| 单词 | stilted |
| 例句 | We drove through the darkened streets to his home, talking in a strangely stilted manner. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to read several of the letters he’d received first to pick up the stilted formal style of the day. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Aware that wartime censors could open her mail, she was discreet and even stilted at first. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It is here that the stilted mannequins of my initial acquaintance begin to yawn and stretch and come to life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The store was quiet, except for the soft strains of stilted oboe music. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In each case, the conversation had been stilted; they had tiptoed through the talk as though through the bedroom of a fitfully sleeping child. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if we did manage to keep up a conversation, the longer we went on, the more stilted and guarded it became. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A sharpness that finally manifested itself in a simple, stilted shrug. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Henry’s letter, from Connecticut, was as stilted as a cryptogram from the western front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Our conversations were now stilted and reserved, as if we were both afraid of revealing some key piece of information the other might be able to use. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Something about their movements, choppy and stilted, made me feel awkward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She slips away, and I grit my teeth as Grandfather coerces me into a stilted discussion with the governor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And the prose in the memoranda of other officers was always turgid, stilted, or ambiguous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My teacher said I had a knack for writing but that my language was oddly formal and stilted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We listen to the earnest attempts of their talk, the bits of their stilted English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a sweetheart or a brother, I presume?” she asked in her stilted readerish way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marigold’s practicing oboe”—Cady flicked an elbow toward an upstairs window, from which faint, stilted notes of music had been puttering for the last several minutes—“but I don’t know about Zane and Will.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “The normal cells which make up our bodies are tiny objects, five thousand of which would fit on the head of a pin,” he said, his voice a bit too loud and stilted. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We took a few stilted photos with the judge. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Felicia remembers her son’s gangly body, his first stilted dancing steps, and begins to cry. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she slowly stood and stumbled forward, her steps so stilted it was almost as if she couldn’t remember how to walk. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Yet, for all the book's grace, there are some stilted passages, too. Intermission by Owen Martell – review 2013-02-22T20:00:01Z Originally, the episodes were two-and-a-half minutes long and broadcast online, which might explain why it's a stilted, difficult viewing experience, especially when it's presented in one big chunk. Spitfire Women 2010-09-18T05:45:00Z Curtis-Newton's casting scheme actually improves the script: spoken in Southern-inflected, African-American cadence, the dialogue sounds less stilted, the humor is looser, funnier. Review: A thoughtful, thought-provoking 'All My Sons' at Intiman 2011-03-28T16:52:06Z We rounded the corner between rows of stilted structures, standing only thanks to a little sheet metal and a lot of prayer. Flying Solo 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The actress brings a deliberate stilted, somewhat tremulous quality to the performance that is perfect for Pinter; her line readings suggest Emma's awareness that any ill-chosen word might detonate a bomb. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z As a viewer, I don't allow for "stilted acting." ‘Outlander’ Season 2 Finale: I Believe You 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z His voice is powerful and dark; his spoken delivery was less stilted than I’ve heard from some Broadway actors in the role. Va. Opera’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ rides on operatic voices, despite miking She apparently hasn’t realized that all of their conversations since their first date have been awkward and stilted. 'The Bachelor' Watch: What Happens In Vegas 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Still, the one-shouldered tanks and the platform boots - which gave the male models the stilted, leaned-back gait of their female counterparts - helped lighten the looks. Paris menswear designers break out Jesus sandals 2010-06-24T21:37:00Z If it’s awkward or stilted, or still pulsating with pain, then they might not even get to the cab stage. Is glossy Netflix hit Dating Around the best dating show on TV? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z And while some interactive exhibits are stilted, an astronomy display lets you reach toward a screen of the night sky like a deity, your gestures gliding a constellation into its proper place. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z The rest of the cast fares less well, I’m afraid, giving performances that tend to be blunt or stilted. Theater Review: ‘Golden Child,’ at the Signature Center 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z “Tails of Wasps” rambles and wobbles at times, and its ancient Greek references are stilted and unnecessary. ‘Tails of Wasps’: a politician stung by his own infidelity 2014-04-12T03:23:29Z On the right: Newt Gingrich!”–opened on a note that was not just snide but uncomfortably stilted. The New Crossfire Parties Like It’s 2003 2013-09-10T14:06:26Z The two pariahs form a stilted, secret alliance. Bullied and Shunned, They Found a New Way to See the World 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The more contemporary art I saw, though, the less I saw myself in the specific and stilted story of modernism — one favoring abstraction and male creators — that MoMA was chronicling. In Praise of the Great Majority 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Given that English wasn’t his first language, the English-speaking characters seemed stilted, like outlines of humans. 'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The effect of this powerful but stilted novel is that of having an umbrella taken from you. Books of The Times: ‘Umbrella’ by Will Self 2013-01-17T21:22:51Z Promotional Q&As often possess a dry, stilted air, which can get tedious over time. Art Garfunkel’s greatest interview ever: “Paul and Artie can be very squirmy around each other” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Separate shots would also explain why the scene was so stilted and anticlimactic, in keeping with a generally tepid season finale. 'The Good Wife' Season 6 Finale Recap: Were Those Two Even in the Same Place? 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But in the way this committed cast conveys the text, the words seem less like stilted slang than a regional dialect with an everyday elegance. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The brightness can come across as stilted and bland compared with what it’s like at a movie or play. Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The stilted affect that so often characterizes Ishiguro’s prose and dialogue — an incantatory flatness that belies its revelatory ability — serves its literal function. A Humanoid Who Cares For Humans, From the Mind of Kazuo Ishiguro 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Her dramatic intensity burned through the constraints of the stilted stage directions. ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea,’ a Robert Wilson Production 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Dinners and car rides became for us silent, stilted affairs. Want Lasting Love? First, Take This Test 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z They move with the stilted stage cadence of a slam poem, with awkward breaks, including some after verbs and prepositions, just to hammer home the wordplay and rhyme. Review: ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Preaches to the Choir 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z My relationship with my dad and his wife became increasingly stilted throughout my teenage years. I Have a Real-Life Wicked Stepmother. How Do I Handle Her? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z But watching a pop icon of her stature having to endure Eurovision host chit-chat and stilted comedy based around an openly gay married man wanting to propose to her was excruciating. Madonna was excruciating: what we learned from Eurovision 2019 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z I am weary of the words with every stilted “ooya” rhyme. Style Invitational Week 1463: Fork over some (new) spoonerisms 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Hill’s voice sounded strained, her stage presence stilted, and her timing off. Has Afropunk Abandoned Its Origins? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z And probably the last person they want to share that car journey home with from this stilted family gathering and then an event that traps them together for eternity. PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z “He was usually very prompt in his replies, but the way he phrased his messages was always stilted, dry and emotionless,” she says. How 'Textual Chemistry' Is Changing Dating 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The dialogue was stilted, the flashbacks were crude, and the characters were two dimensional – the women who "owned" Malia, in Sudan and in Britain, were almost pantomime wicked witches. Miss Marple 2010-08-31T06:00:00Z When Faith's not cracking wise, the dialogue is stilted. Bethenny Frankel's 'Skinnydipping' makes a splash 2012-05-02T19:16:06Z The slum's stilted shacks are home to around 1,000 people, many of whom recycle rubbish as their only source of income. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Our current run of prestige comedies, meanwhile, often depicts awkward, stilted sex, à la “Girls” or “Love” or “Louie.” Sex on TV is easy to find — but good sex isn’t 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z But before the actors eagerly ask for our input, more time is spent doling out more tired jokes, strident stereotypes and stilted local references than intriguing clues. 'Shear Madness': long-running, but short on laughs 2012-06-07T23:04:04Z Critics drubbed "The Anarchist" upon its opening, calling the language stilted and wondering whether at 70 minutes it deserved to be on Broadway. ArtsBeat: Mamet's 'The Anarchist' to Fold on Dec. 16 2012-12-05T14:30:18Z I found it somewhat stilted, however; and also thought it wasn't really needed. You by Joanna Briscoe ? review 2011-08-19T21:55:05Z I found myself wondering if the drinkers around us were flashing each other knowing, “those-idiots-are-on-a-blind-date” winks as we exchanged stilted pleasantries about siblings and favorite types of bread. Blind dates without algorithms 2013-02-14T15:35:00Z But the overall effect is to make an already brittle play seem stilted. Betrayel – review 2012-05-23T17:31:26Z The mannered, intentionally stilted performances give the drama a stagey feel, which vibes with the film’s ethereal aesthetics. ‘Giving Birth to a Butterfly’ Review: Melancholy and Menace 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “The Perfect Find” is hampered by stilted dialogue and comedy that often falls flat, as well as a distinct lack of fizz for a film set in the fashion world. ‘The Perfect Find’ Review: The Actors Put the Spark in This Film 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z "He was invented by David Bowie, right?" he said of Stardust, the question stilted as he read it out. Radio review: Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth 2010-08-20T05:45:00Z Despite having a Spanish wife and spending years living in Spain, Foster speaks the language only in “limited and rather stilted” form, and is continually mocked for his cliched idea of Spain. Lost script reveals what Orson Welles really thought about Ernest Hemingway 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The script flatly renders its female characters as either strong or weak, which fuels a stilted quest to prove themselves worthy of redemption in the eyes of the lackluster men around them. ‘Snakehead’ Review: Nightmares on the Way to the American Dream 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Conversation was stilted at first, but within a few minutes everyone was talking. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z Talk, talk, talk — “Let Them All Talk” is aptly named, because it’s full of stilted conversations, though they fail to captivate. ‘Let Them All Talk’ Review: That Ship Has Sailed 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z He speaks in heavily accented, somewhat stilted English, yet his phrases seem too colorful, his references too Western. An immersive theater piece that'll have you 'Caught' up in ideas 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Some have accused Franco of a wooden performance, others have accused Raimi of producing a stilted story. Warner Bros v Disney: the fight for Oz's yellow brick road 2013-03-15T19:08:33Z Well, while their onstage energy was for the most part fine - once a slightly stilted start was negotiated - the schisms in the writing were less easily overcome. In-jokes 2010-03-08T06:14:00Z The simplistic message of “Run Hide Fight” — and its stilted, let’s-beat-the-shooter-with-a-chair plot — is that “sometimes bad people do bad things.” Alabama issues a disturbing PSA 2013-01-04T19:53:00Z Yang says that he found translating in isolation "painful" and "unnerving", but his understandable decision to convey Liu's meaning as literally as possible leads to some stilted phrasing. June Fourth Elegies by Liu Xiaobo – review 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z But the production, directed by Stephen Brackett, creaks along at a sluggish pace that allows us far too much time to chart the inanities and the often stilted dialogue. Theater Review: ‘The Correspondent,’ a New Play by Ken Urban 2014-02-18T22:15:19Z Matching the unfamiliar look is Penn's stilted gait and high-pitched, camp voice, with which he delivers short phrases that express disillusionment with the world. Sean Penn plays catatonic Goth rocker in Cannes 2011-05-20T10:44:40Z I don’t think there’s ever a moment where the language feels stilted or unnatural. Of Booze, Brutal Honesty and Family: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z After its somewhat stilted start, the novel kicks into gear, with Mr. Franzen writing with gathering assurance and verve. Review: In ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen Hits a New Octave 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z This is an arduous task, and it sometimes shows in the writing, which can be stilted in its reliance on quotes and documentation. