-29T02:35:00Z When I started this writing, I wanted it to be one of those profoundly optimistic screeds, and maybe you thought this was leading to that telegraphed payoff, that shallow, contrived epiphany. My formerly adventurous life 2012-07-13T23:00:00Z Swaddled in synthesizers and trumpet effects, avoiding a firm tempo, Blanchard savors each unorthodox harmonic payoff, feeling no need to take a solo. John Coltrane’s Unearthed Live ‘A Love Supreme,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The payoff wasn’t the pay, but the freedom to write songs without restrictions. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z We never went into the courtroom in the original draft, but the reason we went there is because it's the payoff to the kitchen scene. 'The Judge' stars, director and producer reexamine the evidence 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z But Hulbert’s diligence results in a surprising payoff: The best advice for managing a child prodigy may be a wise strategy for parenting any child, including the many, many nonbrilliant ones. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z “The Dance Apocalypse/Solos” felt like a lot of setup with not enough payoff, an apocalypse deferred. Review: In ‘The Dance Apocalypse/Solos,’ the End is Full of Questions 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The payoff: unobstructed views of 14,000-foot-tall peaks and the opportunity to downhill ski in the wild. A Cool Glide Through Maine 2012-02-17T20:45:41Z All these shows set the standard for capitalizing on audacious cinematography and conscientiously economic writing to evoke tonal details, inviting audiences to contemplate the smallest flourish that go into the grand payoffs. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Of course, the premise had great comic payoff. 'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years 2013-05-14T14:26:08Z A character appears, reveals her tearful past, then brightly adds, “They made a Lifetime movie about me” — the credential of an absurdly pathetic story with a redemptive payoff. ‘Beethoven,’ by Jan Swafford 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z And finally — me limping, Bob fine — we get to the payoff. A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z And the younger of Chase’s wards has an exquisitely droll fixation on convening funerals for her doll, a gambit with surprising emotional payoff. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The payoff for viewers is a classic Duvall hallmark: the unforgettable speech. 'Get Low' Review: Robert Duvall Raises the Bar 2010-07-30T21:00:00Z The relationship forged between Davies and Mewbron, in a beguiling turn as Miranda, comes across as an affectionately evolved bond; there’s a payoff, it seems, to being a stay-at-home dad on a desert island. Ethan McSweeny’s “Tempest” casts a bright, uplifting spell 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Goldings' trio tends to stretch out a welcoming hand, rather than erupt in listeners faces as many organ bands do, but there are plenty of payoffs for those who accept the invitation. Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart – review 2013-01-13T18:30:02Z Has there been a greater payoff in your decision to own so much of your content now that there are so many other places to show it or sell it? FX president John Landgraf looks for ways to stretch, spotlight and rewind 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The payoff in the delay was more time for Medrano to refine his concept, an advantage evident in the smooth integration of the evening’s elements — and the rich evocation of tango’s varying styles and rhythms. Perspective | The tango is back. And it’s never felt more vital. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Sailing on a smaller vessel is more expensive, but the payoffs include vastly more personal attention, a variety of activities and access to places the big ships simply don’t go. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z There is, in fact, an amazing, binge-worthy payoff to this crucial scene. The future tense of joy: "Deadwood" creator David Milch recaptures memory in "Life's Work" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z But you need some payoff, some insight, for putting in the time with them. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z “It was such a payoff, and it was so worth waiting for.” ‘The Old Man’ Brought Jeff Bridges to TV. John Lithgow Had No Advice. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Levin wraps the film in a clever device with a sweet payoff: she periodically shows footage of a painting of Calloway as it takes shape. Television Review: ?Cab Calloway: Sketches? on PBS 2012-02-25T00:16:11Z It’s a cool use of corn as a vegetable turned into a delicious snack, but it just felt like too much work and too much manipulation and not enough payoff for what it was. Proof that vegetables are cool: They’re getting the Lucky Peach treatment 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The ending may feature the soundtrack swelling during a big emotional moment, but the payoff does not feel satisfying. J.Lo takes charge in Netflix's gruesome action-thriller "The Mother" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He received a payoff of £900 and no pension, forcing him to work at various makeshift jobs until he was 74. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z Using his own story of going to Ithaca College, Selingo argues that the economic payoff of a top-tier school might not be worth the stress, time or exorbitant price tag.