| 单词 | showy |
| 例句 | A showy solo in an Italian opera might elicit spontaneous applause and even encores. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The veteran couples never did anything showy in public, going about in a sensible sort of way, like a mother and father might do in a normal family. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the colors of the picture had been too showy and not as they were in real life, but after a year they faded into softer, lifelike colors. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z This one was showy all right, with his strange, pale coat and mane and tail like mahogany. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The victim bore its suffering patiently, without showy remonstrations. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been raised to appreciate anything that was old and to hold in mild contempt anything new or showy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulling back Lenny’s nice curtains makes it pretty clear that the rest of the trailer park is lit up all bright and showy. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Does such a thing as “the fatal flaw,” that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their delicate, showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping style. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked awful, really chewed out, a shadow of his showy self. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Like Luthuli, he was articulate yet not showy, confident but humble. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Colonel Dent was less showy; but, I thought, more lady-like. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They were all the things he tried not to be, showy and self-referential. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They were all outfitted with showy uniforms that looked like costumes from an operetta, but he was unable to make them wear shoes, because they were accustomed to going barefoot and could not adjust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He hears the brass bands, too, and the living room gleams bright with the showy flutes and trumpets and trombones. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Why had he given the showy song to Betty Jean and a strange thin melody to Caroline? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He also enjoyed the showy, queer beauty of his horse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a horse-minded boy, he noticed that there was a little trouble with a showy white horse built like Sandy, but much younger. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As a black woman, too, I knew I’d be criticized if I was perceived as being showy and high end, and I’d be criticized also if I was too casual. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Too showy. We don’t want to look conceited when we win.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Smith, a timid horseman, liked showy mounts. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He told Volpe that great high schools had great theater programs that put on big, showy musicals, and that’s what he wanted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The coffee shop buzzed, college students mingling like showy tropical fish with their brightly colored hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Everyone, meanwhile, appears to be blending into a classless crowd, shedding the showiest kinds of high-status clothes in favor of a jeans-and-sweatsuit informality. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t mug for laughs, we didn’t do anything showy — we just worked together as an ensemble. Theater: Jim Parsons Prepares for His Lead Role in ‘Harvey’ 2012-05-23T15:00:21Z They may not be perceived as showy—readers sized them up as being both hip and aloof—but Atlantans are increasingly coming out of their shells, at least for a good parade. These Are America's Quirkiest Cities 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z This is a brave book with beautiful sentences on every page, but there’s nothing showy about it. Novels by Kathleen Alcott, Vu Tran and Alaa Al Aswany; a Memoir by David Payne 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Less showy and frenetic than the entries that precede them, these tales succeed by embracing, rather than exploding, the form. These Short Story Debuts Are ‘Squirmy,’ ‘Virtuosic,’ ‘Claustrophobic’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z It is a bit of an oddity on Broadway — more subtle than showy, long on loneliness and short on spectacle — with aching performances and unusually artful lyrics. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The high-mindedness of the movie, its showy conviction that its heart is in the right place, dulls some of its political insights. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the film’s a hacky, showy remake of a middle-tier horror movie, and most criminally, it hardly elicits the necessary thrills required to hold on to one’s lover. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z There are no showy directorial flourishes; and yet the scene, with simple, workmanlike visuals, takes us inside Will’s head as effectively as any dream sequence. The Good Wife Watch: Best Enemies 2013-12-02T14:30:11Z The doddering symmetry of the plotline finds its visual equivalent in a couple of laboriously executed 360-degree pans — showy, difficult shots that represent one of Rollin’s rare attempts to be cinematic. Video: Five Cult Horror Films by Jean Rollin, Remastered for DVD 2012-01-29T04:38:09Z Tudor, who was British like MacMillan, worked in a vastly different style from the “Romeo and Juliet” choreographer, yet he also favored emotion, drama and naturalistic action over showy feats of strength. Dancing Juliet: The power, stillness and pain of one of ballet’s greatest heroines 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z A pesty Jester keeps interrupting events in Acts I and III with the same few showy steps and pert smiles. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ From Mariinsky Ballet, Broadcast Live 2013-06-10T22:31:51Z The film's showiest turn, by Scott Eastwood, stands out because it is both broad and smug. In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But there is surely also something about the man himself – generous, efficient and tactful as well as showy, public and extravagant - that makes a visit to his "private palace of art" such a great pleasure. Leighton House: a private palace of art 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z Their leaves are just showy and outsized enough so that they read well set against spiky-leafed plants or ones with more diminutive leaves. Add instant interest by going big, with leaves 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Whereas the other directors aggressively promote their own coolness, flaunting borrowed attitudes and showy retrofitted styles, Mr. Soderbergh revels in squareness, and in a loose self-confidence that disguises its mastery. Review: ‘Logan Lucky’: Steven Soderbergh and His Motley Band of Thieves 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Like her character, she seems overshadowed by the showier actors onstage; she sucks up her mother’s abuse with quiet dignity, and lets her inner poetry emerge naturally, without strain or sentimentality. Star-Crossed (and –Blessed) Revivals: Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams 2013-10-02T09:45:54Z And that was created largely by the exact characters the film turns into caricatures, embracing the showy trappings of success — furs! The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z On Saturday evening at the Allen Room, where she made her New York cabaret debut, Ms. Rose chose an easygoing effervescence over showy diva posturing. Music Review: Easygoing Look at Determined Women 2011-02-06T22:37:09Z Arcade Fire cut through the showy trappings of their tour delighting fans with a 23 song, two-hour-plus set. Arcade Fire’s over-the-top show anchored by the band’s older material 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Lil Buck is a technical phenomenon, and a sweetly sunny performer; but — like Ms. Peck, who was at her flintiest on Thursday — he tends to turn his musicality into a series of showy effects. Review: From Balanchine to Jookin, a Sampler of Summer Souvenirs 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z His showy performance is competing with "The Son," starring Hugh Jackman's lauded turn as another father of an estranged and troubled teenager. Why aren't cinephiles taking the Oscar bait? Salon conducted an unscientific survey 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The sets are unglamorous and the outfits much less showy, and the songs and dances are distinctly traditional compared to the stylised MTV-inspired gyrations that dominate the industry. Grit in the masala: Aarakshan and Bollywood's social conscience 2011-08-25T21:30:01Z And, of course, those smaller characters who always steal the show, back with less showy but equally important storylines. True Blood season three: more than just gore 2011-01-13T15:30:01Z It has clean, deep green leaves that turn a showy deep red-orange in the fall. This distinctive tree is vastly underappreciated — and it’s dying out 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Goddard’s direction strikes me as capable, direct and not especially showy, which is a pretty strong endorsement for a movie as high-concept as this one is. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z The Globe Theatre’s acclaimed all-male production of Twelfth Night won the award it was destined to win — best featured actor in a play for Mark Rylance’s showy drag turn as Olivia. Tony Awards: Wins for Bryan Cranston, Audra McDonald and Neil Patrick Harris 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The unusual colour served as a showy advert for a gadget that remained mostly hidden from view, in people's bags and pockets. The death of the iPod 2011-03-18T08:00:02Z Big-leafs are as showy as banana trees, as exotic as canna lilies, but far hardier than both. Clippings: More plants to love, more gardens to visit 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Although I regret Ms. Centurión’s more showy revelations of thigh and underwear, it remains both exciting and a tonic to watch every dance she and Mr. Missé deliver. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión Dance Tango 2013-08-12T21:40:10Z You could have played Nina showier, more off like Lou, but you didn't. For Rene Russo, it took time to understand 'Nightcrawler' character 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Writing an anti-Top Ten list is, a decade in, like throwing an “alternative wedding”—an even showier version of the thing that you’re supposedly opposing. I Love Top Ten Lists 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Unfazed by the showy and unexpected reception that his Bolshevik colleagues had laid on for him at Petrograd’s Finland Station, Lenin jumped onto an armoured car and gave a fiery impromptu speech. Missed connection 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The showy and kitsch mix of styles — Classical, Renaissance and Art Deco — takes center stage. Check In: Hotel Review: Teatro B&B in Lisbon 2013-06-13T20:56:25Z But, in Reeves' usual fashion, Henry has a sleepy vagueness; you never believe that this guy could pull off a heist, let alone attract a woman as showy as Julie. 'Henry's Crime' doesn't make sense 2011-04-28T20:07:04Z It’s showy, impulsive, shrewd, gripping and maybe a little unhinged, and so is the rest of the album. Notable Releases From Sia and Mary Sarah 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z As much as the big showy gestures, like the goat hair or the raised storm collars or the wool coats shaped by rows of buckled straps, the sutures play their part in an excellent collection. 2010-02-15T05:50:00Z The album is really Carey’s version of a contemporary gospel record, complete with a powerhouse choir, showy modulations, and piercing organ solos. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But as Mr. Shafir keeps knocking himself to the floor, his self-abnegation is suspiciously showy. Review: A ‘Ship of Fools,’ Each Stuck in Isolation 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z This ballet has another purpose beyond dazzling the viewer with a showy, triumphant spectacle to announce the series’ return. Smart Watch: Emmy winner “Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in a dazzling season 2 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Today, the small beds are full of showy flowers, but foliage plants are key to the garden's success. Colorful Cottage Courtyard 2013-05-13T15:50:07.330Z In the absence of more visible luxury signifiers, supplanted this year by less showy, more leisurely styles, a cloth coat, she said, “is really your opening statement.” Don’t Count Out the Cloth Coat 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z And though I am generally not dazzled by showy devices, whether helicopters or temperamental Wagnerian machines, I find myself strangely eager to see how this gorilla looks — and acts. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z “It’s not the most showy,” she said, but it was an event that she personally recalled. Coming of Age as a Guide at Ground Zero 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z And if you have shade, you could do worse than plant the showy, upright Dixie wood fern, which Dietrich admires, along with the related autumn fern. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z People were buying without bounds, their artworks very showy.” What Walls Say in ?Wall Street? 2010-09-29T20:10:00Z It isn’t this full forest, or this big showy garden; the soil itself is so full of content. For a Trailblazing Female Composer, a Prestigious Recording 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z I get that Wormald needs an inappropriately showy vehicle to underscore the foolhardy way he spends his ill-gotten cash. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Violence against women is handled discreetly, but the men stomp, stab, shoot and bludgeon one another with showy abandon and an almost erotic intensity. Denzel Washington Exacts Vengeance in ‘The Equalizer’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, she finally scored big, nabbing the showy part of girlfriend to then It Boy Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: "You are so not the princess type"' 2012-11-22T18:21:30Z It's visually and thematically rich, without ever being showy. This week's new films 2012-09-28T23:05:52Z Porter, Tin Pan Alley's showiest wordsmith, has long been the leading light for Muldoon as he infiltrates the American songbook. Songs and Sonnets by Paul Muldoon – review 2013-01-11T20:00:01Z Foster likes lingering in the southeast parlor — his Red Room for its woodwork hue and a mirror twin to the showier paneled parlor. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia The writing was deft and the direction stylish without being showy. Rewind TV: Utopia; Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways; Funny Business; Blandings – review 2013-01-19T22:45:01Z That’s why I tried to submit that approach in a very humble way, in a way that wouldn’t be showy. Birdman Director Alejandro González Iñárritu: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope Is "A Terrible Film" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z This year they're off to Dubai – showy, vulgar, ghastly … perfect then. The Apprentice, episode five – TV review 2013-05-29T06:00:03Z Didn’t she, in effect, vote for Trump, with her showy endorsement of third party Green candidate Jill Stein? Protest all you like, Susan Sarandon. In effect you work for Trump 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z So, after a bit of quick, dutiful place-setting — it’s 1823 — the movie takes flight with a showy battle, a grab-you-by-the-throat entrance that gets the story going and blood flowing, yours included. ‘The Woman King’ Review: She Slays 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z This time it was with a Russian program, one part showy treacle and two parts epic bombast, heard last night in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Andrew Litton, conducting NSO, does justice to Russian program 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Each showed various quick-thrill use of kinetic excitements and showy visual imagery — “Woke Up Blind” seemed a nonstop sequence of bizarre physical cadenzas — without creating any deeper coherence. Fall for Dance Festival Is Short but Packed 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Which might seem like another obvious choice for the man — a showy classic, the most expensive film ever made in its day — but it’s actually a bit more revealing. Donald Trump in “La La Land”: Retro romance is seductive — and encourages a yearning for a less beautiful past 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z This shrub combines showy pink flowers in spring with deep burgundy evergreen foliage and a pronounced weeping form. 8 Great Plants 2010-05-10T15:13:00Z "When the script we get says 'Clawsian moment,' I can get a little more out of the box; a little more creative or showy or out of normal; a little more fashion," Ybarra says. The power of jumpsuits on "Claws" 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z “Because it’s black, it just disappears. It’s not a showy thing. It doesn’t look like a kitchen,” he added. Kitchens and Their Evolving Personalities 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Instead of the imaginative flights of original fiction, these series offer big, showy performances, built around eccentric, flamboyant figures. On TV, the Truth Hurts 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z There wasn't anything flashy or showy about her but you never got a duff deal. The Hairy Bikers' favourite TV 2013-02-02T06:00:04Z Male dancers, impressively showy as peacocks, delighted in the percussive resonance created by stomping on the platform, again in acoustic conflict with the orchestra. Dudamel plants seeds for the future with De Falla and flamenco 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z A showy, if less than original, William and Mary red japanned center table was typical of the new format. Think That Queen Anne Chair Is Valuable? You Better Take a Seat 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Pragmatic, not showy, conceptually rigorous and exquisitely realized, "Moon Jar" is an embodiment of fundamental principles of Neo-Confucian ethics. LACMA's lovely show on Korea in a time of transformation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z No matter what brought them to “Larry King Live,” it was understood that the questions would be coming from a place of genuine wonder, rather than showy intellect. Perspective | Larry King’s long run made the case that there’s no such thing as a dumb question 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z As such, your performance, while showy, is really scary. Paul Giamatti and Ethan Hawke break down their good cop/bad cop roles in “The Phenom” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But come October, the showy One SoHo Square towers will welcome Torch & Crown’s on-site brewery, event space and full kitchen, while an adjoining alleyway is earmarked for a 2,500-square-foot outdoor beer garden. Autumn Brings Breweries, Bars and a Taproom 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In her performances, “you don’t see the cogs turning. You assume that level of genius and perfection. It’s commonplace, on a less showy and performative level.” Sally Field’s relentless quest for respect: ‘The roles I cared about deeply I had to fight for’ 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tends to reward showier efforts, so Mr. Mungle said he felt extra flattered to be nominated. The Carpetbagger: Oscar Nominees in the Crafts Categories 2012-02-08T23:50:10Z The film was entertaining enough, but its ambitious scope had something of an empty gloss to it, partly because the story’s drama wasn’t grounded in anything beyond the showy cataclysm. ‘The Wandering Earth II’ Review: It Wanders Too Far 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z It began with Mussorgsky’s showy “Night on Bald Mountain” and Prokofiev’s moody Second Violin Concerto, for which the soloist was yet another old L.A. Lionel Bringuier is back, and the L.A. Phil welcomes one of its own 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z But it isn’t why I value the movie, whose moments of passion and yearning are more diffuse, less showy, though no less explicit. The 50 top films of 2017: No 1 Call Me By Your Name 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z In Graham’s own choreography, they look tense, stiff-backed, self-conscious, showy. Dance Review: Martha Graham Company in Old and New Works 2014-03-23T22:39:40Z This season, there will be some showy additions, as operators are increasingly selective as to who gets to set up shop. New Food Halls Sprout Up in New York City 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z It's that bigger, brasher, more commercial form of dubstep, with obvious hooks and guest singers delivering proper, showy vocal performances. New band of the day ? No 966: Engine-Earz Experiment 2011-02-11T13:50:23Z The scene recalled the showy heyday of ’80s metal — a subculture largely untouched by feminism, in which women were often seen as hangers-on, writhing on the hoods of cars or perched on their boyfriends’ shoulders. Flowing Hair? Tight Pants? Women Can Rock That 2011-07-21T20:30:29Z Scalia loses this showy comic drama’s big case, but he still walks away with the play. Review | Gero still rules as Scalia in ‘The Originalist’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Bongos and ukulele complete the picture of a band that is showy without always being irredeemably obvious. Paolo Nutini 2010-04-10T23:08:00Z The wonderful thing about this Requiem was that it was entirely unexpected, without being obviously showy. Review | Noseda gives new lightness to powerful and familiar Requiem 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Listen, it’s clear that I have a very showy role there. Willem Dafoe: ‘I’m seduced by strong directors … I like the crazy ones’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z An accident of timing led to Whiteread, 48, being grouped into that noisy, boisterous 90s movement, the Young British Artists, but she was the least showy of her peers. Rachel Whiteread 2011-03-08T00:05:34Z Mr. Crowther declared her performance “showy but without plausibility” in his Times review, which was not much nicer than what he said about her co-stars Geraldine Page and Dean Martin. Yvette Mimieux, Who Found Fame With ‘The Time Machine,’ Dies at 80 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The overly showy direction by Bart Layton screams “look at me!” but it fails to make anything on screen engaging. The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Inside a reconstructed jumbo jet, guests - including many from Asia - were treated to a showy presentation. Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list 2012-01-24T23:03:20Z In fact, Moore scarcely allows herself any showy literary tricks, which, these days, is a trick itself. 'Heft': longing to shatter the shell of loneliness 2012-02-08T22:16:07Z Yes, peonies are pricey, but few other flowering plants live so long or are so showy. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s a breezy “Cloud 9,” and Kahn’s kind of theater: brainy, precise and delightfully showy. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Australia’s largest metropolis may have a reputation for the big, the obvious, and the showy, but the city’s restaurants have recently taken a turn toward the small, the unusual, and the understated. These Are Best New Restaurants in the World 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Movies and shows about teen life—like teens themselves—sometimes try to stand out by trying too hard, by being showy, or self-aware. “Sex Education,” Season 2: The Doctor Is In 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z “Saturn” featured the guest vocals of India Arie, who made charismatic and infrequent cameos throughout the night, dressed in different but dependably showy outfits. Stevie Wonder brings new life to ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ at Verizon Center concert But when the economy crashed, so too did public enthusiasm for plowing money into showy attractions. Next Stop: Culture Pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela 2011-08-19T15:00:00Z This grows to seven feet and is topped with showy, sombrero-like blooms. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In this well-varied program with shifting instrumentation, Mr. Sherwin could unleash his remarkable technique, not in a showy manner but subtly and smoothly. Review: Operas Within Operas Within Operas: A Baroque Explosion in Boston 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Fur also appeared as inserts in a skirt or a dress, or sheered and fashioned into a cozy, but not showy, jacket. Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan 2013-02-21T22:50:18Z The showy articulateness of ballet would seem to be the perfect embodiment of Scott’s style, but here it is merely gestured at. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A segment about the King's movie career features some fancy six-gun spinning and showy rope tricks. Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis" outfabs Beatles 2010-02-21T23:34:00Z “Less,” for example, opens with the showy “Silas,/ say less// than silence,” and the character of the poem ends up playing second fiddle to the flash of performance. Poetry review: Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ and Mary Oliver’s ‘Blue Horses’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Low-key and restrained, it avoids showy asymmetric geometry or structures that resemble bathtubs. What museums can learn from architect Tadao Ando's Clark expansion 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Then, with a fanfare flourish of leaping chords, the piece breaks into an exuberant, shamelessly showy polonaise. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z “In Los Angeles, where we do a lot of weddings for people in the entertainment industry, more often than not the bouquet is super showy and extravagant,” she said. Field Notes: Requesting the Royal Treatment 2011-05-06T17:36:16Z She gives each character enough baggage for a world tour, even though this is just an afternoon in a showy suburban backyard in Sydney. Review: In Liane Moriarty’s ‘Truly Madly Guilty,’ a Very Unfortunate Barbecue Indeed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Its narration is intelligent yet conversational; its sophisticated sound design guides us along without being showy or intrusive. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z We don’t need the hugest, showiest foliage to avoid the dreaded “little-leaf-itis” suffered by that poor English gardener. Add instant interest by going big, with leaves 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The movement is detailed and inventive, with all its ingenuity applied to showy extremes. Fall for Dance Closes With Lidberg and Ashton 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z We are now transfixed by its final, showy stage of life, but its real magic lies in its long and mysterious time in the hidden biosphere beneath our feet. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s fun, funny, showy, often brutal and infused with a strange mix of melancholy, nihilism and sheer defiance – fitting for the era and city in which it’s set. 'Blade Runner 2049 is a roaring achievement': readers on the best films of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But if it’s not fair to blame Backstrom for its timing, Wilson’s performance would seem showy and affected any year. Review: Playing House; or, The Repeat Offenses of Backstrom 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “She has unembarrassed goodness as well. In this time of snark, preening, sub-tweeting and the showy torment of characters, we could use more Tyler.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z She floated pianissimo high notes, shaped melodic lines with suppleness and dispatched coloratura runs so that they emerged as elaborations of lyrical lines, not just showy passagework. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z Cummings’ role is the showier of the two, but it falls to Henderson, as straight man and observer, to provide a through-line. Mom and Dad sever all ties to you. But why? The compelling mystery of 'The House in Scarsdale' 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z She played with a lot of spontaneity: it was temperamental playing, but it was not overly showy. Brigitte Engerer, French Pianist, Dies at 59 2012-06-30T03:39:20Z This is the kind of scary movie that needs a lead performance that is strong not fragile, deadpan not showy. ‘M3gan’ Review: Wherever I Go, She Goes 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Thielemann intruded a bit more in the Scherzo with pullbacks in dynamics that were sharper than usual and perhaps a touch showy. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z “My Name Is Hmmm ...” has its magical moments, but they are sabotaged by the director’s showy, ham-handed technique applied to a frustratingly threadbare screenplay that leaves you wanting more. ‘My Name Is Hmmm ,’ a French Road Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The smooth presentation of the showier dishes is the result of abundant pre-opening practice, he adds. Thomas Keller mines the past to create something new at Surf Club in Miami 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Unlike the American ballroom tango with its big, showy, dramatized staccato movements that include a rose in the teeth, the Argentinian version is often improvised and much more seductive. 2 'Dancing With the Stars' pros wrestle with tango 2013-07-08T18:04:43Z With their showy, gimcrack splendour, his novels are the 19th-century equivalent of Hollywood tinsel. Disraeli: Or the Two Lives by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young – review 2013-07-17T17:05:21Z But showy displays of romance mean little without day-to-day dependability. Justice for Cameron, the good doctor who recognizes trouble, on "Virgin River" 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z It was not a time for showy dresses. Jane Fonda: The Reluctant Fashionista 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Robbie takes on the role with vigor and strained toothy smiles, giving an outsize performance that suits the film’s broadness and showy surfaces. Review: ‘I, Tonya.’ I, Punching Bag. I, Punch Line. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z It was the first time I’d ever seen him struggle, and the moment I realized he was capable of much more than showy war horse concertos. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Matthews makes a good case for the showy appetizer, which starts with a brioche doughnut gilded with smoked honey and crushed almonds. Review | A Potomac view meets polished cooking at Ada’s on the River in Alexandria 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Towers of hollyhock animate one corner with their showy hot-pink-and-white blossoms. A Designer Who Makes Impossibly Lifelike Flowers From Everyday Materials 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z And “Cougar Town” doesn’t actually need showy guest stars. The TV Watch: Guests Overstaying Their Welcome 2010-09-24T22:51:00Z By his own showy standards, Mr. Lang was on good behavior, as well he should have been in this elegant, probing work. Review: The Philharmonic Revisits an Early Triumph of Its Director 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z There was a showy backdrop, or a big illuminated logo, and then a tacky, noisy tent. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons and the Remapping of Dior 2012-09-28T16:56:12Z “She’s not so showy,” Ms. Peck said after the 19-year old performed a duet that featured a daring leap into her partner’s arms. So You Think You Can Judge Dance 2011-08-07T02:00:07Z I hate everything about it: their bragging and conspicuous consumption of wealth, their showy friends, and my now-irredeemable relationship with my sister. What’s Wrong With Three Women Going Camping? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z This showcase for emerging galleries and independent curators run by the nonprofit New Art Dealers Alliance, or NADA, started in Miami a year after its showier sibling Art Basel, with just 35 exhibitors. Art to See in South Florida This Winter 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Praise: Helpful sales representative; showy dessert a hit. Tom Sietsema reviewed eight D.C.-area caterers for your next fancy dinner party “It embodied everything that was British tradition: solid, reliable, not particularly showy or extravagant,” Patrick Collins, research and inquiries officer at the National Motor Museum Trust in Britain, said of the Rover brand. Queen Elizabeth: A Visual Dictionary 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He made showy cocktails with a shaker and added paper umbrellas and maraschino cherries, salt rims, slivers of lime etcetera. Teenage parties – a parents’ guide 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Unlike some of the Christian Vikings, Freydís is not showy in her faith. Ritual love of “Vikings: Valhalla” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z This showy extravaganza of competitive floral arranging, gardening demonstrations and Edenic bowers filled with designer flowers imported from around the world is the city dweller's answer to the great outdoors. The New Green Line: Take a Walk on Lebanon's Mild Side 2012-05-25T06:55:00Z The most commercial movie playing in the festival’s first week, this tight, showy thriller gives it a much welcome blast of genre filmmaking. 11 Movies You Need to Know at New Directors/New Films 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z When you think of awards-buzz performances, it is typically the showy, exuberant ones that catch the eye and grab the lapels. Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. Loving is one of those for me' 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Will Longwood audiences used to formal gardens and showy floral displays warm to this more dreamy idyll? At Longwood Gardens, a new meadow for the ages As a rule, Rodrigues isn’t a showy director: He is a humanist at heart, preoccupied with empathy and the ways in which today’s world undermines it. Tiago Rodrigues’s Theater of Compassion 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The Laundromat is a bigger production than that one, and a more old-school one too, with its unfussy film-making serving to flatter showy star turns from Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman. Streaming: Meryl Streep kicks off a season of starry Netflix offerings 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Bening's role is far less showy, but it's a master class in the subtleties of film acting. Oscar countdown: "The Kids Are All Right" 2011-02-18T17:56:05Z A state banquet is the showy centerpiece of the diplomatic visit that lasts until Friday, and it’s something the Queen is vastly experienced in. The Princess Kate Tiara Debate: How She'll Choose Her Jewels for Her First State Banquet 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z His is the showier role, and he has a field day. Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan share a sensibility on separate stages 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Sometimes, the misanthropy's a bit showy; sometimes, Pepitone cracks a smile and a gap opens up between performer and character. Eddie Pepitone's Bloodbath – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-16T14:22:58Z With the maturity of a writer twice her age, Cline has written a wise novel that’s never showy: a quiet, seething confession of yearning and terror. ‘The Girls,’ by Emma Cline: Charles Manson, reimagined 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Still, with her wispy silver-blond hair, understated makeup and Prada dresses, Ms. Coles, 49, is neither the ink-stained wretch that she professes to be nor a showy beacon of the cutting edge. Joanna Coles, Editor of Marie Claire, Grabs Fashion?s Spotlight 2012-02-10T23:36:00Z A lone musketeer of disruption, he spouts mantras about the glory of “breaking stuff,” and cloaks his bottomless greed and shallow narcissism in showy messianic robes. ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Another Clue for You All 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z "Not participating in the Super Bowl fit the Newcastle brand. It's not a showy brand," said O'Keefe, the professor. The best Super Bowl ads weren't on during the game 2014-02-05T14:34:31Z Though Hamilton never set foot here, similarly showy displays would have ignited his teenage ambition. The West Indian Island That Shaped Alexander Hamilton 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Murphy’s showy touch, which tends to curdle when overdrawn, doesn’t entirely extend to the rest of the picture, which is zippy and soulful in equal measure. ‘The Boys in the Band’ Review: How Far Have We Come, Really? 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Instead, he here bravely dares to be as small as Erie fears he may be, and I hope his performance isn’t underappreciated because it lacks showy bravado. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Monarda is a lovely perennial — long flowering, showy without being glitzy, and another draw for hummingbirds. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z This is one of Ratmansky’s showiest pieces, with his young gods swaggering directly before the audience. Even Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ felt fresh: Washington Ballet season opener was that good 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The piano parts, though not showy, are detailed and difficult. Review: Philip Glass Comes, Finally, to the New York Philharmonic 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z By being both showier and more traditional than Stravinsky, the dance becomes more dated than the music. Gustavo Dudamel, L.A. Philharmonic focus on Apollo 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z "A clear majority of us thought the Flanagan book was superficial, showy and pretentious and we disdained it," he told the Sydney Morning Herald. Australian prime minister causes literary prize uproar 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It makes sense that older people can buy more expensive, showier bikes and take time off to trek to rallies. Perspective | There are certain realities in being an upright mammal over 50. Let me tell you a few. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Still to see: Oscar favorites Sean Penn and Bradley Cooper have supporting roles in “Licorice Pizza,” and Cooper’s may be the showiest, based on the trailer. The 2022 Oscar Race Has Begun. Here’s Who Is Already Ahead. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z It was business insistently as usual at the 95th annual Academy Awards, with the familiar dazzling smiles and designer threads, the showy glad-handing and flowing tears. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z You might assume that they’d be all impersonal grandeur and showy virtuosity, but no. How ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Tells Its Story Through Ballet 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z This is pretty much the archetypal Sorkin project – a slick firework display of showy dialogue and jostling ideas and a main character with a wit that Chastain wields like a flick knife. Toronto film festival 2017: a surge of woman power 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z She does, setting one up at a fancy hotel and trading her nice-girl blah for showier makeup, designer threads and deeper décolletage. Review: The Big and Minor Stakes of ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Hopkins has perhaps the least showy role, but he doesn't just walk through the picture. 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger': Woody Allen's new concoction of interesting characters 2010-10-07T19:33:00Z The format is large enough for showy photos, especially important for the flamboyant dahlias on these pages. Gardening books worth a look 2014-04-23T04:00:00Z All three nominations are classic cases of showy direction earning praise. 2019 Oscar Nominations and Predictions (And Who Should Have Made the List) 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Host to the showy tiled pizza oven, the ground floor is bright and bustling. Tonari delivers pasta and pizza as only the Japanese can 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z This was ballet solely as an art of showy surface, with none of the etiquette that underpinned Baroque ballet. Review: Three Ballets at City Center Honor Two Impresarios 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Though trashed by critics, the movie gave room for a showy performance from "Gossip Girl" co-star Meester as the wacko roommate. `Roommate' earns top box-office bunk with $15.6M 2011-02-06T20:31:04Z Reiner’s home is smart but in no way showy, the way some Beverly Hills homes are. 'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z All the shots were meant to serve the narrative of the film, not to be showy; there’s no one shot that doesn’t propel the purpose of the whole thing. Birdman Director Alejandro González Iñárritu: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope Is "A Terrible Film" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “Sure, there are those who come with a list,’’ said Angela Westwater, the seasoned gallery owner, referring to showy “wall power’’ works by the brand-name artists that are favored by hedge fund investors. The $120,000 Banana Wins Art Basel 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Joshua Henry , the actor portraying Haywood, is a new addition to the cast, joining after a showy turn as the military recruiter in “American Idiot.” Blackface and Bigotry, Finely Tuned 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z With its Mission-style facades and showy tropical foliage, Santa Barbara could be a commercial for the California good life. 36 Hours in Santa Barbara County 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Rob Lowe is showier, but less interesting, as Liberace’s plastic surgeon, buried under makeup that turns his face into a hideous simian mask. Television Review: ‘Behind the Candelabra,’ Starring Michael Douglas, on HBO 2013-05-24T21:15:57Z And unlike America’s great, showy stylists, she wears her wit like an expensive perfume — suggestive but never identifiable. Family tensions simmer in Tessa Hadley’s exquisite novel ‘The Past’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Nearly every syllable feels showy, pungent with urgency and overconfidence. No Grammys for old men! And don’t let these millennials win, either. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Edgerton has the less showy role as a corrupt FBI agent, but he’s arguably the lead of the thriller, and holds the entire enterprise together with deft assuredness. Academy awards 2016 race comes into focus at Telluride 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It's unclear just how the showy crimes against underlings are going to get Picasso closer to his goal, rather than simply alerting authorities to put extra security on Mercier. Review: Tyler Perry's 'Alex Cross' is a bust 2012-10-17T18:03:09Z It’s a treat to see a movie that’s more interested in a human story than a showy one. Stream These 5 Chilling New Horror Movies 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z In the lives of Sittenfeld’s characters, the lusts and disappointments of youth loom large well into middle age, as insistent as a gang of loud, showy teenagers taking up all the oxygen in the room. The Heroines in Curtis Sittenfeld’s First Story Collection Are All Grown Up 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “A little showy for my style,” he said. John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z And second, the showy, painterly mark of the artist’s vigorous brush identified Rousseau’s presence in the particular time and place recorded in the chosen landscape. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “For one thing, she was too neat to be showy. And, as everyone who knew her could tell you, she did everything she could to get out of marrying him.” Nicky Haslam’s House of Commons 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Fitness publications now routinely feature articles and advice on how women and men of all colors can achieve showy, protruding bubble butts. We cannot lie: The cultural significance of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z His style is open and warm, incorporating pop culture references of the alt scene into a showier act. A Bit Britney, a Bit Burlesque: John Early Takes Theater Into Stand-Up 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Death will pick them off one by one in a series of needlessly showy set-pieces. Final Destination 5: the horror franchise with no end in sight 2011-07-13T09:00:00Z And in "Persuasion," Anne Elliot is a consummate musician but does not envy the more showy accomplishments of the Musgrove sisters who play the harp, while she is still on the old-fashioned pianoforte. Dangerous attractions and revolutionary sympathies: 5 Jane Austen facts revealed by music 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Whether this dramatic richness is enough to overcome the showier, moneymaking charms of "An American in Paris" remains to be seen. Showy or rich? Energetic or tempered? What Tony Award voters must consider 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z In keeping with what precedes them, desserts are big and showy. Review | At the resurrected Addie’s, the seafood is towering — and the polish lacking 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Both roles offer Mr. Bale a coveted shot at a best actor Oscar nomination, with “American Hustle” the showier, and more lauded, film. The Carpetbagger: One Best Actor, So Many Possibilities 2013-12-11T23:53:23Z Concert pianists never need an excuse to program plenty of Liszt, that titan of the keyboard who composed some of the showiest — and most difficult — music ever written for the piano. Garrick Ohlsson performs a superb night of Liszt in Seattle 2012-03-08T17:57:04Z Daphne is pregnant, and a bump in a wedding gown is the very worst kind of showy. New Books From Maggie Shipstead, Harriet Lane, Mark Haddon 2012-06-27T19:55:30Z Other critics found Merrill’s poetry brittle, neurotic and showy, Mozartian if not outright Martian. Review: ‘James Merrill: Life and Art,’ a Literary Biography 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Less showy but equally delightful is the moussaka “cigar,” which slips warm-spiced ground lamb and smoked eggplant into a wand of flaky phyllo. Review | If you think fine dining is on pause, Imperfecto would beg to differ 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Hale’s writing is measured and expansive at the same time; he constructs beautiful but never showy sentences. Benjamin Hale treats troubled characters with care in 'The Fat Artist and Other Stories' 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The technique wasn’t about multiple pirouettes or showy circuits of jumps; it was about complex coordination and rhythm, and balance within off-balance situations. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. Review: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Unleashes J.K. Rowling’s Magic on Old New York 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z All the standard Inge motifs are on showy parade in this portrait of a lady in severe psychic distress. Review: ‘Off the Main Road’ Stars Kyra Sedgwick as a Wife in Distress 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The poster girl, he said, is Anne-Sophie Mutter, whose "bulldozer showy nonsense" is becoming endemic in music colleges around the UK. Mendelssohn on Mull ? review 2011-07-08T17:25:42Z It was selected for its relatively slow growth, showy lime-green cones and pendulous branch tips; it resembles a deodar cedar in that regard. New hemlock hybrid could return a beloved tree to the shade garden 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Frozen camera setups and blurry night-vision images raise goose bumps without the assistance of eerie music or showy effects, though the strain of stretching the gimmick to a second movie is palpable. | 'Paranormal Activity 2': Don?t Spirits Ever Knock Anymore? 2010-10-22T23:23:00Z The story revolves around a showy young illusionist who is forced to flee a traveling circus. Johnny Depp may replace Downey in "Oz" 2011-01-20T04:15:10Z Danton is the showier role and Toby Stephens invests it with his own charisma and brings out the character's central contradiction: he both seeks to defy death and surrender to it. Theatre review 2010-07-23T00:13:00Z Byron’s tragic narrative got buried long ago under multiple layers of showy accretions and trite, formulaic music. Critic’s Notebook: Ballet Clings to Racial, Ethnic and National Stereotypes 2012-09-05T15:11:19Z They also wanted the reality of Russia’s invasion shown onscreen — something with the potential to strike a downbeat tone for the traditionally campy, showy spectacle. How Liverpool Put on a Song Contest for Ukraine 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The book’s first, short chapter ends with a showy, atypical clause-clotted paragraph that I would quote here except that it would take forever. Books of The Times: ?We the Animals,? by Justin Torres - Review 2011-09-01T22:00:18Z These stars and their movies, however serious their artistic intentions, were just showy comeons, like the gorgeous dames on a street luring curious customers into a building that turns out to be a library. The Palme d’Amour: Director Michael Haneke, in Repeat Performance, Takes Cannes’ Top Prize 2012-05-27T23:06:36Z Their mother is still cooking for the neighborhood: The clientele is mostly Thai, the dishes comforting rather than showy. Plant Love House in Elmhurst, Queens 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The lack of showy artifice in “Spotlight” is exactly what makes it great: The film never loses sight of telling a complicated story as simply as possible. “The Revenant” takes the lead: Repeat Oscars for Iñárritu’s spectacular vision would make history — and shouldn’t let the academy off the hook 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z His screen persona, a well-meaning but clumsy vagrant with social aspirations – wasn't showy, or imitable in an obvious way. Clip joint: Charlie Chaplins 2011-07-13T15:34:00Z The process of cajoling and coercing members of Congress to vote for passage of the amendment provides several estimable character actors with wonderfully showy roles. Review: Day-Lewis is tremendous in safe `Lincoln' 2012-11-07T00:19:14Z I agreed at once, of course, as Electra is a showy and heavily tragic part with lots of lines and some dancing about in a white dress. Once upon a life: Margaret Drabble 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The special effects are like showy accessories, fun but not fundamental, though the witch's comings and goings are a smoky, spooky blast. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Predictably, the first wave of contemporary design collectors tended to be attracted to the showiest, though not necessarily the most thoughtful or demanding, works. Design: Commercial but Ambitious Designs 2011-05-29T16:30:06Z This would have been impressive — if only the dance consisted of much more than showy gimmickry. Review: Thomas Adès Calls for Complexity at City Center 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z His Sunday afternoon recital at Strathmore, presented by Washington Performing Arts, was no exception, revealing a more impulsive, showy and daring side to his artistry. Buttoned-down pianist Murray Perahia cuts loose in Strathmore concert 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s the strangely showy modesty of painting in oil on sheets of paper not much bigger than letter size, but then taping multiple sheets together to get a bigger picture. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I don't just mean the showy bits: a ¬12-page-long sentence that includes the observations of an escaped parrot, or the lovely, credible scene from Obama's point of view. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-09-07T16:41:32Z And when you only have one short speech, there is a strong temptation to fall into a wide-eyed, showy sensibility. A Victorian murderer, robots and a waiting room for heaven 2011-03-01T01:49:38Z There was not even a nod towards civility or a gesture towards respectful behavior; it was just a showy, over-the-top pageantry of argument. Hate-watching the GOP: The debates are officially trashy reality TV — and by those rules, Trump’s winning 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z It was fast, furious, and showy – but unexpectedly lifted beyond all that by some very catchy, Miles-like tunes, mellow ballads and world music, not to mention the thoroughly irresistable bonhomie of the boyish Stern himself. Cheltenham jazz festival – review 2013-05-06T16:12:14Z Here the wake robin trillium is of the white rather than the more common red form, and because of the cool spring it bloomed this year with its showy friend, the Virginia bluebell. What you can learn from a walk through the woods 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The clothes are grand but not showy - and Rucci received a standing ovation for his effort. Final night of NY Fashion Week features big names 2011-09-15T21:14:09Z “Show business has taken over the specificity of the opera. My approach is aiming for something more intimate and not as showy.” A Busy Baritone Gets Ready for a New ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The solo part of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto ripples with showy passagework that its composer made the most of when he was introducing himself to Viennese audiences. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z But I believe in a more naturalistic style of behavior, and it’s not that showy because I never wanted people to be pulled out of the show. Don Draper Wrote That Coke Ad, After All 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z It sparkled with showy erudition and the electricity of a true original. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z Some are better served than others, with Cook, Williams and Lewis getting the showiest and most satisfying workouts. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z Moderators can be criticized for not doing enough or doing too much by being forceful in interrupting candidates and showy in their questions, he said. Lehrer's philosophy on moderator's role tested 2012-10-04T21:34:08Z Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton play their love as neither showy nor remarkable, but with the quiet romance that accompanies everyday domestic life. Here Are TIME's Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2016 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Enter plant hybridizers, patient and ever ready to fix weaknesses and to appeal to the gardener’s lust for showier flowers in new colors. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Hazanavicius accomplishes this with not only showy ambition but also a winning modesty that grows out of an appreciation that popular art is, above all, about the efficient and inventive delivery of fun. | 'The Artist': ?The Artist,? by Michel Hazanavicius - Review 2011-11-24T13:00:00Z Instead, on this skillful record, he positions himself as a first-rate preservationist of classic country songwriting, someone who may be out of step with the times but isn’t showy about it. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z Still, Plato wasn’t impressed by his contemporary’s rather showy naturalness, once telling Diogenes, “How charming your unaffectedness would be if it weren’t affected.” Forget ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ A more creative book-gift for a new graduate. 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It’s less about showy trappings of romance and more about having someone who can pull you out of exit poll purgatory. They remember the heartbreak of 2016. And they don’t want to spend this election night alone. 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z More of a snack or breakfast than a showy dessert, a homey crumb cake doesn’t need the oohs-and-aahs of any guests. Five Adaptable Recipes, All From Your Pantry 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z On Friday, Mrs. Trump donned a plaid top and denim pants and planted baby kale with students in a showy embrace of the White House garden planted by her predecessor, Michelle Obama. Melania Trump begins to embrace the first lady’s platform — finally 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Cuba Center features one of the best trillium collections in the country: sweeps of Virginia bluebells, ground phlox, and showy celandine poppy. The South's Best Garden Tours 2012-03-01T19:20:03.413Z A lack of give-and-take chemistry between Travolta, in by far the showier role, and Meyers creates a further strain on the stop/start proceedings. 