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Once we did initial interviews with the film’s other subjects, I thought they were stilted and unnatural. “A Taste of Sky”: A post-food documentary about one man's vision and new purpose for fine dining 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z But even given the lumpiness of the result, Copeland's setting is woefully stilted, too often ending up as a kind of operatic rap. OperaShots ? review 2011-04-10T21:01:01Z Before that, it was a conveyor belt of experts in a rather stilted question-and-answer format. Sunday Feature: The First English Opera 2010-05-31T07:00:00Z Certain costumes for the enchanted objects — I’m talking about you, flatware! — look dorky to the point of amateurishness, a shortcoming that can highlight Josh Walden’s stilted choreography. Review | Olney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ succeeds with a Belle who brings complexity to the role 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z While this approach yields results that are sometimes a little stilted, the movie is mostly as sweet as it is informative. ‘Carmine Street Guitars’ Review: A Portrait of an Ax Meister 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z My sense was that he was stilted, that we were probably being listened to. ArtsBeat: Some Funny Dancing to Help Ai Weiwei 2012-11-23T15:47:02Z He contacts her through Facebook and then visits her house, where they have a bizarre, stilted interaction that defies description. TV's best new taboo-busting comedy 2010-06-26T23:01:00Z Colbert’s study is loving, lavishly detailed, repetitive and a little stilted in the telling. The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Instead, there are stilted purple and yellow thatch-roofed cabanas, and hammocks strung between sagging palms. Next Stop: Off Nicaragua, a Quieter Caribbean 2012-11-07T17:48:36Z The script isn’t quite in English, either—rather, it’s in the distinctly cinematic language of Histor-ese, the constrained and stilted tongue with which screenwriters conjure the remoteness of past times. “Mary Magdalene,” Reviewed: A Sludgy, Trivial Attempt at Revisionist Christian History 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z He then recounts the stilted conversation with a manager who seemed “rushed.” Noted: A YouTube Series: ‘Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews’ 2012-08-01T21:48:35Z His banter is stilted, the scripts are eye–rollingly leaden, his photography is terrible and it's not funny, but there's something homely and vaguely comforting about it nonetheless. TV highlights 04/03/2013 2013-03-04T07:00:00Z But Maguire's set tonight seems stilted, and more middle-of-the-road than is strictly necessary for a vocalist so gifted. Plan B; Clare Maguire ? review 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Yet the film wages an internal battle between its ripely sensual atmosphere and its often stilted pacing and plotting. 'Circumstance': forbidden love under watch 2011-09-15T19:23:04Z And their great works become topics of stilted banter. Books of The Times: A First Wife Can Be So Stolid and Clueless and Plain and Pregnant 2011-02-27T22:49:34Z The result, after plenty of behind-the-keyboard prompting from Alda, was a brief, slightly stilted scene between the two men, recorded for the podcast while the actors were on opposite coasts. A New ‘M*A*S*H’ Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J. 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z By contrast, the careerist Faye, dispatched to watch Sally for a while, speaks to her in a stilted way that puts her viability as the next Mrs. Don Draper in great doubt. Critic?s Notebook: Freud on Madison Avenue, Where Biology Appears as Destiny 2010-10-18T22:40:00Z They drew out the announcement, babbling about stilted dialogue and striking awkward poses before eventually announcing that Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” was the winner. Best and Worst Moments of the American Music Awards 2016 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Their speech is stilted and their manner robotic, but Andrew, satisfied they’re not selling religion, lets them in. Review: In ‘Caught,’ a Couple Lets the Wrong Ones In 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Writers would join him to work over material, but those encounters were often stilted and quiet, the co-workers said. Garrison Keillor, founder of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ fired after allegations of improper behavior 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Not every bit is perfect; a few characters are unevenly developed and the language can feel stilted in places. After Her Heart Stops Beating, a Woman Continues to Think 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z There are five thatch-roofed beachfront villas on the west side of the island and nine “water cottages” stilted out over the lagoon and “house reef” on the east. Favorite Place: Sharing Paradise With the Barracuda 2012-09-07T17:12:11Z “You will not get put in the gulag” for dissent in today’s Germany, he said, but added, “I am once again encountering this stilted way of talking, like walking around on tip toes.” A German Painter’s New Rule: ‘Never Answer a Critic’ 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z A rather more substantial complaint is the stilted ambience. Hallogallo 2010; Duffy ? review 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Of course, there’s his unforgettable creation from the cult classic “Office Space”: Milton, the stapler-obsessed arsonist hidden under extremely thick glasses, stilted speech and a pocket protector. Stephen Root Is Just the Man for a Cubicle or a Castle 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The first attempts were small scale and anachronistically stilted. Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo,' the first modern opera, has lessons for digital age 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z His letters became stilted and his words less tender. Modern Love: Moving on From Make-Believe 2014-02-27T22:17:21Z Like many productions, the global pandemic forced changes, including doing table reads over video calls, which led to a stilted feeling. Don Johnson gets his funny on with help from ‘SNL’ stars 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He gave her a somewhat stilted peck on the lips. After a volcanic day of closing arguments, Bill Cosby’s retrial is in the hands of the jury 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The dialogue, delivered too often in theatrical speeches and flowery monologues, is stilted and forced. ‘Vita & Virginia’ Review: A Real-Life Affair Made Lifeless 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The subtitles are sometimes stilted, too faithful to word-for-word translations, but we get a palpable sense of what life is like in one camp in northern Iraq. ‘A Requiem for Syrian Refugees,’ About Fleeing Conflict 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The washed-out images leave the characters little opportunity for expression outside their words, and the dialogue is sometimes stilted and overly literary. ‘All My Puny Sorrows’ Review: Every Day, a Little Death 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Despite some stilted dialogue along the way, the skillful staging by Jules Aaron connects the play’s message to the anxieties and merciless calculus of today’s workplace. Eerie parallels to today's workplace pressures, moral choices in '50s Serling work 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z And some of the writing can be stilted. Review: Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Scrupulous detailing and high production values notwithstanding, the dialogue and delivery seems stilted and stagey, which makes the narrative experience again a bit uninvolving and less than the sum of its aspirational parts. 'Eleven-year-old me was very, very happy!' You review His Dark Materials 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z This entails a somewhat stilted narration that introduces us, as if for the first time, to things like haiku and "The Tale of Genji." 'Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo': Capturing a culture crawling with bug lovers 2010-07-29T20:31:00Z Unfortunately, some segments, like when the host gets in a bathtub with Ryzner, or wanders through Baltimore bars to chat with the natives, feel stilted and staged. Drunk History season two: it isn’t quite as funny when it isn’t quite as trashed 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Common gestures of friendship, like patting someone’s shoulder, register as stilted and unnatural. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z But Satter was drawn to the choppy, stilted nature of transcribed speech, which, when her actors remain rigorously faithful to it, is surprisingly rich. An F.B.I. Interrogation Becomes the Verbatim Script of a Play 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z This is not the way of ordinary mortals, though, and the play’s more explanatory dialogue can sound stilted in the mouths of her actors. Women’s Voices Festival a Potent Reminder of Who Goes Unheard Onstage 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z There's plenty of meat here, but the play is so stilted that its contemporary relevance is muted. The Moment of Truth – review 2013-07-01T17:08:20Z But the laggy pacing of the many, stilted scenes, the surfeit of lame dialogue and awkward acting are at the forefront here. Review: 'Her Mother Was Imagination' is a drab showing of dystopia at Annex 2010-08-12T20:27:00Z Gone was the dated costume — “we weren’t going to make a movie about a guy in a gi and a headband, walking around Central Park karate-chopping people,” Callaham said — and the stilted English. How Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, Knocked Down Stereotypes 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The writers’ room consistently supplies stilted syntax to suit her imperious delivery, and Jackson reliably italicizes her lines with terrifically witchy gestures. “Pose,” Reviewed: In Ryan Murphy’s Latest Musical Melodrama, Elektra Abundance Steals the Show 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z But Mr. Marcus’s writing has its flat, stilted patches, and Mr. Baur is appealing but perhaps not quite ready to move beyond the laptop screen. Review: ‘Hunting Season’ on Vimeo Starts Second Season 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In 1999, though she didn’t much like stilted aria contests, she entered the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and won a surprising victory. What’s Keeping One of Opera’s Greatest Sopranos From Singing? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z His matinee-villain hauteur risks ridiculousness — say, when having an underling exploded like Mr. Creosote in “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life” — but he energizes an often stilted production. Review: The Math of ‘Foundation’ Doesn’t Add Up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z And Edward Einhorn’s brisk direction initially crackles with life and energy, overcoming some of the stilted language in Anthony Berris’s translation. | 'Pangs of the Messiah': ?Pangs of the Messiah? at 14th Street Y - Review 2011-11-09T22:38:44Z With wooden performances, little rapport among cast members, stilted direction by Pieter Gaspersz and generic music, the film comes off like a Lifetime movie in the days of yore. 'After' could have used a lot more work before 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There was some humour in McCarthy’s stiff Rudd attempting to court female voters with lines like “I love abortions, just love ‘em” and Bishop’s uncanny nasally whine and stilted Gillard walk. Wednesday Night Fever gets off to a lukewarm start – TV review 2013-07-03T23:14:01Z The stilted style betrayed the decadence that was hitting Roman art at the end of the second century A.D. Auctions: Roman History Leaves a Trail, and Fascination Follows 2011-06-17T11:30:06Z Tran's endearingly stilted delivery — the product, she says, of "nerves" and "poor memorization skills" — and sometimes exaggerated posturing, embodies the overall aesthetic. TV treat 'Food Party' mixes kooky cook, kid show vibe with art project 2010-05-18T19:32:00Z On social media, viewers groaned at Che’s “woke moment!” button, a podcast prop, and at the sometimes stilted dialogue. Sara Ramirez Is Not Che Diaz 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Carefully maintained stilted houses come into view as the boat approaches the island. Next Stop: Nikoi Island Offers Splendid Isolation 2010-04-29T21:58:00Z If the actors seem stilted, it is because the scripts they're working with were already massaged for publication. Video artist Gerard Byrne: the great pretender 2013-01-17T06:30:01Z Critics have disparaged her as stilted and affectless on “Saturday Night Live” last fall. An Interview With January Jones of ‘Mad Men’ 2013-05-17T22:09:45Z Since it closed last March because of the pandemic, the club’s co-owner, Dani Zoldan, has been inventing ways to keep comics performing in front of live audiences, instead of in stilted Zoom shows. A Stand-Up Set at the Swipe of a MetroCard 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Political and personal viewpoints aside, Barr’s time away from the camera was highly noticeable last season in her muggy performance and stilted line delivery. The Conners: how does Roseanne survive without Roseanne Barr? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “And they playact politics. They say their stilted bulls--- talking points, and then David Gergen comes in with his ‘both sides’ broom to mop up when they’re done.” The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z As I bluffed my way through, trying to buy time with stilted small talk as I rooted around for a recording device, I felt incredibly proud of myself. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z As is often the case, the pilot is stilted, and the series doesn’t really find its voice until the second and third episodes. ‘Undateable’ Keeps a Sitcom Formula Alive 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It is recounted in stilted, formalistic language that’s presumably meant to evoke a bygone era, and set in a mythical Britain equally reminiscent of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones.” Review: In ‘The Buried Giant,’ Ishiguro Revisits Memory and Denial 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Baker’s adaptation is also easygoing, free of the stilted or formal locutions that clutter up some of the more antique-sounding translations. Theater Review: ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Adapted by Annie Baker, at Soho Rep 2012-06-18T02:00:00Z She doesn’t believe him, though, because their conversation was awkward and stilted. 'The Bachelor' Watch: What Happens In Vegas 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z A first chat that wasn’t stilted Tinder fare. Blind date: ‘I wish it had been on a Friday: I’d have liked more cocktails’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Despite Presswell's evident enthusiasm, the tediously talky, dramatically stilted results offer conclusive evidence that mastering suspense requires artistic skill beyond sampling the Master of Suspense. 'Candlestick's' blatant Hitchcock tone underwhelms 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z On a less positive note: The acting is uneven; some of the performances are stilted or limp. ‘Arden of Faversham’: Killing time (and a man) in an entertaining way 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The former book, which was published fifty-two years ago, remains mostly lucid, even if in places it is stilted and dated. The Percy Jackson Problem 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Kairo’s father is a Trotskyist prone to delivering stilted lectures on the rise of Sinhalese chauvinism and placing bets on horse races in England. His Nation in Turmoil, One Boy Finds Refuge and Adventure in Friendship 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In other respects, though, I found “Otaku” wearying; conversations often feel stilted and unconvincing, more about scoring rhetorical points with the reader than inhabiting a believable character. Visit These Science-Fiction Worlds to Make Sense of Our Own 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The trio assured the government that the stilted bungalows wouldn’t damage the environment. The tropical overwater bungalow — long a symbol of relaxation and luxury — turns 50 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Here was a classic Golden Age puzzle — Ellery Queen’s first case, in fact — and virtually all the characters were caricatures, the dialogue was stilted and corny, and the elaborate plot verged on the ludicrous. Review | Stilted dialogue, a ludicrous plot: On the pleasures of the vintage whodunit 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The film is known by the stilted English title "Beginning of the Great Revival" and is timed to celebrate the Communist Party's 90th anniversary. China takes no chances on starry propaganda movie 2011-06-09T13:16:05Z The combination of a director famous for shooting scenes in very few takes with nonactors who need some coaching seems like a recipe for disaster, but their stilted performances are part of the point. Here’s what ties together Clint Eastwood’s heroes, from ‘15:17 to Paris’ to Dirty Harry 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z I admired their version of “Anna Karenina,” and found this translation to be strangely stilted. Times Critics Discuss 2020 in Books, From ‘Pandemic Blur’ to Favorite Discoveries 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The least convincing part of the program was the standard repertory, with stilted interpretations of Chopin’s Barcarole and “Child Falling Asleep,” the penultimate movement from Schumann’s “Kinderszenen.” Music Review: Jenny Q Chai at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-11-05T23:29:28Z I always find it extremely weird, and not particularly entertaining, to talk to actors when they’re in character; the exchanges tend to be stilted and unrevealing. Perspective | Hey, don’t make me perform! Sometimes, interactive theater goes too far. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Nearly half a century later, it sounds like an unexceptional, if stilted, occasion. Class prejudice drove our family apart 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z His speech too is from another era — stilted, with old-timey phrases, a hypnotic rhythm. Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Her introduction to the topics of the day was oddly stilted, and her usually fluid vocabulary felt heavy-handed. Radio review: Radio 2 2011-02-22T08:00:06Z The result is a very long evening, with stilted entertainment standing in for art. Dance Review: Weavers Threading a Tale, Chapters 1 Through 20 2011-03-16T21:14:47Z The tone taken by many other sitcoms was more stilted. A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But the dialogue can take on the stilted, didactic feel of a school play. Better than Bryan Cranston? Star of South Coast Rep's 'All the Way' delivers a most convincing LBJ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z But his affect and slightly stilted precision suggested he had spent most of his career behind a computer screen, not at embassy receptions or in dark alleys. What Brian Williams Should Have Asked Snowden 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Michael: I would not say it was uncomfortable or a stilted conversation. Date Lab was doubly sure of this match! 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z This spring, “Champion,” a boxing melodrama by Terence Blanchard — who also composed “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” which opened the Met’s 2021-22 season — was musically stilted and dramatically stodgy. Is It the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera? 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Act of Valour was as much let down by its one-dimensional "Join the army!" message as its numerous stilted performances, and that was ostensibly politically neutral. 2016: Obama's America and the rightwing film invasion 2012-09-28T14:41:25Z We had a stilted conversation over dinner, but I barely had the brain space to listen to him. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z There is no story in a life that is made up of short burst of mundane activity; it is not flowing and engaging but stilted and of little consequence. "Generation X": Its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Still, period style doesn’t mean stilted: Some of the singing in the more fiery arias was positively gutsy. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Another piano is pushed up a hill in a second work shot in the British countryside, while an older and a younger men hold a stilted conversation. New world disorder at Artes Mundi 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z But thanks to the stilted writing and stiff acting, the characters still feel very much like one-dimensional figures from a dutiful fable. | 'The Magdalene': A Married, Reimagined Jesus 2011-07-12T21:00:57Z Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness – which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that you get in most conventional novels. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z Fortunately, Nersessian is a sufficiently gifted writer that even where her interpretations struck me as unconvincing or stilted, the strength of her sentences, in combination with her obvious passion for the poetry, carried me through. Review | Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Streep, on hand to honor Reynolds with a humanitarian honorary Oscar, read the two teleprompters dutifully, but appeared oddly nervous and stilted. Hollywood's big weekend at the Governors awards – what we learned 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z I was, anyway, as the engaging pragmatism of the episode gave way to melodramatic histrionics in the time it took Shae to give some stilted testimony attesting to the Cersei-endorsed version of the crime. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z Phoenix and Los Angeles have thrilled to its stilted dialogue, substandard production values and young heroes who defend themselves with coat hangers. James Nguyen?s ?Birdemic?: A Turkey Flies High as a Cult Hit 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z The film’s dramas are ornately costumed but often stilted and lacking the verve of the battle staging. ‘Hansan: Rising Dragon’ Review: Naval Gazing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z She also helps them draft talking points to stay focused without sounding scripted and stilted. Work Advice: She thinks she knows his problem. Will he listen? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z That perfectly reasonable possibility seems to be the catalyst for Alex Roe’s revival at Metropolitan Playhouse — a regrettably fitful, stilted staging that muffles most of the humor and humanity of this creaky, peculiar play. ‘Thunder Rock’ Review: A Beacon That Fails to Light the Way 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z The minuet was anything but a dance, its elegance stilted and uncertain, the slow movement mysterious and wrenching where you’d least expect it, in the plainest of cadences. Review: Takacs Quartet and the Viennese Masters Play at Alice Tully Hall 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z But then Washington, of all people, gave a stilted acceptance speech that was mostly about how he’d forgotten his glasses. The 2016 Golden Globes Get Weird-Drunk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z On a more fundamental level, many American viewers not accustomed to Asian series will be bemused by the stilted, nonidiomatic quality of much of the crowdsourced subtitling. ‘Three-Body’ Review: A Chinese Series Beats Netflix to the Screen 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It seemed too stilted to try and learn how to write a song, to go to round robins and to learn things from other people on how to write a song. Q&A with Joan Baez: Even Taylor Swift thinks she’s cool 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Without an audience, it felt both stilted and dated. Have you been watching … Playhouse Presents? 2013-05-23T10:56:37Z Flashback: I'm on a packed train from London to Manchester, engaged in a slightly stilted conversation with my suit-and-tie wearing travelling companions, all of whom are strangers. Unseen Swells: 'I come not to slag off Coldplay, but to bury them' 2010-06-15T11:31:00Z And yet it is still possible, all these years later, to laugh at the stilted dialogue and awkwardly staged scenes and find yourself wet-eyed and raspy-voiced at the end. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Sets Out to Make You Cry 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Full of pauses and portents and flights of fancy, the scenes can have a stilted quality. Movie Review: ‘Drunkboat,’ With John Malkovich and John Goodman 2012-07-12T23:41:40Z “An American Family” couldn’t really live up to its creator’s intent to strip a modern household bare, though the stilted on-camera breakup is still quite shocking. | 'Cinema Verite': The First Airing of Dirty Laundry 2011-04-21T22:02:46Z What would start as a stilted, wordless transaction between two people who shared nothing would tilt once I pointed to myself and said, “Brazil!” With the 2016 Summer Olympics just a year away, what Brazil can learn from World Cup 2014 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z There are some fine performances, but altogether it is an incoherent and stilted account. Werther – review 2013-02-18T17:25:50Z At $1.98 million, it doubled the highest expectations despite its stilted style. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z “Sandra Bullock as Hillary Clinton, because I think she could do steely politician but also show the emotional toll of the campaign. I really think Bullock could pull off Clinton’s stilted/awkward side too.” Cast the Trump Mini-Series: Who Should Play the Donald? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z At best, it was a stilted gathering punctuated by starch-based courses and interludes of excruciating awkwardness. Playing Cupid for a Gay Friend on a (Mostly) Straight Cruise 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The dialogue seems stilted and gauche, but that's probably appropriate for the kind of exchanges that are generally taking place. Locarno film festival welcomes Goodbye First Love 2011-08-05T13:05:09Z But Kelly was stilted and awkward in her later interactions with Trump, first as a debate moderator and then in a one-on-one interview. Trump and the media: An outrageous celebu-candidate, plus the debased culture of journalism, produced this disaster 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Instead, the stilted dialogue and static camerawork leaves The Linguini Incident feeling more like Invitation To Love, the intentionally gaudy soap opera watched by the characters of Twin Peaks. The Linguini Incident: a Bowie re-release nobody needs to see 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z To this production’s credit, the Aldridge approach to acting remains based on stilted poses. Theater Review: ‘Red Velvet’ Recalls One Shocked London Audience 2014-04-01T13:23:28Z More damaging is Conway's stilted direction, with its awkward crowd movement and an improbable baby wrapped in a grey blanket that is handed without conviction from character to character. The Siege of Calais – review 2013-03-11T17:48:31Z I didn’t know you were allowed to take a conversation that feels stilted and people are saying what they mean but sort of not. Television: Lena Dunham on ?Girls,? Her New HBO Comedy 2012-03-04T04:09:07Z The year-round ferries leave only twice a week; along the way, they deposit riders at stilted homes carved out of the lush understory. | Latin America Issue: Twain?s Nicaragua, 144 Years Later 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z If he’s mastered the national news interview by now, his lecture begins a bit stilted. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It became an interesting if stilted documentary, since Mr. Evans refused to be filmed for the story of his own life. Books Of the Times: ‘The Fat Lady Sang,’ a Robert Evans Memoir 2013-12-25T21:16:54Z The writing tends to be stylized and stilted, which works for the android leads but leaves the humans more flat. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Is TV’s Wildest Hallucination 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Our conversation in the thrumming tapas bar seemed, finally, less stilted. How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The film’s stilted acting, elliptical plot and surfeit of symbolism make its messages difficult to pin down. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Family Farm’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Rather, I was shocked—that the director of “American Graffiti” could have constrained himself to create such a turgid, stilted, flat, and textureless movie. What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z It's an insanely botched campaign – the mannered style of the trailers leaves the production looking cheap and the performances looking stilted. The Canyons: 2013's most pointless movie? 2013-01-03T12:57:33Z Unlike many early-sound movies, All Quiet on the Western Front doesn’t bolt itself down to stilted exchanges of dialogue, but spends Universal’s bottomless resources on battle sequences of startling scope. Before 1917: revisiting the greatest first world war movies 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Citizens of common class … are prohibited from wearing boots or shoes of satin cloth or ribbons, or of bright colours, or shoes with stilted heels. High heels and their perennial appeal: why pain seems a small price to pay 2012-07-21T14:48:19Z The first act especially is mired in earnestness with the characters of President Abraham Lincoln, Grant and Lee engaged in a stilted diplomatic dance. Review: ‘Appomattox’ at the Kennedy Center 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Every so often, the green of the forest was broken up by stilted thatched houses. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z And most of what went on in between was rather stilted, which is to be expected when new hosts take over a long-established show, and this one has been around for 17 years. After 17 Years, ‘The View’ Isn’t So Clear Anymore 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Growing up forced to watch him on Star Trek – the one programme my dad ever insisted on watching – I just saw a stilted old man who never did anything of interest. Patrick Stewart: totally over the top – but impossible not to love 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z In “The Wait,” a stilted study of sublimated grief, she’s only medium strange and mildly disagreeable. Movie Review: ‘The Wait,’ Directed by M. Blash 2014-01-31T01:54:40Z What results is neither fish nor fowl, but a disappointingly stilted hybrid that gathers momentum only to hit one roadblock after another. ‘The Invisibles’ Review: On the Run and in Plain Sight in World War II 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z His press materials quoted Mr. Kaiser and explained that the festival’s goal was no less than “to debunk stilted perceptions of American dance and give way to a new notion of contemporary performance.” Straddling Worlds of Performance 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z One problem involves its stretches of rather stilted spoken dialogue. Review: A Divisive ‘Fidelio’ Draws Boos at Salzburg 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z And the civil-rights protest that bracketed the episode has a lot of potential as an arc, but felt stilted for now. Mad Men?s Return: Surprise! 2012-03-26T13:11:14Z Her father, Asa Coleman Lee, was a prominent lawyer and the model for Atticus Finch, who shared his stilted diction and lofty sense of civic duty. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Hebrew newspapers and the first Hebrew novel appeared early in the nineteenth century, but the language was stilted and biblical. Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z You mention that your stilted note was from the partner you shared most with. I was dropped by new friends and dread not seeing them again | Dear Mariella 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Propaganda needs only a little encouragement from the facts: did Margaret Roberts hope that her awkward encounter with the brickies would produce a stilted fable about her party's mission to rebuild Britain? The big picture: Conservative candidate Margaret Roberts campaigns in Dartford 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z The guide cautioned us to be quiet as we splashed through the wet fall leaves to what looked like a poacher’s stand, a stilted old wooden structure. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Still, setting aside the stilted advice and many linguistic clichés that reveal Hancock as a more gifted composer and improviser than a writer, there are rewards in the marrow of "Possibilities." Herbie Hancock's memoir recalls a creative life and all that jazz We decamp to the hotel restaurant and eat while making stilted conversation. 50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Also, incredibly stilted lines like, "You reserve the right to say no," or "It's your body and your choice," don't help the mood either. Why this "Baby, It's Cold Outside" update works, where others have failed 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z "You feel him a little stilted there, but when you see the action, he plays it like James Bond," said Schmidlin, who produced and supervised the restoration in association with NYU's preservation and conservation department. Once thought lost, Harry Houdini's 'Grim Game' film reappears 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Even Rush Limbaugh said the dialogue seemed stilted, and Buzzfeed amused its readers with a list of “the 9 Most Inane Passages” from the book, which include an alleged physical altercation between Barack and Hillary. The summer of the anti-Hillary Clinton books rolls on 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z “Copper” settles into a cycle of stilted, stagy exposition — there’s all that history to explain — punctuated by beatings, shootings and knifings that have a protracted, antique brutality. Television Review: ‘Copper,’ a BBC America Series Set in Old New York 2012-08-16T21:49:11Z There were also plenty of yawn-worthy speeches read haltingly off crumpled papers, horribly stilted banter, and much too little showcasing of the nominated programs and performances. The Emmys' most memorable moments 2010-08-30T12:20:00Z In the 60s, her voice was prim and weirdly stilted, as if she was struggling to read the lyrics of the folk songs and Donovan covers she sang from an illegible cue-card. Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Deluxe Edition) – review 2013-01-31T15:30:01Z These are interspersed with stilted spoken passages in which Myrtle interacts with a few figures from long ago — but even with this trail of perpetual exposition, the plot remains largely impenetrable. Review: Frederica von Stade, Wickedness in a One-Act Opera 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The W shoot began haltingly, too sweet, or alternately too stilted, for his taste. Front Row: In Tim Walker Fashion Photos, Mermaids Come to Life 2013-12-19T01:18:11Z He boasts, “I’m more charming than most men,” but that’s true only if most men are sociopaths, and Sam Garrett’s slightly stilted translation only adds to the reptilian tone of the doctor’s thoughts. Emma Straub’s ‘The Vacationers’ and Herman Koch’s ‘Summer House With Swimming Pool’ Something she rarely, perhaps never, enjoys in their stilted marriage. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: For Virginia, Work = Love 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Nothing was ever stilted in that way when we were recording. How Wilco's Jeff Tweedy became a great American songwriter 2011-09-27T14:01:00Z White, an odd-looking figure with a stilted speaking manner, is not necessarily a welcome visual presence in them. Critic?s Notebook: How We Picked Our Presidents, 1960s Style 2011-07-05T00:23:31Z But when Dr. Brooks read for the part, he later said, he found Spivey’s lines unbearably stilted. Dr. Dean Brooks, ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Doctor, Dies at 96 2013-05-31T23:57:18Z Too many works in the remaining six are stilted period pieces. Art Review: ‘George Bellows,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-15T23:23:38Z And as the near-superhuman wonder boy, Gibson’s uneasy stage presence results in stilted line readings and an unconvincing performance. ‘Hercules’ Review: An Underpowered Hero in a Far From Perfect Package 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In the moments after President Trump’s televised address to the nation last week — a barely disguised campaign pitch promoting his border wall — his Democratic opponents’ response was stilted and tepid. Perspective | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is freaking out the news media. And it’s working for her. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z We watch it happen incrementally, in stilted conversation and silent tableaus. Review: After the Earthquake, a ‘Room’ Haunted by Memories 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But IBM probably paid him more for one stilted conversation with a computer. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The reconstructed dialogue can be stilted and phony. ‘Console Wars,’ a Gaming Industry Clash by Blake J. Harris 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z This was noticeable in works by Liszt, including “Un Sospiro” from the Three Concert Études and the “Rigoletto” Concert Paraphrase, both marred by stilted phrasing, as was the rendition of Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata. Music Review: Nobuyuki Tsujii in Piano Debut at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-13T22:43:26Z But the movie is also frequently stilted, hampered by overwritten dialogue and flat performances. British 'Hello Ladies' trades in embarrassment and sentimentality 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The stilted, overly stylized writing and set-ups are beneath both their abilities. Hulu's "How I Met Your Father" is the sad cover version of a show that's best left forgotten 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Then, a stilted silence, which I broke with a question. Why American gastronomy owes so much to France 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Their time together feels both momentous and aggressively dull: awkward lunches, boring drives, stilted exchanges of banalities peppered with grand statements that strike Freddie as pushy and overly paternalistic. ‘Return to Seoul’ Review: Found in Translation 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z It is written in modern English and is not at all stilted, as so many Victorian books seem today. Alfred Russel Wallace, the forgotten man of evolution, gets his moment 2013-01-20T00:06:58Z Athough the performers try to speak with spontaneity and ease, the complicated rhythm and grammar get in their way, often making them sound stilted. Highly engaging low farce in 'The Heir Apparent' at ICT 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The heroic bluster that seemed stilted in Asgard plays as engaging comedy when Thor is confined in a hospital and demands, "How dare you attack the son of Odin!" Thor: A Minor Marvel 2011-05-04T17:05:00Z Contrast that exchange — in which even Ms. FitzGerald’s breathing is memorable — with the stilted blah-blah of Virginia’s and Dan’s ostensible passion. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Libby's Last Stand and Bill's Admission 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z The stiff acting and stilted dialogue inch Blue Velvet just past the realm of realism into a space without signposts that gets more disorienting the longer you stay in it. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s a capsule reminder that many children grow up learning American history through a lens of stilted propriety that makes everything seem like a series of distant, compartmentalized ups and downs. How Educational Children’s Books Are Explaining President Trump 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z If stilted syntax and 18th-century capitalization don’t get the point across, note the hole drilled in the top left corner. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Yet what dominate are lengthy exposition and stilted dialogue. Review: ‘Incident at Hidden Temple,’ a Noir Too Far 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The dialogue is a little stilted, either because some of the older women are not fully fluent in English or because many of their lips are frozen with filler. Television Review: Left the Volga, Kept the Vulgar 2011-08-10T22:02:55Z These funky-assed authenticities are blown, however, in scene after stilted scene as the social messages form a queue to watch the bullied become the bully. Berlin film festival ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:49Z Natural beauty compensates greatly, but not completely, for stilted cinematography that forces an awkward perspective on the viewer. Review: In ‘K’na the Dreamweaver,’ a Princess Faces a Call to Duty 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Their speech and movements are stilted, a quality that too often transfers to the jokes. Television Review: ‘Animal Practice’ and ‘The Neighbors,’ TV Comedies 2012-09-25T18:09:57Z As a novel, however, it's artless and inept, spoiled by mouthpiece characters, stilted dialogue, clumsy information-dumps and a near-absence of dramatic tension. Eric Brown's science fiction choice ? reviews 2011-08-04T09:00:01Z Perhaps a longer, better developed conversation occurred in the studio – the television version was stilted and choppily edited. The Daily Show reunion: Stephen Colbert plays second fiddle to Jon Stewart 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z He and his relatives often speak in stilted, grammatically incorrect language. Netflix takes a page from “Serial” in gripping documentary series 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Their somewhat stilted readings, combined with murky choreography, made for a less than thrilling theatrical experience. Reviews: Colliding Particles, a Grim Duet and Channeling Martha Graham 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Ben Luke, writing in The Evening Standard, said it was “often heartbreakingly beautiful,” while Eddy Frankel, writing in Time Out, called it “cold and stilted.” Artist of Black Portraiture Leads Turner Prize Shortlist 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The book is overlong and the dialogue sometimes stilted, but no matter — “Dominion” is absorbing and richly conceived. Cure for the post-holiday blues: captivating crime fiction 2014-01-08T23:06:28Z The discussion of Austen was stilted at first, but it gained animation as we grew more comfortable with each other and the material. Teaching Jane Austen to sex offenders 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Boss feels comfortable at epic scale–the speeches are mesmerizing, the actual small-bore conversation often stilted. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z For the film Mr. Moore sought to have the Niceland residents use the same crude, stilted, staccato movements as in the game. How ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Revisits Retro Video Games 2012-10-28T07:23:01Z Best of all, though, was the least stilted David Beckham interview in recorded history. Jonathan Ross's final Friday Night: an insider review of his last big BBC show 2010-07-16T06:30:00Z In stilted verse, it set up the elf as a watchdog for Santa, a scout for reporting bad behavior, or as Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams writes: "an Orwellian nightmare." How I learned to stop worrying and love Elf on the Shelf 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z All of the aforementioned shows have struggled to find acclaim and an audience for a variety of the usual reasons: stilted dialogue, facile characterisation, and in the instance of Aquarius, hilariously on-the-nose period accoutrement. From Waco to Charles Manson: what TV gets wrong about cults 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Though Ripa indicated she wanted to return to business as usual—”This is entertainment, it’s supposed to be entertaining”—her chat with Strahan was stilted and odd. Kelly Ripa Strikes a Powerful Chord in Her Return to 'Live!' 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Much of the acting has dull edges, and the screenplay is aggravatingly stilted. 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' Debuts on Lifetime 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Big Mike sang it well, it had the gospel feel that was present in Michael Jackson’s version, but it was just so predictable and stilted. "American Idol" recap: Down to the final four 2010-05-12T12:13:00Z At first, the conversation was a little stilted, but it began to flow as we got on to common ground. On millennial grief: ‘I didn’t want to be brave. I just wanted my mum back’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Ryder has a tough task with Brandi, trying to convey the vulnerability behind the character’s bravado and stilted dialogue, but she can also be downright scary when Brandi’s edge comes out. ‘How to Defend Yourself’ Review: The Murkiness of Consent, and Friendship 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Most of the texts Mr. Sellars has selected come across onstage like statements or speeches, a device that becomes dramatically stilted. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The stilted framework is a lecture at Howard University School of Law, with Marshall directly addressing us as he recalls pivotal moments in his ascent to the Supreme Court. Review | ‘Thurgood’ serves Justice Marshall in George Stevens Jr. tribute drama 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr Lanthimos’s hopeless characters speak in stilted fashion, seeking matches by advertising their distinguishing characteristics. Beachcombing 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Padgett's stilted intonation so exaggerates the hackneyed nature of the dialogue that the performance might be mistaken for camp were it not for the humorlessness of the role. 'Waterfall' plunges over the edge of banality 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The homes on Little Cumberland are not mansions but well-worn beach houses — some kit ranchers from the ’60s, others modest stilted homes finished in weather-faded wood. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Assigned the stilted libretto by his composition teacher, he wrote the 60-minute score in three weeks, including the orchestration. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z "This is what stilted affection plays out as." Terence Nance on “Random Acts of Flyness”: How HBO’s most daring show gets made 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But it’s so stilted and formal that it implies a level of social unawareness — even nerdiness — in Duchess that the author doesn’t seem to intend. A Novel of the West Spans Decades and Genres 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Especially on a night like last night, when the telecast nearly ran over their allotted time, three hours of meandering infomercial and stilted pageant ritual ended with just a few minutes of actual crowning. Miss Universe: Donald Trump’s disturbing spectacle crowns another queen 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s not hard to imagine what the president thought he was doing when he first dredged up Hunter’s drug use and stilted military career: that Joe Biden would be embarrassed of his son. Perspective | Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and the politics of unconditional love 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Diorama groupings, a mismatch between mythic subject matter and amateur performances, even a skittish narrator giving a halting reading of stilted text — it was all there. Dance Review: Hula by Na Kinimakalehua at Montclair State - Review 2011-10-25T22:02:14Z "The Last Airbender" found a solid audience despite dreadful reviews from critics, who found the plot muddled and the dialogue stilted. 'Twilight' falls sharply but makes it to $161M 2010-07-04T17:12:00Z The father’s subsequent confrontation with Menelaus is so stilted and jumbled that it nearly derails the play. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The conversation was friendly, if a bit stilted. Alexa, meet Lauren: L.A. artist turns her apartment into an experiment in artificial intelligence 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Charlie Brown’s stilted voice returns to tell us, “Here’s the World War I Flying Ace imagining he’s down behind enemy lines.” Snoopy is the true star of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z His nervousness showed itself as nervousness: awkward, clumsy, stilted, tripping over his feet on the sidewalk in his dress shoes. Abortion, a love story 2012-08-25T01:00:00Z This is neither the literalist translation propagated by the Saudis nor the rationalist one composed by Jewish convert Muhammad Asad, nor the stilted interpretation popularized by the Victorians. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He worried that the setting and the dialogue might seem stilted or silly. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z They know how to deliver the kind of stilted, world-weary verbosity that somehow quickens the pulses of this genre’s readers. Books of The Times: Stoking the Fire Larsson Ignited 2011-01-05T23:00:14Z “Thank God,” from the last category, was one of the night’s more stilted songs; it was the only one in which she gave up her agency. Music Review | Jo Dee Messina: Part Concert, Part Talk Show at Feinstein?s 2010-03-17T21:51:00Z Stiller's character does develop a crush on her, but things play out like a real-life romance, not a movie one, with stilted conversations, false starts, blown opportunities and some excruciatingly bad sex. Greenberg star Greta Gerwig steps from the shadows of mumblecore 2010-06-04T23:08:00Z It is thoroughly entertaining – even as you marvel at the preposterousness of the plotting, the improbability of the relationships, and some lines of dialogue that strain for the poetic and just sound toe-curlingly stilted. God's Property – review 2013-03-07T17:42:52Z There he built stilted cottages up among the foliage. A Secluded Caribbean Resort Reopens Treehouse Suites 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But the stagings are stilted; the relations between the conflicted characters never catch fire. ‘Intrigo: Death of an Author’ Review: Many Mysteries, Fewer Thrills 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Joplin’s libretto is sometimes stilted, and the black dialect the downtrodden laborers speak, though authentic, is uncomfortably dated. Critic?s Notebook: For City Opera, Spare Show May Signal Future 2011-06-07T22:00:29Z At its worst, as in this stilted, confounding episode, it has squandered its talented core cast and flaunted symbolic messages so blunt they seem more appropriate for, well, advertising billboards. 'Mad Men' Recap: Misplaced Nostalgia 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Although they sometimes play to their stereotypes, August and Gardner succeed in humanizing their characters, but Isaac’s stilted portrayal is jarring, even in this over-the-top context. In 'Sunset Baby,' a reunion sets the stage for rage 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z What thin creations these characters are — and how distorted they are by the stilted prose and characterizations. A Mother and Son, Fleeing for Their Lives Over Treacherous Terrain 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Strange style: stilted sentences, lots of commas n clauses. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading today? 2013-03-12T16:10:04Z Even Alan Sugar’s stilted jokes, always the low point of the show, have become depressingly familiar this year. It's time for The Apprentice to clear its desk and go 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The performances are so stilted that at times they seem pitched as deliberate alienation effects. Review: ‘For the Plasma’ Sees the Forests for the Financials 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Q. In terms of the dialogue — I heard people saying they felt that some of the things the Palestinians were saying were stilted. Julian Schnabel Discusses His New Film, a Palestinian Story 2011-03-22T17:11:02Z Monaco might now be safe for tax-avoiding tycoons but none of us are safe from stilted drama and hammy acting, no matter what screen you’re watching it on. Grace of Monaco's Emmy nominations show film still has standards TV doesn't 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The monarchic conflict is stately and stilted, and much to the viewer’s royal pain, originates not from the queen but her mother and mother-in-law. The lesson of Starz’s “The White Princess”: Not all family affairs are worth watching 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z And the uneven direction results in scenes in which the actors’ delivery is stilted — full of anticipatory pauses, not the naturalistic flow of conversation. Review: Despite the Primping, ‘The Cotillion’ Is Far From Flawless 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Bosworth is perhaps the only one who finds room for some subtlety in what amounts to a stilted, botched job. ‘The Locksmith’ Review: A Botched Job 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z "What thin creations these characters are — and how distorted they are by the stilted prose and characterizations," Seghal wrote. Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z From a 21st-century perspective, 19th-century opera is a contrivance in any case; even some of the more successful ones seem stilted when seen through modern eyes. Review | ‘The Touchstone’ is a deservedly forgotten opera. Wolf Trap makes a case for remembering it. 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z A dinner scene in which Francis interacts with a group of snooty waiters feels particularly sluggish, its pandemonium stilted. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage At this crucial moment, Facebook’s language often sounds clueless, with its combination of stilted corporate euphemism and childlike wonder about “community” and “sharing.” Perspective | Facebook still denies what it is. The Cleveland murder shows how. 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z There are phenomenal dance-pop songs but also stilted ballads and high-energy screamers. Music: Miley Cyrus Is Growing Up and Testing Identities 2010-06-29T21:41:00Z But the final effect of Ms. Quinn’s simplified dancing and Ms. Fenley’s somewhat stilted speaking was in between in the weak sense. Dance Review: Molissa Fenley’s ‘Cross Bridge’ at The Club at La MaMa 2012-12-12T22:52:49Z But his tone rarely varied from a casually elegiac world-weariness, within which some passages sounded fresh and surprising, and others were more stilted and artificial. Music Review: ?Four Quartets? at the Clark Studio Theater - Review 2011-11-09T23:07:59Z Some of the writing is a little stilted and clumsy, but the history is solid. A cool new coin app 2012-07-23T14:15:00Z This entails a somewhat stilted narration that introduces us, as if for the first time, to things like haiku and “The Tale of Genji.” | 'Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo': In Japan, the Children Are Buying Bugs 2010-05-11T22:10:00Z The show’s set-‘em-up, knock-‘em-down style of sitcom banter hasn’t changed with the times, and while that specificity of style works for a show like “Will & Grace” it feels stiff and stilted here. “Murphy Brown” returns revived, but not refreshed 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “Black-and-white film camera/Yellow sunglasses/Ashtray/Swimming pool,” he sings on the understated “Keep Driving,” the lyrics playing out like a stylish but stilted movie montage that takes the place of actual character development. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z England, under scoreboard pressure, had been stilted up until then. Truth hard to find in England's inkblot Test 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Trying to seal a first Six Nations Grand Slam for 12 years in 2022, a stilted first hour allowed a mediocre England to lurk within a converted score before France stretched away. Dupont and his French team answer call of a nation 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z “Toda la feria,” he kept repeating in stilted Spanish — all the money. Inside the ruthless crime wave targeting L.A.’s vulnerable street food vendors 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z This is a showcase for bravura acting, with Ireland playing Rose as aggressive and stilted in her inability to connect with others, or even present a normal social interaction. Review: Back in the horror laboratory, 'birth/rebirth' is alive (alive!) with female tensions 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z But these technologies fail to adequately reproduce the musical nature of speech, he notes, so patients’ voices sound stilted and robotic. Hear a classic Pink Floyd song reconstructed from listeners’ brain waves 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The characterizations are exaggerated, the dialogue is stilted and the plot induces a fair amount of eye-rolling. Review: Geffen Playhouse's 'The Ants' reveals just how perilous the horror genre can be 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z “I think it was a stilted effort to avoid any bias motivated or hate charges,” said Allen. Victims confront Colorado Springs gay nightclub killer, calling shooter a monster and a coward 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z DeSantis took extensive audience questions — a trademark in New Hampshire politics that he eschewed during his previous visit to the state, drawing criticisms that he was stilted and overly scripted. Rivalry between Trump and DeSantis deepens with dueling New Hampshire campaign events 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The device allowed him to walk, but the process was stilted and sometimes frustrating. Paralyzed man walks naturally, thanks to wireless ‘bridge’ between brain and spine 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Its written notices to taxpayers, often decried as stilted and complicated, are hemmed in by the IRS’s generations-old coding protocols, the oldest of which dates to the 1960s. As taxpayer service improves, IRS staffers say they’re happier at work 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The cross-examination was marred by technical glitches and the stilted awkwardness familiar to anyone who has participated in a Zoom call. Video Testimony in the Covid Era Faces a Constitutional Test 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z It was a stark contrast to the stilted encounters she once had with Mr. Johnson. Sunak’s Pivot Away From ‘Global Britain’ Makes Friends on World Stage 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Wave after wave, the ocean had clawed away at the beach until the stilted homes finally gave way. Retreat in Rodanthe Hotels are reserved for miles, bars are tapped for days, parties become currency in a week of stilted stuntin’. Tyler Tynes: Slow death in the desert. Inside Eagles fans' painful Super Bowl. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z A lively discussion ensued on the importance of developing a writing voice and how some of the chatbot’s sentences lacked flair or sounded stilted. Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z I’m sympathetic and want to offer words of comfort, but most of what I can think of to say is stilted, shallow and sounds insincere to me — even as I’m saying it. Advice | Ask Amy: Wife wants to pretend that she didn’t accuse spouse of infidelity 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Their voices were stilted and failed to sync with the movement of their mouths. The People Onscreen Are Fake. The Disinformation Is Real. 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z On other tours, the conversation has come across as stilted. Homa good at golf, good talking about it during CBS telecast 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Streamed live on the Toyota website, Thursday's sometimes stilted broadcast underscored how Toyoda has tried to change the conversation around the company his grandfather founded and his apparent frustration at failing to do so. Toyota boss bows out on news outlet he trusts - his own 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z "We'd try to do a little bit in the morning, just to loosen him up," Lynsey said, describing doing ankle turns and leg movements with him, which could be quite "stilted". Quadriplegic cerebral palsy: Mum sees son walk for first time 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The last time the brothers appeared together was after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, when they, along with their wives, went for a stilted public walkabout before her funeral. Prince Harry Writes of Physical Attack by His Brother, According to Report 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z But after viewers complained she sounded stilted, she gave up trying. Barbara Walters dies at 93; news anchor broke the boy's club of network television 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z His cautious persona and stilted speaking style have drawn comparisons to John Major, who in 1990 succeeded a more forceful prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. For Sunak, Like Biden, Dullness Could Be a Secret Weapon 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Jesse speaks just a few sentences of French, but it’s a nice break from the rest of the dialogue, which tends to be stilted and sometimes foreshadows with a sledgehammer. Review | ‘Devotion’: Korean War aviator drama is slow to take off 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z After, it wound up nestled in what was left of a stranger’s bedroom — several houses and a canal away from Harold Gressman’s stilted “Old Florida” style home. The treasured belongings lost and found in Hurricane Ian’s debris 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z He becomes animated when talking about nickel investments and Indonesia’s plans for reforestation, rattling off numbers from memory, while his foreign policy answers are more stilted and scripted. Once Inward-Looking, Joko Widodo Casts Himself as a Global Statesman 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z But although there’s plenty of lengthy dialogues between the two, the writing is stilted much of the time. 'The English' wants to critique the blood-soaked Old West. Instead, it revels in it 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Biden has never been at his best in big speeches, where his delivery can be stilted, his stories sometimes meandering. One hug and one selfie at a time, Biden’s mission to connect 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The stilted message raised further fears for her safety among Iranian rights groups based abroad, who say that Iran routinely extracts false confessions from activists, protesters and detainees. Iranian climber who competed without hijab welcomed by crowds in Tehran 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z After a stilted opening, the performers mostly seem at home in this environment. Review | This 1928 drawing-room comedy comes across as a musty museum piece 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Then he took a canoe to the stilted river house where Dom and Bruno were staying. My friend was killed deep in the Amazon forest. I went to investigate. Her stilted performance at a brief news conference on Friday was also a reminder that Ms. Truss is not a gifted communicator. Britain’s New Finance Chief Repudiates Prime Minister’s Signature Economic Plan 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, doctors' notes historically have had a "stilted vocabulary," said Dr. Leonor Fernandez, an internist and researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z But the orderly questioning, a break from the court’s usual free-for-all approach, struck some observers as stilted and inert. Supreme Court to Reopen to the Public When Justices Return 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Those meetings were often stilted, with the Chinese officers reading from prepared scripts, Mr. Goldstein said. This Might Not Be a Cold War, but It Feels Like One 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Charles’ mother was naturally reserved, and the public seemed to accept her stilted conversations as part of her personality. Can King Charles put Queen Elizabeth's legacy behind him and craft his own? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z More stilted, or wooden if you will, than Pinocchio himself, the handful of human performances, including Hanks, overflow with an unnatural theatricality that creates a tonal dissonance with the subtler acting of their digital counterparts. Review: Robert Zemeckis' 'Pinocchio' is a soulless knockoff of the beloved 1940 animated classic 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z It was the stilted language of a party hack. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The first Venetians, she told me, were fishermen who lived in stilted huts on the tidal flats. Cecilia Vicuña’s Desire Lines 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z You don’t want to be slumped over and leaning on the podium or lectern, but you also don’t want a stiff, unnatural posture that makes you look stilted or uncomfortable. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z At times, the conversation is stilted and meandering. How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Cohen’s narrative dances between the tenants of religious fanaticism and a fascination with extraterrestrials but will cause a brain freeze with the stilted acting and conspiracy-slathered plot threads that lead to a very unsettling ending. 4K Ultra HD movie reviews: ‘God Told Me To’ and ‘The Lost City’ 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z His stilted manner of speech and insistence on using formal Arabic rather than the Tunisian dialect have earned him the nickname “RoboCop.” The law professor who set out to dismantle Tunisia’s democracy 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Most have to attend their share of stilted happy hours and softball games. Hey, Is Anybody Watching the Interns? 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Care is also conscious of the need to be flexible and avoid falling into the kick-first trap that stilted England's progress through 2020, when they won matches yet struggled to create. Will Jones be tempted to go back to the future? 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z To the casual viewer, the annual exhibition of dressed-up handlers leading well-mannered dogs around a ring might seem like a somewhat stilted walk in the park, but there’s more than that to choosing a champion. Dog show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Sometimes, when the loneliness becomes overwhelming, he calls up advocates to come visit him and has stilted, awkward interactions. ‘What Was the Point?’: Freed After 9 Years, Refugees Learn to Live Again 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z If I was just the straight Henry, I was awkward; I was stilted. 'Barry' gets intense for Henry Winkler. Here's why that is such a good thing 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Still, when conversations take place out loud, the dialogue can feel stilted. Review | Estranged siblings reconnect, fitfully, in the moody ‘Montana Story’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z All my interactions with her had been stilted and klutzy, in part because my family never had much of a relationship with her. Next time you talk to your grandparents, hit record 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z In the light of day everything looks a little stilted, a little off. Review: A coming-out story in MeToo camouflage: Michelle Hart's shadowy, sly debut novel 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The birds, formally known as American or Caribbean flamingos, are instantly recognizable from their long stilted legs and distinctive pink hue. Fox chews through fence, kills 25 flamingos at National Zoo 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z While “Finding Me” can be docked for some loose ends, stilted prose and superfluous anecdotes, Davis’s journey overpowers those nitpicks. Review | Viola Davis reveals the trauma that shaped her as an actor 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Propaganda films, a mainstay of Communist China, usually rehash historical revolutionary battles with stilted dialogue and plots. Kevin Lee: The Briton who plays the bad guy in China's patriotic movies 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “Kate’s journey got a little stilted after the loss of her father, and it comes in fits and starts,” Fogelman said. Inside the stirring trilogy that made 'This Is Us' stars into 'indie movie' directors 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z And it creates this kind of stilted play that frustrates the players. Inside the off-court drama that made the Showtime Lakers 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z He loved the message, the humor and the mistaken identities, straight out of a Renaissance melodrama, but he found the literary language too stilted for the stage. At Theater J, a new version of a 1779 play shows multiculturalism is a lot older than we think 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The jokes are stale, the energy is stilted, and the whole thing feels like a misbegotten vanity exercise cooked up in the pandemic to keep them occupied. Review: There's nothing funny or scary about the Dave Grohl horror-comedy 'Studio 666' 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z A wan woman of the bird category, Mira begins adulthood filled with delusions and the ache of her stilted heart. Review | In Sheila Heti’s ‘Pure Colour,’ the plot is just an excuse for philosophical musings 