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Bully for Chuck that he’s shed his psychosomatic illness, but as a problem in need of resolution, it has a pretty limited payoff. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s a heartbreaking moment, the payoff to a whole season’s worth of tortured exchanges and toxic machinations between the two siblings. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 9: ‘You Think the World Is Something’ 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z That night, as I lay down to sleep, I found myself thinking, “Maybe doing the right thing does payoff…”. I had a fake online girlfriend 2013-01-18T16:15:00Z The payoff is a flavorful combination of bell peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and jalapeno peppers in a family-friendly cozy casserole dish. 31 recipes to cook during the busy holiday season 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z As Sunday’s episode revealed, any number of moments immediately following the bludgeoning would have allowed last season to end on a chilling, suspenseful note after also providing the payoff that had been teased for months. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Of course, for true line devotees, it’s all about the experience of being in the line more than the eventual payoff. These Star Wars Fans Are Already Lining Up for the New Movie 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z And Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s script is admirable in its precision and symmetry; there’s not a comic setup that isn’t balanced by a logically consistent payoff. Review: ‘Ripcord,’ a Comic Tale of Adversaries 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Every good peregrination through a new garden deserves a memorable ending, and Carey presents the ne plus ultra of payoffs, a splendiferous garden shed she calls Rose Cottage. Perspective | Why the shade garden is so underrated — and how to create your own 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Essentially, poor or unwell people make choices with short-term payoffs, rather than looking at long-term goals. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The payoff was that her Beckett biography won the 1981 National Book Award and that, after Beauvoir, she went on to write books about Anaïs Nin, Carl Jung, Saul Steinberg and Al Capone. Learning the Wiles of a Biographer, With Beckett and Beauvoir 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z While the chances are low, the payoff can be significant. How One Airline Ticket Can Equal Two Seats 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But his approach — lush, flowing, feeling — revealed its payoff in a spectacular finale that deployed the orchestra’s full sound, with an added organ and bells. Review: A Conductor Makes His Philharmonic Debut, at Last 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Poor workers can rarely afford lawyers, and few lawyers will take such cases on contingency because the payoff, if it indeed comes, is low. The wage theft epidemic 2013-02-20T16:00:00Z The film delivers a payoff that turns the whole thing into a long, dark joke from Herzog. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z But summer does have its payoffs for those who choose to live at the fertile edge of the Everglades. For Niven Patel, Farm-to-Table Cooking Means Taro and Mangoes 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z A retractable hardtop robs some trunk space when folded, but the payoff is one of the quietest convertible cabins around. Jaguar F-Type : Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z “Within 10 years the payoff to the government was millions of dollars,” Robbins said with a sly grin. L.A. without the NEA: Tim Robbins on his $50-a-week first acting job, and why it proves the power of the NEA 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z A bit too tidy, actually, in a movie that lacks the kind of decades-spanning payoff it really needs to work. Engaging 'Bride Flight' lands Down Under 2011-06-23T20:42:05Z It's a lot of promise with no payoff. 'Killing Bigfoot': Sad days for poor Sasquatch 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z “Why Woman Kill” opens with a similar concept, and the promise of a payoff in the title. Smart Watch: Why is there yet another season of "13 Reasons Why"? 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z The style and approach to each short is pretty standard; most of the stories follow the setup, suspense, and payoff narrative strategy. "Berlin, I Love You" won't bring you down 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Flashing radiant dental work, she says it was expensive in a pointed way that makes that joyful look on her face seem like a setup to this payoff. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Small acting touches and subtle humor matter less, high-energy performances and big payoffs matter more. Watchlist: Analyze This: A Webisode?s Id Meets Its TV Ego 2011-07-30T04:00:14Z The big railway payoff is going down next week, and Frank is going to be there, too. 'True Detective' Recap: Paying the Price 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In last night's episode, the big payoff scene came when Ladonna finally buried her brother. Finale recap: "Treme's" long, strange trip 2010-06-21T11:07:00Z The payoff for this drawn-out back story is seeing the footage of the Panorama interview, a pivotal moment in Diana’s life. ‘The Crown’: What to Read and Watch About Diana 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The story’s emotional payoff, therefore, hinges on Rob Nagle, an engaging if hammy actor who, especially in the first act, overdoes it a bit. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z What do you think is the payoff of that kind of engagement for consumers? Cheap chic ruined us 2012-06-13T11:45:00Z The final scene offers clarity, at least, if not a satisfying payoff. 'Road to Nowhere': Navigating a film-within-a-film puzzle 2011-08-11T21:00:08Z Instead, he is overflowing those fetid waters with financial payoffs for his Wall Street and other gangster capitalists at the expense of the American people. The butcher’s bill keeps coming due: Donald Trump’s Hannibal Lecter budget cannibalizes his own supporters 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Now it is in heavy rotation, but it will be a hard slog for those who'd rather not work as hard for an emotional payoff. A summer soundtrack: Janelle Mon?e, The Hold Steady, The Roots and more 2010-08-04T21:56:00Z Trumpian lies and payoffs are perfectly paired with the Enquirer’s betrayal of journalistic purpose and standards. Perspective | Trump once wanted the National Enquirer to win a Pulitzer. Now it may prove his downfall. 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z With her triumph, she cemented her arrival as the reigning American dramatic soprano of the day — the big payoff on a risky bet she made after a crisis nearly 14 years ago. After a Soprano’s Crisis, a Brünnhilde Is Born 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z “The payoffs took a minute to get to.” Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life. And that’s the truth. The overarching idea of “Damascus Cover,” though, provides a worthy payoff: the idea that there are alliances that transcend religious wars and nationalistic sentiments for the sake of saving lives. Review: ‘Damascus Cover’ Has Cloaks and Daggers, but That’s All 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Most are polite exhumations that follow the often great man of history/art/politics arc with the usual highs and lows, witchy and whiny women, and transcendent payoff. Review: ‘Miles Ahead,’ an Impressionistic Take on Miles Davis 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The plot, meanwhile, tilts from the random to the preposterous, and a final twist feels less like a payoff than like a cheat. Movie Review: ?Thin Ice,? With Greg Kinnear and Billy Crudup 2012-02-17T00:20:13Z The payoff makes for a terrific conclusion to a consistently impressive four-part film. ‘V/H/S/94’ Review: The Right Snuff 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s payoff and suspense, all at once from a player who has often been unfairly footnoted as the ambassador of a thwarted movement. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z There are devoted minions to do his bidding, threats and intimidation to recruit the unwilling, trails of misinformation, worldwide infrastructure meltdown, and payoffs, payoffs, payoffs. 'The Strain' recap: A vampire free-for-all begins in 'Occultation' 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Marsh ingeniously meshes archival footage and contemporary interviews with stylish re-enactments, framing Petit’s daring feat as a heist movie where the payoff is the possibility of death. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Then there’s the potential payoff of the live events. Podcasts Stretch Wings Beyond Audio and Go Live, in Festivals 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z This incident is by no means the payoff of “Karen, I Said”; it’s merely where Bent’s interest begins. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Viewers presumed to be actively engaged in watching this committee's presentations are accustomed to having such cases built up by cable news hosts and experts only to be denied a payoff of comeuppance. From clear scripts to big-name casting, the Jan. 6 hearings meet the standards of must-see TV 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Read on for clever tips, projects, and products that offer a big payoff for a small investment in time and money. 50 Home Fix-Ups for Under $100 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z You have to put an entire evening aside to watch them, and the payoff is minimal. Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z But both shows offer the same basic payoff: food that feeds the eyes. The TV Watch: Viewers Still Drool for Frosting Fantasies 2011-06-20T22:15:18Z And yet companies keep at it because of the potential payoff. TV seems to know what you want to see; algorithms at work 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z We owed ourselves to build towards that and have a payoff in that world. Neil LaBute talks "House of Darkness," his modern take on "Dracula" that flips the power dynamic 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z This can be laborious in deep-rooted plants such as forsythia — but the additional payoff is in reducing root competition for neighboring and replacement plants. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z It took me a long time to fully understand the delight of small daffodils, but now I wouldn’t be without them, either in autumn planting season or in April, payoff time. These miniature flowers are perfect for small spaces (and budgets) 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z “There are going to be some big payoffs.” ‘The Walking Dead’ at 100: Still a Hit, but for How Much Longer? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z |
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