2010-01-29T07:12:00Z While the low-tax financial hub is often called a playground for the rich, Singapore’s wealthy tend to live a more conservative, low-key life than Hong Kong’s showy socialites or Macau’s high-rollers. Five 'Crazy Rich Asian' ways to splash your cash in Singapore 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The Shades scene is the choreographic heart of “Bayadère”; most of the rest of what we’re shown is, in dance terms, showy, meager Soviet cliché. Review: American Ballet Theater Revives ‘La Bayadère’ Using Familiar Choreography 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z By far the book’s most original thought is that Oprah Winfrey and Mr. Limbaugh are inverse versions of each other, from their showy affluence to their huge popularity to their polarizing effects on audiences. Books of The Times: Looking at Limbaugh in Zev Chafets?s ?Army of One? 2010-05-23T21:50:00Z Using taped music by Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart and Bach, it sets big, showy movements and emphatic dynamics where the music is subtle and often gentle. Review: Eccentricity and Offbeat Humor by BalletX 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z D’Aniello says he originally resisted because it all seemed too showy and public to him: “The suit didn’t fit yet. It just didn’t fit.” A Carlyle group co-founder steps out of the philanthropic shadows The midcentury architect Morris Lapidus famously said, “More is more,” regarding his showy style that included hotel staircases designed strictly for theatrical lobby entrances. Cruise and Resort News: Fashion Week at Sea, Hotel Revival in Miami Beach 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Before electric mixers, making meringue was an endurance test, a showy display of a pastry cook’s skill and upper-arm strength. The Magic of Meringues 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z In April, these areas will be green and lit up with showy yellow and green floral arrangements of arrowleaf balsamroot. Smell of sage lures hikers, bikers to E. Washington in March 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Divergent voices and memories can be meaningfully deployed; they can also just be fun or showy or banal. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Flowers are small and creamy white but showy in massed plantings. Heuchera is a popular perennial for shade, but which variety is best? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z They are sterile and don’t produce decorative berries, but are particularly showy in bloom. The dogwood tree — the living symbol of the American spring — makes a comeback 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s a showy performance, and those voting really seem to like that. Who will win Emmys on Sunday? Our critics discuss – part two 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z As in New York, the pianist is James Baillieu, who is often more deferential and measured than showy, even in the galloping “Die Post.” 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z There is nothing showy or histrionic in Mr. Margulies’s fluid, often funny writing or in the work of the director, Daniel Sullivan. | 'Time Stands Still': Wounds of War Run Deeper Than Ever 2010-10-08T02:01:00Z It’s not as slick as Star Trek, nor as showy as Battlestar Galactica, and yet it’s a touch smarter than both. Doctor Who: A Longtime Fan Looks Back at a Show That Became an Obsession 2013-11-22T21:04:46Z But it's jarring to see women walking around in chains in this kind of showy environment. Drury Lane gets stuck following 'Aida' into slick, shirtless temptation 2011-03-25T20:19:30Z Often made visible through a cutout on the dial of a modern watch, the showy device was designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches, which tend to be carried upright. Special Report: Watches: Tourbillon Returns, Defying Economic Gravity 2011-01-16T22:30:18Z This is stylish playing but rarely showy, firm but never heavy in dance movements, imbued with a natural wit in the character pieces. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Though in public Mr. Hill and Mr. Gibbons were often mistaken as twins, their musical styles differed — Mr. Gibbons a showy virtuoso, Mr. Hill a grinding, precise musical mechanic. Dusty Hill, Long-Bearded Bassist for ZZ Top, Dies at 72 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Bailey, exuberantly virtuosic in his showier solo lines, also proved himself a subtle team player, allowing the cello’s phrases to emerge organically from the ensemble fabric. Superb program shows off virtuosic technique 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z York had a showy part, with a mad scene that was nearly over the top, and lost the Oscar to Goldie Hawn's performance in Cactus Flower at the moment when the world adored Hawn. How Susannah York fell to Earth after the wars of the English roses 2011-01-18T10:52:13Z That agonizingly long buildup and ramp-down surrounding the "Box Cutter" killing seemed perfect to me -- showy in a good, Hitchcock-y way. "Breaking Bad" 4x5, "Shotgun" 2011-08-15T06:01:00Z “I think she sometimes gets a bit bypassed because she rarely goes showy in her roles,” Blakeson said. Rosamund Pike Is Delighted to Appall You 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z To an extent, Dolmedes registers as a trickster, a wily figure who always shows up at the right time to deliver exposition with a wink and some showy wordsmithing. Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed Takedown of Gang Wars, With Sex as the Weapon 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But he also offers a patient, less showy sensibility during the ruminative airs of the final minutes. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Just when the crowd seems to be settling on its identity, slick men in “Saturday Night Fever” gear accompanied by glitzy girlfriends appear, taking over the floor with showy footwork. Swing Dance Clubs Go Retro in New York City 2011-12-22T23:00:17Z There is a genuine humanism at the core of his work that helps protect him from charges that he is merely chasing showy projects from one continent to the next. Comprehensive 'Gehry' retrospective in Paris draws sociological blank 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z But this is a more consciously showy routine than some of his intense, near shamanistic performances. Savion Glover takes on Fred Astaire 2012-06-27T16:02:05Z His sentences are the strong, silent type: generous without being showy. Newly Released Books 2011-06-15T22:35:38Z Responding to an instantaneous standing ovation from a largely Korean-American throng, the orchestra presented showy arrangements of two traditional Korean songs for its encores: “Chunan Street,” a buoyant romp, and “Hometown Spring,” a sentimental ballad. Music Review: Korean Symphony at Carnegie, Brahms via Seoul 2010-06-02T21:50:00Z Ms. LuPone has a part that comes with full license for going over the top and staying there: Irene, a coercive community-theater diva and a showy specialist in blackmail, emotional and otherwise. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z I don’t just mean the showy bits: a 12-page-long sentence that includes the observations of an escaped parrot, or the lovely, credible scene from Obama’s point of view. ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ by Michael Chabon 2012-09-08T00:17:29Z Her virtuoso dancing has extraordinary liquidity; the tricky steps don’t look showy, they look like spontaneous outpourings. Reassembling the ‘Little Dancer’ by Degas as a Musical 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Despite Mr. Bridges’s showy turn, the movie opens and closes with Mattie’s voice-over, which shifts the story away from Rooster and back to her. | 'True Grit': Wearing Braids, Seeking Revenge 2010-12-21T23:00:16Z Becket was not an obvious candidate for sanctity: even his supporters knew him to be proud, fond of hunting, extravagant and showy. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z The films are worldly and often formally sophisticated but also modest and matter-of-fact, made of materials close to hand with methods more likely to be efficient than showy. Critic?s Notebook: Ushering In Golden Age for Fans of Film 2011-06-14T23:58:21Z It’s always fun to see one Holmes brother or the other dazzle with a showy deduction and “Mycroft and Sherlock” offers plenty of these. Review | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z For dessert, showy layer cakes beckon from the pastry case. Via Vita: A Euro cafe right at home in Bellevue 2012-05-17T19:50:08Z Presumably to compensate for the lack of showier incident, Henrich’s production abounds in conspicuous stage business: A character’s coughing fit takes a near-acrobatic turn, for instance. ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ and ‘Witch’: Ambitious shows that miss the mark 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Rock roses are showy flowers, with five petals crumpled in the bud. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Joel Edgerton has the less showy role as a corrupt FBI agent, but he’s arguably the lead of the thriller, and holds the entire enterprise together with his deft work. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The showy second movement is like a Hungarian folk dance, with leaping chords in the piano and the two instruments trading fancy runs and passagework. Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov Team Up at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z In the years to come, Emhoff straddled a line — rising star, but never too showy. Doug Emhoff paused his career for his wife Kamala Harris’s aspirations — and became the campaign’s ‘secret weapon’ 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The line separating persuasive domestic drama and showy histrionics is never breached. | 'Harvest': The Family That Stays Together Frays Together 2011-05-06T05:30:05Z Without being showy, the transition packs a punch. ‘Seven Guitars’ by the No Rules Theatre Co. hits all the right notes Though it was virtuoso, it also avoided any big bravura effects — no showy foot-trills, no sustained accelerations or decelerations while maintaining a single figure. Review: Gypsy Flamenco With Play and Passion, Not Flash 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Life is cheap on TV, or rather death is–it’s plentiful, showy, devoid of realism or consequence. Dead Tree Alert: How TV Does, and Doesn’t, Deal With Death 2013-10-24T14:59:19Z If he’d been a less idiosyncratic or elegant singer, his voice might have made his work feel maudlin or showy. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Some find his expressive gestures showy or mannered. Why Lang Lang’s Return Is a Big Deal for Classical Music 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z At 73, he is still a great virtuoso, and the opposite of showy. Review: Paco Peña‘s Troupe Flaunts Its Inventive Flamenco Style at Town Hall 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The roomier scenario of this remake has the potential to yield a decent thriller, but “Superfly” too often prioritizes showy sequences for dubious reasons. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “Hsu is a subtle writer, not a showy one; the joy of ‘Stay True’ sneaks up on you, and the wry jokes are threaded seamlessly throughout,” Jennifer Szalai wrote in a New York Times review. Ukrainian Author Andrey Kurkov Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Complexions style, exemplified by Mr. Rhoden’s hyperactive choreography, is aggressively showy, designed to flaunt the svelte musculature, extreme flexibility and athletic prowess of its ultrafit dancers. Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Los Angeles, despite its showy veneer, demands that kind of hyper focus. 'Inherent Vice' goes for Los Angeles as state of mind rather than destination 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z She is a top-shelf dancer, sensitively musical, intricate but never showy, cool in her casualness but generously warm. Review: The Tapper Ayodele Casel, Honoring Ancestors, Radiating Joy 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Her voice favors a deep, pliant, conversational tone rather than showy diva gestures, though on “Bravado” she floated effortlessly into a higher register. Lorde reigns at Aragon 2014-03-19T05:37:00Z Jenny-Ani likes to keep it all American - nothing too showy, nothing too ruffled. Oscar red carpet fashion - live! 2013-02-25T00:39:26Z Her vocal has her characteristic focused intensity, but as the strings swell toward the climactic ending, Eilish rises to belt a note that is showier than anything on her debut album. A Bond Theme Suits Billie Eilish Quite Well 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In keeping with the sensibilities of Mr. Tudor, a choreographer of supreme restraint, it’s subtle, not showy. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Closer, the exterior reveals fancy adornment, carved stone, colourful glazed ceramics, Dutch gables – showy work done when the Golden Lion was pulled down and rebuilt at the end of the 19th century. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z In a brilliant, shamelessly showy performance, these two exceptional tenors tossed off runs, roulades and fearless high Cs and Ds, all to the delight of the cheering audience. Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and Arias 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The showiest and most tender of the crepe myrtles, displaying huge clusters of white, pink, lavender, or purple flowers in June and July. Crepe MyrtleEssential Southern Plant 2010-03-31T16:28:00Z The festival, Mr. Redford fretted, had also grown too cozy with the specialty film divisions of more mainstream studios under Geoffrey Gilmore, Mr. Cooper’s showier predecessor. John Cooper’s Stealth Direction of Sundance Film Festival 2014-01-14T23:12:16Z The path leads past Swiss-cheese plants, so called for the distinctive holes in the lobes of their enormous leaves; showy bougainvillea; calla lilies; and the bright yellow flowers of the Jerusalem thorn tree. In ‘Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life,’ Nature Melds With the Artist Herself 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Persuasion” is the least showy of Austen’s six major novels. Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Austen? (The Fans Might Play a Part.) 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It surrounds Alice and her family with the signifiers of a perfect, privileged life: impressive jobs, well-raised children, a Manhattan brownstone and a lovely beach house, neither one too showy. In ‘Still Alice,’ a Professor Slides Into Alzheimer’s 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Although both works, especially “Rain,” have a few gratuitously showy strokes, and neither amounts to much in terms of expression, they are extraordinarily effective. Dance Review: Nature Paints Backdrop for City Ballet?s Stars 2011-08-03T22:21:36Z He's not a showy director but digs deeper than many of the flashier filmmakers. Spanish film "Biutiful" stands out in Cannes crowd 2010-05-18T00:23:00Z Coming near the end of the self-guided tour of the royal apartments, it tends to be overlooked because it is small and not overly showy. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z A showy special-effects segment honored Lucas, the man behind the blockbuster franchise and pop culture phenomenon that is "Star Wars." Kennedy Center Honors Gala salutes five legends of film, music and stage 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Like the other large-scale, stunt-driven sequences, this showy leap at once underscores Cruise’s skills and reminds you that a real person in a real location on a real motorbike did this lunatic stunt. ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Still Running 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Yet this is achieved without the showy intensity that usually emanates like waves of radiation from actors who portray the Thane of Cawdor. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Perhaps Ms. Dvorovenko embodies the production’s goals — the groupies were doggedly chanting, “Brava-bravissima-brava-bravissima” after all her showiest numbers — but she certainly illustrates its expressive limitations. Dance Review: The Enduring Mysteries of a Swan Queen and the Maidens Who Share Her Fate 2011-06-28T21:55:07Z Another hybrid between the Japanese and Chinese witch hazels, Harry is known for its prolific and showy blossoms. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Yet each showy variation became not only a great show of technical prowess but of keyboard character. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov creates a sensation in his L.A. recital debut at Disney Hall 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Petzold is not the kind of director to indulge in showy homages, but his films are nonetheless steeped in the cinematic styles and genres of the past. Review: ‘Phoenix’ Shows Rebirth and a Ruse in Postwar Germany 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z It's the type of casting that is meant to put the actor front and center, as Cobb is far from showy and this is likely his only appearance on the show. Why has Timothy Olyphant become TV's go-to lawman? 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The viol is far from showy by nature, yet in the right hands it speaks with rare eloquence. Jordi Savall Evokes the Past by Hearing Its Music 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z Lewis’s Louisiana roots are unmistakable in this swaggering bit of New Orleans-style R&B, complete with horn section and showy right-hand filigree. Jerry Lee Lewis: Listen to 10 Songs From a Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z All three surgeons decline to operate in a showy display of professional ethics that is commendable and not the least bit persuasive. | 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?': Picture This: Joan Rivers, Retiring Type? 2011-01-24T23:19:26Z But I'd like to take issue with my colleagues and stand up for the less showy, more versatile directors who have sometimes been underrated in the rush to anoint auteurs. Cooperation and creative versatility distinguish winning directors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The danger of such gala-type events is that they become collections of showy party pieces. Dance Review: International Stars at Damian Woetzel?s Festival in Vail 2010-08-08T23:47:00Z I learn a great deal from watching them both, but there are steely, showy, nontechnical aspects I don’t enjoy learning. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z Many readers stereotype African authors, expecting them to be showy in their writing, Pringle added. Abdulrazak Gurnah Refuses to Be Boxed In: ‘I Represent Me’ 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The flashiest of the bunch were the sneaker styles, both low and high top, in a multitude of bright colors and showy prints. | Jimmy Choo for Men 2011-01-18T19:45:16Z And onstage there are passages in which Justin Peck’s display of choreographic versatility feels too showy. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z But Rome is sporting some contemporary threads, chic without being showy, that blend well with the familiar ones. Revelations in High-End Rome 2012-09-28T18:24:21Z The tape itself is usually hidden, with only its even, warm glow visible, but some showy shop windows will use it in its stark glory, Mirza says. Haroon Mirza: Adventures in sound and light 2013-05-29T07:33:23Z So it stands to reason that Mr. Flynt would pick one of the showiest restaurants in Los Angeles, Culina at the Four Seasons, as his signature spot. Scene Stealers: Larry Flynt, Pornography and Politics 2012-10-19T23:14:39Z In design, a mix of old and new often feels like a showy accumulation of treasures, ignoring what each piece once meant. Art We Saw This Winter 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In a month or less, the star magnolia will burst open as one of the first showy woody plants of the year, but its buds now are superb. If you’re a restless gardener, there is plenty to do in February 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It's not a showy play, but it is one that shows us how to live. Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z But aside from the showy intro, the spearmanship is pretty good. “Game of Thrones” in combat: How realistic are the show’s epic fight scenes? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Generations of dancers, notably Russians, have slowed the ballet down and changed its steps to make them simpler but showier. Dance Review: At 170, a Venerable Ballet Returns to Its (Quicker) Roots 2011-06-06T23:09:32Z The tradition of the showy dessert and the practice of appointment dining may continue elsewhere, but a tide of new cruise-line launches promises more modern menus, contemporary design and flexible schedules aboard their vessels. Coming soon: Not your typical cruise ships 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “They remain close, and they remain totally committed to Apple and Moses – as they find their way forward as individuals, they will naturally be more public about seeing other people, if not showy about it.” Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Finalize Divorce 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z “I imagined a dancing chorus of vacuum cleaners and other big Broadway showy stuff,” he said. Arts & Leisure: The Film ?Once? Becomes a New York Musical 2011-12-04T03:13:02Z While this isn’t Melissa McCarthy’s showiest performance, it represents real evolution. This Is Why Spy Is Such a Triumph for Melissa McCarthy 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He was an artist of such ability, and an author of such talent and vision – his writing wasn’t showy, it never drew attention to itself, he was just a sublime storyteller. The Crown writer Peter Morgan on William Goldman: 'He was just a sublime storyteller' 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The details in these stories are consistently fresh and offbeat without being showy. Books of The Times: Molly Antopol Looks to Old World in ‘UnAmericans’ 2014-03-18T19:56:45Z In this version the Nutcracker also grows up to partner her: in this climactic pas de deux four other men assist him in a vast and tiresome array of showy lifts, throws and catches. Critic’s Notebook: Three ‘Nutcrackers’ on one Sunday 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z The filmmaking favors the kinds of showy stylistic flourishes — slow motion dollies, split diopter shots — that, when used tastefully, can make action dazzle, as in the films of Brian De Palma. ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Review: The Ladies Who Punch 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z During peak season, vibrant yellow explosions of coreopsis line the skinny trail and hang over the sides of the cliffs in a showy display of floral fortitude. Eight colorful hikes to celebrate National Wildflower Week 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Surprisingly for a TV vehicle for an Oscar winner, the pilot doesn’t give Berry a string of showy, actorly moments. REVIEW: Halle Berry Stars in CBS's Extant 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z “Exceptions include cast-iron plants, which are tougher than nails, and showy foliage plants, like cannas and coleus, displayed in tall containers out of the pets’ reach,” says Jason. Doghouse Designs 2010-07-28T18:10:00Z It's most prevalent in The Town, where he imbued a potentially two-dimensional supporting role of showy brutality with a meditation on the nature of loyalty. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z Countless bands and producers would learn from Pink Floyd how to fuse grandeur and malaise, how a few well-placed sounds can say far more than a showy display of virtuosity. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The inhabitants of the twilight zone are eaten by showier creatures, like tuna and swordfish. Dancers From the Deep Sea Shine on the U.N. for Climate Week 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z She dispatched the coloratura runs and roulades in Zerbinetta’s extravagantly showy aria with ease. 2010-02-06T05:43:00Z There were moments in the 33-year-old Mr. Lang’s showy, rapturously received recital on Friday evening when you sensed a searching mind at work, too. Review: Maurizio Pollini and Lang Lang: A Study in Contrasts at Carnegie Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But as Crawford sees Davis stealing the picture in the showy role of a deranged ex-child-star, the stakes become just as high. Review: ‘Feud: Bette and Joan,’ a Clash of the Gossip Girls 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z His sound can be seductive and showy, in the off-putting way of an expensive magic trick. New Albums From Sirens, Zaleski and Miller 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z That complex was first exacerbated by talking pictures, and it shows up in contemporary times in the kind of acting that gains critical acclaim and wins Oscars—showy, theatrical, imitative acting. Free Yourself from the Cult of Marlon Brando 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Given his roots it's no surprise that Giornetti praises the slower and less showy side to fashion. Fashion spotlight shines on Ferragamo's Giornetti 2012-06-15T11:22:09Z I think we rather fetishize a kind of showy intensity in our actors, which I’m not interested in.” Brie Larson Finds a Hectic Life After ‘Room’ 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z And like before, her voice is the star; husky and decidedly not showy, it lends heft and resonance to her lived-in songwriting. Your week in Seattle music: Lucinda Williams, Dr. Dog and more 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z But if he got any bigger or showier, he'd be holding back the tides of Lake Michigan. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z There was nothing new to be said about crass New Yorkers, Texans, Hollywood types or even tech billionaires, whose excesses weren’t usually that showy. Review: Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The pictures employ clean, bright colors and generally avoid showy techniques. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Nora's brilliance, properly set in its context, is illuminating rather than showy. A Doll's House – review 2013-05-11T23:04:06Z Most of the showier gold — 21 finely crafted earrings, bracelets, pectorals and other jewelry found wrapped inside the mummy’s bandages — turns up in the final chamber. How good is the King Tut exhibition? An art critic weighs in 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z There was no more embarrassing example than the president’s showy bombing of Syria in April, when the cable news pundits fell all over themselves to praise Trump’s gravitas. Perspective | Trump’s message of mistrust is sinking in, even in journalism’s new ‘golden age’ 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Jaoui’s films may lack Mr. Allen’s comic shtick, quotable one-liners and showy metaphysical angst, but they are precisely calibrated dissections of the pretensions and insecurities of the French chattering class. | 'Let It Rain': Agn?s Jaoui?s Comedy of Manners 2010-06-17T23:28:00Z But beneath it was more than a tinge of vulgarity, as in her love of showy jewelry. Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011: A Lustrous Pinnacle of Hollywood Glamour 2011-03-26T17:35:55Z Written predominately in the register of whispering, high harmonics it was exceptionally demanding but never showy – an approach that Pintscher refers to as "concentric virtuosity". Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z That showy technique was faux-conservative camouflage, I think, for the defiant message hidden beneath. J.C. Leyendecker: The ‘Arrow Collar Man’ Who Hid a Radical Idea 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Nighy, who is 73 and who has appeared in more than 70 movies, is a kind of stealth weapon as an actor, in that his performances are exquisitely calibrated and always memorable, though rarely showy. Bill Nighy, Master of Misdirection 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z It's confusing — the line of exploitive or showy and excessive versus the story. "You Mean Everything to Me" star Morgan Saylor on this seductive cautionary tale: "I love bleakness" 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z I also thought it was all rather showy, compared with other writers’ reticence in the face of evil. Nazi Comb-Overs 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Pound cake isn’t the showiest of desserts, often arriving at the table in an unassuming brick. National Pound Cake Day: 5 recipes that celebrate an underappreciated dessert 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It may be of a less showy variety than the attention lavished on other, potentially more glamorous female members of the royal family, such as Princess Diana or the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex. In 1953, "Queen-crazy" American women looked to Elizabeth II as a source of inspiration 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But their showy style too often looks contrived for YouTube hits. Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla takes the lead in an inspired women's night with the L.A. Phil 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z "However, it's always easier to acknowledge the dramatic roles and the big showy parts," he says. Best picture Oscar contenders often break the genre film barrier 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z This variety of impatiens, with its showy flowers, is uniquely versatile. 10 Outdoor Plants That Won't Wilt 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The neighborhood isn’t showy, but it’s a pleasant, relatively tree-lined environment, and its older residents get together in informal groups to listen to and discuss Beethoven. Review: Intimate Struggles Come to Life in ‘After the Storm’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The undisputed champs of the showy entrance fell between the Renaissance and modern times, in the form of 19th-century design geniuses. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Making An Entrance 2012-07-05T16:52:58Z Ms. Gray’s performance, by far the least showy, does not exactly ground the film but at least introduces a hint of emotional gravity. Movie Review: ‘The Paperboy,’ by Lee Daniels, Stars Nicole Kidman 2012-10-04T12:00:00Z That’s why Ms. Cheek’s showy performance, marked by a spontaneous, giddy sense of play, complements this script perfectly. Theater Review: ‘Sovereign,’ at Secret Theater, Completes a Sci-Fi Trilogy 2012-06-19T20:51:01Z But those shows, being exceptionally showy, stood alone, aloof to the internal discussion among Stratford’s nine other productions. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But the book really reads like someone who’s done a lot of reading and has a real facility with writing, though it’s not showy the way some musician’s memoirs are. Johnny Marr returns: “I was an 18-year-old guitar player … I wanted to be modern” 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s certainly the showiest, chattiest performance on this list, though voters may sympathize more with Zendaya as she weathers his harangues. Can Anyone Beat Chadwick Boseman for the Best-Actor Oscar? 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Where another singer might head for a showy, dramatic peak, O’Donovan often eases back, letting her phrases evaporate like mist. Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z In 1875, when Bournonville visited Russia, Petipa admitted to him that the showy irrelevances that cluttered his ballets were to satisfy the public and those in power, but against his own artistic instincts. The Ambiguous Sexism of Marius Petipa, Ballet’s Towering Master 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z “The attraction was that it was beautiful to look at; and on the other side, it’s showy.” Special Report: Watches: Complications Turn Perpetual 2010-03-17T20:20:00Z And I just hope that people will realize that they don't have to rack up all of these showy, conventional achievements to feel like a worthwhile person or to feel like a creative person. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The desert hyssops, by contrast, are daintier, with silver gray and finely textured foliage along with showy tubular flowers displayed from the ground up. An elusive summer perennial named hyssop Baked Alaska, set ablaze at the table, provides a showy finish, but my preference is for the demure desserts. Restaurant review: Daniel Boulud’s DBGB in CityCenterDC 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Perennials that like swampy conditions tend not to be demure; they are tall, lanky and often showy in flower. Turn your yard from swampy to swanky with these moisture-loving plants 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z They don’t look only showy, they occasionally have moments of softness and lyricism. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z Even at the Kennedy Center, you don’t often see showy jumps and turns performed with this much joy and bravado, yet still technically pristine. Dancers take school fundraiser to amazing heights 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z He wrote, “The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic,” adding: “Of course the opinion’s showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent.” Civilities: Roberts and Scalia are sore losers. Just ask Nixon, Trump or Gen. Robert E. Lee. 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Here at the Ellerman House, I am surrounded by art, really immersed in it, not only from Mother Nature’s showy palette, but also galleries of paintings and sculptures of South Africa’s most impressive collections. Cape Town inspires art in all forms 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “I think men are often very showy about the incredible lengths they go to, ‘Oh my gosh, the demons they must take on!’” The Amy Adams Method 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z While not overly showy technically, Grieg's concerto does make demands on a pianist. Jean-Yves Thibaudet's lyrical piano brightens L.A. Phil concert 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z As is typical for his films it has no spectacular sequences, showy performances or impressively composed shots but proceeds through understatement and subtly drawn parallels. Video: Classic Cowboys, Back on the Range 2011-03-26T00:16:44Z On a recent night, I was driving down Broadway when, a few blocks below Fourteenth Street, I spotted a large, showy sign above one of the storefronts. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In Paris in the early 1780s, Franz Anton Mesmer was attracting attention for his showy demonstrations of “mesmerism,” or what would later be called hypnotism. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Tyler’s devotion to its showy, perfumed export, and the iconography that’s grown out of it, is a quirk in a state largely built on oil and cattle fortunes. The Rose Queen of Texas 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “I think as I get older, I’m less showy in my work,” he said. Rupert Goold Takes ‘American Psycho’ to New York 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z In an endnote, Minford aptly characterizes these stories as “subtle, contained, cultivated, not showy; poised, poignant, leaving much unsaid for the reader to think about.” Review | The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The Help was both her “showiest” and her “easiest”. Jessica Chastain: ‘I’d love to do a superhero movie’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s an experience that leaves him looking increasingly beaten up as Manhattan’s showy autumn colours damp down and winter creeps in. My streaming gem: why you should watch Nobody's Watching 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In particular, Ronson compared the High Sparrow to Ted Poe, a congressman and former Texan judge whose trademark was “to punish defendants in the showiest ways he could dream up. “ Jon Ronson says Cersei’s shaming is just like Twitter: “On social media we are like a horrific mob from ‘Game of Thrones’” 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Here’s another of those effectively showy Wheeldon duets in which the man loyally but anonymously squires the woman as she makes endless demands of his strength and patience. At New York City Ballet, Works That Tell Stories and Don’t 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Taking the transitions in too showy a manner might prove deadly to its overall designs; wisely, Mr. Dudamel built to the passages of pandemonium with a gratifying steeliness of purpose. Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z It was only the showiest item of the winter collection presented Thursday evening, based on yesteryear luxury, from the opulent coats to the gilded gowns to the mink wraps. Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan 2013-02-21T22:50:18Z Now in its 10th year, this fair may not be the showiest mounted by Salon Art + Design and its producer, Sanford L. Smith + Associates, but it is solid and, more important, open. Salon Fair, Still Focused on Decor, Now Back at the Armory 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The sterling tree of the moment is the yellowwood, a medium-size shade tree with beechlike gray bark, a pleasing symmetric outline and panicles of delicate but showy white flowers that announce its leguminous clan. Perspective | For the gardener, May is a circus. I’m learning to slow down and enjoy the show. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Though “Pétillante” was simply showy, almost everything else was chosen to demonstrate Ballet Theater’s performers as artists rather than mere acrobats. American Ballet Theater Holds Its Spring Gala 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The monk is perhaps the least showy of the subjects of Schroeder’s trilogy. ‘The Venerable W.’ Review: A Buddhist Monk Preaches Hate 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Still, it boasts a showy performance from Blanchett that is sure to resonate with voters, more so than her more subdued work in Todd Hayne’s Carol. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z But however sincerely Mr. Zhang may be about his Buddhist path, it hasn’t seemed to reduce the showy grandiosity of his art. Zhang Huan and Virginia Overton Contrast at Storm King 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The role of James is less showy than that of the charismatic Tristan or the eccentric Siegfried, a part that West said he embraced with alacrity, “because I don’t get to be funny very often.” ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Heals Cows and Soothes Souls 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z In dialogue taken straight from transcripts, Cohn proves to be a showy, dangerous prosecutor. Review | Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in ‘Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Gaffigan, perhaps the least known of this star-studded bunch, is compelling in a showy role as the buffoonish but angry and bigoted mayor. Starry cast is smooth in 'Championship Season' 2011-03-07T03:11:09Z ‘Spider-Man’ sacrifices all of these for showy effects and a hollow center. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down Heads Up: Advice for Broadway Producers and Casting Directors 2011-06-20T15:45:20Z Even their name came with a showy burst of punctuation. Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z This Mozart-Bruckner pairing signals a return to the classics after the showy progressivism of the opening month’s programming. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z No, 'Potiche' actually translates more like a 'useless decorative object,' while a trophy wife is more like this very young woman, with a much older man, who's very showy. Catherine Deneuve; timid wife to tigress in "Potiche" 2011-03-24T21:21:26Z But he cheapened them by bringing exactly the same showy intensity to what he calls the “Arc of Life” Suite, a tiresome collection of crowd-pleasing bonbons and to more encore bonbons. At USC and Disney Hall, finding the body and soul of the cello 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “Every sentence has a graceful weight and meter and is illumined by a subtle intelligence that makes his descriptions arresting but never showy.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z But in general, these brief fantasias meander into blandly showy runs. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Inspired by British design reform movements, she emphasized quality of materials and craftsmanship over showy display. Hitler at home: How the Nazi PR machine remade the Führer’s domestic image and duped the world 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The band’s songs are bright and hooky with a retro sensibility that’s hard to place; the songwriting is savvy, and the musicianship is strong but never showy. Goodbye for now: Seattle band Tangerine is moving to Los Angeles 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Wang has Liszt’s storied star power as a performer: easily able to command a stage and entertainingly showy, yet sensitive and never excessively emotive. Review: An Audition Season Begins at the Philharmonic 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Kingship is at its heart, and it is appropriately showy. SAM’s ‘Peacock in the Desert’ opens the doors of our perception to the marvelous 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The showiest destination of all is table 56, a dome-shaped tapestried booth. Review | Brasserie Liberté adds some French twists to Georgetown 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Sure, a showy fugue is impressive at the end, but why and wherefore? Generous renditions of Mendelssohn and Bach balance youth and experience 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Something similar, if less showy, is conveyed in “Lady in Green,” its bold lines and subtle elongations hinting at someone shrewd, wary and utterly composed. Peggy Strong retrospective raises more questions than it answers about her career 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z His sister largely keeps to herself in a town where glad-handing, fancy parties and showy appearances is currency. Oracle CEO Ellison's daughter pans for Oscar gold 2013-02-23T11:09:09Z As the steps grow showier, the executants change from children to adults and so to stars. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z “It was like the lair of a Bollywood villain. It was very showy and elaborate, not quite what I was expecting from a yoga guru.” 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z And there are juicy scenes for each performer, brimming with showy but spontaneous reversals of feeling along with dialogue that dances off the tongue. Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z In Arena’s big fall production, a revival of the team’s 1945 “Carousel” directed by Arena artistic director Molly Smith, Rodriguez has the showiest and thorniest role. Can a good guy playing a bad boy finish first? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z With its high ceilings and exterior dripping with filigree, it is as much the product of eclectic architectural influence — and showy new money —- as even the flashiest Arcadia houses by Tong and Chan. How Arcadia is remaking itself as a magnet for Chinese money 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z His, he explained, is “more pensive and lyrical — very introspective. It’s not in any way showy, but it’s expressive and definitely has something deeper and important to say.” Alexei Ratmansky Has Russian Poetry and an American Pulse 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Parker’s regular readers became familiar with the things that provoke Spenser’s suspicion: showy glamour, ostentatious wealth, self-aggrandizement, fern bars, fancy sports clubs and any kind of haughtiness or presumption. 2010-01-20T07:23:00Z It's hard to get lost in a showy movie musical when real life keeps intruding. Sadly, the ghost of Whitney Houston haunts new film 'Sparkle' 2012-08-16T18:44:04Z The daylily in all its rich variety was once the perennial to plant for its seemingly endless supply of showy blooms in the gathering heat of early summer. The hellebore: Popular, early and now in a dazzling variety 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z At many crucial points, they’re given showy, superficial Soviet revisions of the original choreography, depriving the opposite heroines of ambiguity and depth. Opposites Who Reveal Ballet’s Expressive Range 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z But HBO’s commitment to smaller films about far less tidy or showy subjects can often lead to more memorable work. HBO’s ‘Thought Crimes’: What a cop’s cannibal fetish taught us about privacy 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Five years later, BBC News replaced the showy bombast with a warmer palette and desks that actually existed. The weird new world of computer-animated news 2011-01-31T08:00:00Z “It was a time when the railroads were being built and everyone was prospering,” she said, explaining why the enormous, showy knobs emerged as status symbols just before the turn of the century. 'Found it!' New York button shop saves the day 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z That’s one way of linking Mark Strong’s career-defining role in the acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller’s play with his less showy but scarcely less compelling work in the new David Hare play “The Red Barn.” Review: ‘The Red Barn’ and ‘Blue Heart’ 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Thomas, a dancer of enormous talent and undeniable charisma, expends it all on showy jumps and dramatic posturing. Dance Review: Will Scaramouche Fandango? (And Other Mysteries) 2009-12-17T06:05:00Z Renowned for their otherworldly vocal harmonies and an instrumental style that was more soulful than showy, the Stanleys were the most traditional-sounding of the three. Ralph Stanley, Whose Mountain Music Gave Rise to Bluegrass, Dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The Amish element immediately registered — all those plain-looking jackets and coats closed with hook and eyes rather than showy buttons. On the Runway: Paris Men's: Fashion Hams and the Home Front 2011-01-20T20:54:21Z One of Tiger Fork’s showier displays, dorade is dredged in cornstarch and potato starch, fried in rice oil, removed from the wok and filleted so that the facade of the succulent fish stays intact. Review | Tiger Fork: Down an alley, find a playful take on Hong Kong-style cooking in Shaw 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The deep-rose-hued Ava is an older cultivar but showy and, at four to five feet, markedly taller than most, which rise to three feet typically. An elusive summer perennial named hyssop Navajo are not chest-thumpers; showy self-pride is not rewarded in their culture. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The shock and delight of the showy storytelling — a carry-over from the British original — has faded a bit, but text messages still dribble down the screen for us to read. ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z I was intrigued by the plastic model that allowed you to frame your child’s artwork on the outside — but then deemed it too showy. Motherlode Blog: Off to Preschool, With Backpack 2011-08-24T16:22:46Z But he’s also a great character, a sizzle reel of big, boisterous speeches, roaring dressing-downs and showy theatricality. Hoffa vs. Hoffa: How Two Actors Found Their Character 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The men are strong too, but commute between showy, self-sufficient solo athleticism and casual manipulation of any passing flesh that happens to be female. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z Singapore offers smaller portions, he says, while Las Vegas leans showier and Miami features stone crab. Review | Count on crisp and juicy fried chicken at the bustling new Yardbird in D.C. 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z This extends to the broadleaf evergreens, plump and showy, and the naked twigs of the deciduous shrubs, either glowing in the soft sun or fully budded. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z In this sense, Youngelson’s film is not formally spectacular and doesn’t necessarily pack the showiest emotional wallop. ‘Here. Is. Better.’ Review: A Glimmer of Hope 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Never showy or gratuitous, it was a performance as delicate and fine-grained as the porcelain that her doll-like character, Celeste, sometimes seemed to be made of. Nicole Kidman belongs in our pantheon of great actresses 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The billowy fins, the showy spikes shooting from its spine, the majestic stripes flowing into the distinctive mane. Add adrenaline to a beach vacation and save the Belize Barrier Reef by hunting lionfish 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Her dancing and her acting alike were generally small in scale, never showy. American Ballet Theater Presents ‘Giselle’ 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z One of the showiest is the winter jasmine, with its bright yellow blooms atop mounded stems. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Sam is the least showy of the three bravura roles. Theater lovers will get hooked on the marvelous moviehouse play ‘The Flick’ 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z In its earliest episodes, “Doubt” is a lot like that first scene —rushed, unrealistic and showy. ‘Doubt’ is the perfect TV show for Katherine Heigl because it’s totally fine but passionless 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Too much of the time, the Ailey company wastes its marvelous dancers on showy, empty material. At Alvin Ailey, Antonio Douthit-Boyd in ‘Ostrich’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z As with last year's "Up," there's nothing cheap or showy about the 3D here, which has been incorporated to heighten and enrich the vibrantly lit animation. "Toy Story 3" an inevitable box office smash 2010-06-09T02:50:00Z Many of the showy hybrid tulips are not reliably perennial, and those that return will probably be less vigorous. Perspective | Planting bulbs offers a bit of hope for better things to come. Even this year. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The monochrome display comes across as a little showy, just because its premise is so obvious. Orchids Take Their Star Turn at the New York Botanical Garden 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z And many of the best roles for women — those with the attention-getting songs, the compelling story lines, the showy dancing — are also loaded with stereotypes. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Swirling one's glass may look showy, but it is also a practical way to aerate. How long does that open bottle of wine last, really? 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z One reason Mrs. Davis gets away with an extravagant party at a time when people are reluctant to be showy is her passion for her cause, attendees say. Tough Times No Deterrent for This Ball 2010-10-22T22:31:00Z There can be something showy in his systematic attack on various taboos, but his inquiry is never flippant and never boring. A French Writer Who Blurred the Line Between Candor and Provocation 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Although its small dome and unadorned facade are sober in comparison to Florence’s showy Duomo, its interior is awash in exquisite mosaics. Hidden Gems of Europe 2012-10-12T20:14:25Z The technique isn’t showy — it never is with Hawks — but the breakneck kineticism that can sometimes leave you breathless is visual as well as verbal. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Unlike Americans, Ms. Godfrey said, Canadians are taught to see the community before the individual; Ms. Godfrey considered the first person showy. Rebecca Godfrey, Who Found Humanity in Teenage Violence, Dies at 54 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z It stays upright and showy throughout the season without staking. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z This week, a leading technology company released a new product that may represent either the pinnacle of its achievement or a showy gadget that’s a tribute to needless conspicuous consumption. Tivo Creates $5000 DVR, Reminder of Your Eventual Mortality 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The Korean rhododendron, by the way, is one of the first showy shrubs of spring and is far more elegant than the forsythia, a plant that should be banished to the cutting garden. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z It highlights what is special or desirable about men’s wear, as opposed to hiding it under a much showier women’s wear bushel. Battle of the Sexes 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But between the attentive writing and Goggins' big but not excessively showy performance, we never get the sense that the series had Boyd fall off the born-again wagon just to keep the action quotient high. "Justified": How FX's struggling TV western redeemed itself 2011-02-23T16:13:00Z And, so, mission accomplished, largely with a lot of conversational face-offs and regular bursts of showy violence that sometimes turn panoramic, allowing you to admire the scale of the apocalyptically dressed sets. Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,’ Katniss’s Final Battle 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The concert, as much as it was a web of connections, also made the argument that music doesn’t need a showy climax to win over an audience. Review: The Unaffected Excellence of the Cleveland Orchestra 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z There are no showy gestures, simply the quiet, intricate stabbing and looping of that rhetorical needle, and perhaps the glint of a melancholy smile. Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z Swinton is a wonderful chameleon and while she can go as big and showy as any Oscar contender, she is also a brilliant miniaturist. ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Two Glorious Sides of Tilda Swinton 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z As fashion’s early adopters, working women routinely took up what their respectable contemporaries shunned as too showy, tasteless or new. It’s Always Fishnets Season Somewhere 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z But good working style is powerful whether it's bullish or showy or quiet. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z Anthony Ward's large high-tech set designs are equally showy. Flashy B'way 'Enron' recounts financial finagling 2010-04-28T00:03:00Z To burnish his darker side, Hanks even took a showy turn a few years ago as a serial killer on "Dexter." Colin Hanks hopes to finally break Mr. Nice Guy mold with 'Fargo' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z As Lafayette/Jefferson, he will step into a role that is full of showy crowd-pleasing runs of extremely fast rap. ‘Hamilton’ Casts Its Next Lafayette and Jefferson 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The Chinese witch hazel is the most powerfully scented, but the native vernal witch hazel is pungently fragrant, though the flowers are not showy. Perspective | Gardens have largely lost their fragrance. Here’s how we can bring it back. 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Her portrayal of a put-upon, constantly heartbroken woman whose concern for her brother places her in a state of misery and danger is never showy and always credible. Comic Performers Play It Dark in Netflix Movies 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Her fear, exhaustion and ferocious maternal determination dominate the first half of the movie, and Ms. Watts moves through these emotional states with instinctive grace and an intensity that is never showy. Movie Review: ‘The Impossible,’ With Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor 2012-12-21T02:00:13Z A hybrid of several Asian and European species, it's among the showiest flowers in greenhouses and garden centers now. Choosing Primroses 2013-03-18T15:20:03.957Z Mr. Daniels’s unfussy mastery is useful throughout, especially in toning down some of Mr. Sorkin’s showier attempts to punch up the story. Review: A Broadway ‘Mockingbird,’ Elegiac and Effective 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The 48 preludes and fugues of “The Well-Tempered Clavier” are the ultimate exploration of counterpoint in all its complexities, yet also a dazzling collection of quirky, sublime and sometimes showy character pieces. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z With the eyes of nearly every “Office” cast member on him, Mr. Ferrell did not resort to loud voices, wild gesticulations or other showy shtick, but gave a sincere reading of his oration. Television: Discomfort Zones 2011-04-06T16:02:12Z Hakeem is showy and aggressive, but too easily goaded and manipulated. ‘Empire’ Season 3, Episode 5: Fight Club 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z There is nothing showy about Melides — residents gather in the town square for hours playing cards or immersed in hand-waving conversations, alongside visitors from global capitals. A Portugal of Pristine Beaches, Tiny Villages and Little Else 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Museums like the Louvre are under pressure to attract audiences with blockbuster shows, often including showy masterpieces whose colors brighten up after thorough cleanings. Clash Over Restoration of Leonardo?s ?Virgin and Child? 2012-01-03T23:29:04Z A lot of the conversation about Auto-Tune gets this showy use of it jumbled up with the invisible enhancement of records and performance, but the two are very different. Two years ago, the death of Auto-Tune seemed like a smart prediction. Instead, the technique has settled into the toolkit of pop 2011-04-07T21:00:03Z The four works on Fall for Dance’s second program were all studies in surface style: showy, elaborate and empty. Lucinda Childs and Alvin Ailey Troupe at Fall for Dance 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z |
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