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z It could take years to secure rights from publishing houses and the initial recordings were sometimes stilted and difficult to listen to. Duvall Hecht, whose daily grind to L.A. led to Books on Tape, dies at 91 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Commissioned to illustrate a selection of African folk tales in the early 1970s, he asked to rewrite the text, noting that the stories were told in the stilted language of ethnographic research. Ashley Bryan, whose joyous picture books celebrated Black life and history, dies at 98 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Her song about healthcare really captures the duality in her songwriting, where she’s actually talking about serious topics, just with stilted writing and flow — and sometimes maybe less sensitivity than a topic probably warrants. The words and rhymes of alleged Bitcoin launderer Razzlekhan 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “The stilted phrasing pollsters use can make it difficult for conservatives to respond,” Mr. Bozell said. Midterms renew doubts about election polling accuracy 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “We want to invite you to teach you about how to sell in Santa Monica,” he said in stilted Spanish. Column: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Just take the Ameca robot from Engineered Arts, a true-to-scale, metal-and-plastic robot person who blinks, shrugs and grimaces just like you and me — if you and me were stilted human facsimiles. The weirdest and most interesting tech at CES 2022 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z As expected, the transition has been stilted and plagued with problems. It’s time for car companies to shut up about electric vehicles and just ship them 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z They got a stilted internet post in which she said she was OK and resting at home in Beijing. Commentary: WTA chief Steve Simon shows unique resolve fighting to confirm Peng Shuai's safety 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The show is low-fi and a little stilted — you can tell Habte is still mastering the teleprompter —but that somehow adds to the program’s authenticity and charm. One woman helped move the needle on Black vaccination in South L.A. She's 'Mama Tsega' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z By Monday, the people who lead this small city 20 miles west of Milwaukee had adopted the pained, stilted language that has become a ritual in too many American places. At a Christmas parade, ‘Comfort and Joy’ turns to carnage and fear: ‘There were bodies all over the street’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Instead, all the outside world has seen is a stilted message, said to have been written by Peng and sent to the WTA, in response to its demand for an inquiry into her allegations. The Question the I.O.C. Is Too Weak to Ask 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Many critics said his novels were stilted, repetitive and cartoonish, even as they acknowledged he could be a gripping storyteller. Wilbur Smith, best-selling author of African adventure tales, dies at 88 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Andrew: The best thing I can say about the show is this: despite the occasionally stilted action, goofy wigs, and uneven CG, it has finally convinced me to binge the anime. Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop has heart, style, and some rough edges 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The writing can be stilted, starting with the first line: “What Didion wrote about San Francisco but also America more broadly was still true: the center was not holding.” Review | A memoir of murder, family and law, but at a careful distance 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In June, visiting a Group of 7 meeting in Cornwall, she joked with President Biden, Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders as they posed in rather stilted fashion for a group portrait. Queen ‘Reluctantly’ Cancels Trip, Citing Medical Advice 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Since then, arguments have taken place by telephone, with the justices asking questions one by one in order of seniority, an arrangement many observers found inert and stilted. Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for the virus. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z That includes not just favelas, but also invasions, grottoes, lowlands, stilted houses and the like, according to the institute. Favela centennial shows Brazil communities’ endurance 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z She rejected the magazine’s stilted, imperious “we” by putting her own body on the line. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Bush had gone into hiding on the day of the attacks themselves, only poking his head out long enough to deliver a stilted, utterly forgettable national address. Empty words: How Bush and Giuliani failed to capture the moment on 9/11 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But a slow, error-strewn first half was a return to previously stilted displays, and it took going behind early in the second half to bring Gerrard's team to life. Tavernier gives Rangers win in Perth 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Although it’s meant to be inspiring, the narrative remains stilted and constrained. Review: Larry Elder complained we've never reviewed his books. So we did, like it or not 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z She is a voracious researcher, but her on-air delivery feels spontaneous, at times meandering, more a conversation than a stilted monologue. Dana Loesch, rising right-wing radio star, is gunning to be the next Rush Limbaugh 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Still, the leaders repeatedly emphasized their one-on-one relationship in their public appearances, a sharp divergence from Ms. Merkel’s chilly and stilted interactions with Mr. Trump, who maligned her as “captive to Russia.” Acknowledging Disagreements, Biden and Merkel Signal Warmer U.S.-German Ties 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Conversations with players moved from more relaxed, open locker rooms to stilted Zoom calls that made it difficult to ask players private questions. NFL expected to keep locker rooms closed as sports reporters push for a return to access 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The production, which premiered last summer, “was a little stilted, but we were happy with it — we got through it.” How Shakespeare helps this theater teacher empower young artists from South L.A. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Many of his lines seem gleefully ad-libbed and he stands out in a forest of stilted dialogue. Review: You wanted lots of blood? ‘Mortal Kombat’ listened 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z He was disappointed, at times, with the stilted nature of his first remote bilateral meeting, held with Canada’s Justin Trudeau in February. Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z In fact, it’s a terribly stilted exchange that is made only somewhat funny by the excruciating awkwardness of it all. Review: An odd surrogate friendship in ‘Together Together’ 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z “When you lose all of that, the game becomes more stilted.” Escape Your Reality With Role-Playing Games 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Cutting away to the nominees after a joke or a related win was rarely successful and often stilted, although the later categories seemed to learn from the mistakes of the earlier ones. Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, their chemistry might be somewhat stilted this year as they won't be in the same room. Golden Globe Awards 2021: Stars prepare for virtual ceremony 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Fox News and Fox Business ran an unusually stilted segment in which an election expert, Edward Perez, debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud that had recently been aired on the networks. Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Characters recite stilted lines, more suited for a TED talk than a high-stakes drama where emotions are supposed to be running high, on topics such as racial profiling and rap lyrics. Review: Nate Parker takes on police brutality in 'American Skin,' but the drama plays like parody 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z The official description of the hourlong conversation was “good”; the unofficial description was “nonsubstantive” and “stilted.” Pence Reached His Limit With Trump. It Wasn’t Pretty. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding the occasional glitch, including what certainly sounded like a flushing toilet, the proceedings were orderly and dignified if at times stilted and inert. Chief Justice Praises the Courts’ Responses to the Pandemic 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “The state is trying to put forth a one-sided, stilted view of what happened to protect someone who does not deserve the protection of the state,” Richards said, calling Rosenbaum “a masked robber.” Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse ordered to stand trial after effort to dismiss charges fails 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “The state is trying to put forth a one-sided, stilted view of what happened,” Richards told the court. Evidence sufficient for Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, court commissioner rules 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The text message was stilted and to the point: “I need assistance. I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY.” He Was Rescued at Sea in a Sailing Race. ‘It’s Life,’ He Said. 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z We need the warmth of strangers, sweaty handshakes, stilted laughs and tender embraces. A Medical Student Contemplates Pandemic-Era Isolation...and Connection 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Brilliant games though they are, some awkward and stilted game design shows their age. Crash Bandicoot 4: another 90s video game icon returns 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In general, the stilted speech and disaffected behavior of the characters is incongruous with this unsettling event. National Book Award winner Don DeLillo dissects technological paranoia in prescient, slim ‘The Silence’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Barnes struck a decidedly different tone on Friday, in a statement filled with stilted official language reminiscent of a forced confession. He’s Sorry for His Bad Reviews. He May Now Avoid Prison. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z They both wore masks and, as I approached and overheard their stilted, overly polite conversation, I felt a wave of nervous energy: a first date, surely. I Traveled to 52 Places. Then I Discovered N.Y. on My Bike. 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “Everyone onstage had that very stilted, thoughtful voice, sounding programmed and structured. I could see why people thought it was genuine.” The Reality TV Host vs. the Velvet Shiv: Trump and Biden in Debates 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Yet each man, as their careers lengthened, became particularly skilled at disarming guests to get beyond stilted “what have you been up to lately” conversations. Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show host 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Steeped in the stilted oratory of the Senate, he doesn’t launch inflammatory assaults on critics. Trump’s media domination fueled his rise -- and now could backfire 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z She offered stilted words of praise for the Chinese Communist Party. Forget TikTok. China’s Powerhouse App Is WeChat, and Its Power Is Sweeping. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Speaking of which: Rather than speaking Chinese, the characters predictably employ the stilted, accented English that has long been Hollywood’s favored syntax for Asian-set stories. Review: Disney's live-action remake of 'Mulan' has more swords and sorcery but less magic 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Many students complained that video lectures are stilted and awkward, with little personal connection with either professors or classmates. Students demand tuition cuts as more colleges pivot to virtual learning 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Video lectures are stilted and awkward, they say, and there’s little personal connection with professors or classmates. As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z In it, she read from a piece of paper in stilted official language and reversed her earlier stance by asking supporters to accept the election results and stop protesting. Belarusian's unlikely journey from home life to opposition hero 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z This is the kind of gender balancing act that, even when faithfully executed, risks appearing stilted and calculated, as Mrs. Clinton was often accused of being. Kamala Harris Tests America’s Relationship to Women in Power 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But what shortly became evident was that, despite the quiet and stilted nature of a convention dominated by social distancing, the evening ended up being quite successful. DNC's first night was claustrophobic and grim: A compelling mirror of life in America 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Breaking through the stilted online format, Mrs. Obama provided the emotional high point of the night as she confronted the president directly. Democrats Begin Virtual Convention, Hailing Biden and Denouncing Trump 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z During a recent call with three members of the British military serving overseas, she served up a mix of stilted questions and wry asides. In a Rare Public Appearance, the Queen Knights Captain Tom 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z After five months of stilted diplomacy by video conference, presidents and prime ministers will once again gather face to face. Big choices face EU leaders on Covid recovery cash 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Booker is trying to capitalize on the protests with a new ad featuring Ms. McGrath’s stilted answer from a recent debate, in which she conceded she had not been to any demonstrations. In Kentucky, Racial Justice Movement Transforms Quest to Oust McConnell 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump is often stilted in such discussions. As Americans Shift on Racism, Trump Digs In 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, our sessions together are stilted and awkward. Teaching across an abyss of silence 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Conversation always seems incredibly stilted on them, as if people haven’t quite learned yet how to behave naturally. Reviewing the arts in lockdown: 'Life is lonelier, but also more thoughtful' 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Lawyers who argue before the court and experts on its history and procedures said that arguments conducted by telephone are likely to be more stilted and less valuable than ones in the courtroom. Virus Pushes a Staid Supreme Court Into Revolutionary Changes 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z After the divorce, our short, stilted conversations became less frequent. How I Found Common Ground With My Immigrant Dad on a Clay Court 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The stilted conversation has fed the narrative that grew up around the last couple of Strokes albums. The Strokes' Julian Casablancas on staying home (not too bad), the state of our democracy (really bad) 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Day-to-day life for people across China will remain slightly stilted for some time. China gets a glimpse of life on the other side of coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Dad remembered it as more thrilling than on this repeat viewing, especially after the Soderbergh film, which made this one seem stilted and conventional. Coronavirus quarantining with kids: Movies, games, baking and ... carpentry? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The candidates’ attempts to engage voters came in the form of stilted virtual events from the other side of the country. Politics in time of coronavirus: Arizona quietly picks Biden 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In the stilted parlance of market watchers, stocks just went through a “correction.” Stocks just ‘corrected,’ a regular but still scary event 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z President Herbert Hoover, burdened with a stuffy, stilted image, successfully humanized himself by releasing a photograph in which he communed in a manly yet affectionate manner with his German shepherd, King Tut. Loyal, Playful Canine Campaigners That Warm Instantly to Voters 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The author’s portrayal of Mexican culture was called outlandish, littered with stereotypes, stilted bilingualism and an awkward peppering of italicized Spanish phrases. 'American Dirt' was supposed to be a publishing triumph. What went wrong? 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z To start, the dialogue is often stilted, with phrases and sentence structures divorced from how people actually speak. Review: Allende novel seeks to spotlight footnote of history 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Despite the stilted attempt, the editorial board appreciates all public dialogue on the proposed major projects, and voters should unflinchingly and unapologetically demand it this campaign season. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z A handful of stilted recordings of this cantata have been released over the years, none offering much reason for its revival. Review: The L.A. Phil, as only it can, delivers a long weekend of 'Apollo' and 'Flower Power' 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Maybe that seems awkward and stilted to you, and maybe it is. Oscar nominations disappoint 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Even allowing for the unfavorable network environment of a CES show floor, the demonstration’s responses were delayed and linguistically stilted. Neon CEO explains the tech behind his overhyped ‘artificial humans’ 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z But this stilted production is not the legacy that Reeves deserves. Review: Western ‘Hell on the Border’ underserves pioneering African American lawman 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But both films suffer from unattractive designs and stilted animation. Review: Personal touches bring life to annual Animation Show of Shows 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The narratives he told were strikingly similar, featuring inmates who not only freely admitted their guilt but also did so spontaneously in the same oddly stilted language. How This Con Man’s Wild Testimony Sent Dozens to Jail, and 4 to Death Row 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z For four decades, Pool has talked about the weather, but in a way that was never scripted or stilted. After 40 years at KOMO in Seattle, weatherman Steve Pool is signing off 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In some ways, authenticity is a stilted beast. What Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys learned from Mister Rogers for 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The mysterious Dubois is friendly, writing in somewhat stilted English, but hardly effusive. US student receives reply to message in a bottle nine years later – from France 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps it was inevitable that its efforts to humanize itself would scan as stilted and generic—the AmazonBasics of public relations. What an Amazon Fulfillment Center Tour Reveals 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “Although the show creates a ruthless world - the action is brutal and visceral, and the story advances quickly - it’s not inventive enough to overcome the stilted dialogue and stock characters,” wrote Brian Lowry of CNN.com. AppleTV+ debuts streaming TV service with Oprah and Aniston 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z In a stilted reply, Sondland defended Trump’s intentions and suggested they stop the back and forth by text. Diplomat emerges as unlikely key player in Trump impeachment probe 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z After a slightly stilted beginning, the new crew hit its stride with Season 2, “The Gauntlet.” ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ takes its audience down memory lane — with an eye on the future 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But despite that stilted start, within a decade, prime-time broadcasts had become an essential part of electioneering. Do party election broadcasts matter any more? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Missouri’s stilted probe of clergy abuse must not be the last word on the issue. Recent Missouri editorials 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z But poor Demi Moore — playing the self-centered CEO of a failing company — comes off as stiff and shrill, setting the tone for a movie that’s stilted from start to finish. Review: Jim Gaffigan breaks out in 'American Dreamers’; and more 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A whooshing sound occurs whenever a panel changes; the intentionally stilted delivery of lines, as well as narration that prompts mental images, conjure a feeling of being inside a high-stakes comic book world. A blind heroine rules this audio comic book written for a blind audience 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z British officials grew to dread May’s meetings with Trump — fearful that he would explode during his interactions with the more stilted prime minister. Trump and Johnson look to use G-7 summit to fortify their relationship amid skepticism of both leaders 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Gone, it seems, are the regional conferences conducted in “Globish” — the stilted, simplified version of English that used to be the norm. Opinion | Parlez-Vous Anglais? Yes, of Course. 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z In her hands, stilted pleasures — and male indulgence — are a sign of the times. In her paintings, the glorious awkwardness of men failing to have fun 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z And he at times appeared stilted and halting in his answers. Mueller offers terse answers, uncertainty in testimony 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He at times appeared stilted and halting, and several times asked for questions to be repeated. Mueller admits he was 'friends' with Comey during heated House hearing 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z That agenda and Johnson’s recent efforts to cozy up to Trump should make for a chummy start after the stilted relationship Trump had with Johnson’s predecessor and recent political antagonist, Theresa May. ‘The British Trump’: Johnson and Trump may be chums, but U.S., U.K. policy differences remain 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “When it comes to climate, everyone — moderators and candidates — is kind of awkward and stilted.” Biggest loser: Climate change’s bad week shows it’s not ready for prime time 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z With so many candidates onstage, the Democratic presidential debates risk becoming a stilted, parallel-play affair, with candidates trying to squeeze scripted messages into tiny scraps of airtime. The stakes are high as Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to debate 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z And, yet, the whole affair felt tawdry and cheap, joyless and stilted beyond the usual norms of pomp and circumstance. Opinion | Trump’s royal visit to the U.K. proves money can’t buy you class 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Outside the van’s tinted windows, people were resting underneath thatched roofs and stilted homes, and inside, Hattingh, the cameraman, was reaching into his bag. The man risking his life to expose the destruction of the tiger Default questions like “So, what do you do?” and “Have you been to this trade show before?” tend to yield stilted, bland answers. 6 tips to make small talk less excruciating for introverts | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z They were loaded onto buses and given statements to read that echoed the stilted official language being broadcast by state media. The night the US bombed a Chinese embassy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z There is no path out of this crisis that doesn’t begin with confession and atonement by the hierarchy — not in some stilted statement or three-day confab, but concrete and genuine — and over many, many years. Opinion | Pope Benedict shows us how the Catholic Church went so terribly off-course 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z She started writing a symbolic sort of book involving a ghost, but it was stilted and she gave it up. How a Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z She played snooty socialite Tracy Lord, the role made famous by Katharine Hepburn, but critics panned her performance as stilted. Lee Radziwill, society grande dame and sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, dies at 85 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z When he does speak, it is bursts of a few words and short, stilted answers. Salif Keita: ‘Democracy is a not a good thing for Africa’ 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z I think that one of the reasons our conversations are so narrow and stilted and stupid is, because there's no diversity among the people having them, that's what I mean. Salon Interview: Tucker Carlson bashes capitalism, says he might vote for Elizabeth Warren 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z But we often think it’s been this formal, stilted, often tedious bit of pablum. How the State of the Union became a broadcast event 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z On Sunday, following a range of negative reactions to Warren's broadcast on social media, President Trump dubbed the stilted encounter "Elizabeth Warren's beer catastrophe." Beto O'Rourke mocked after offering few answers in wide-ranging policy interview 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. or Ms. Studio Executive, instead of another film with fake tattoos and stilted accents, consider investing in new talent and greenlighting a big, smart Latino project. Opinion | Hollywood’s Obsession With Cartels 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z He said Warren can sound stilted and inauthentic, and he criticized her handling of the heritage issue. They're off and running: Elizabeth Warren's trip to Iowa launches Democrats' long race to take on Trump 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z He too was from a fishing family, which anchored its boat and slept at a small stilted hut on the riverbank. China’s transformation happens slowly on the Pearl River Delta 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The Washington Post tweet below, for example, pushes back on Trump’s claim, but its stilted “both sides” nature gives the impression these two interpretations are merely a matter of opinion. Stable genius says it's a witch hunt: Echoing Trump's lies isn't journalism 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Yet she found fault with the series' "blank-eyed and stilted" rabbits, saying they "appear to have escaped from a decade-old computer game." Critics welcome 'toned-down' Watership 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Atticus is what the historian Isabel Wilkerson has called “a gentleman bigot,” and “Watchman” is full of stilted exchanges between a benighted father and his more enlightened daughter. The Contested Legacy of Atticus Finch 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But choppy editing and stilted story evolution never really do justice to what should be an epic and suspenseful tale of political machinations and power struggles. Review: Film puts a modern spin on ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z After years of hearing professional actors perform in games, going back to the stilted, choppy delivery in Resident Evil is jarring. PlayStation Classic review: a journey through the exciting, awkward days of early 3D games 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z As that quote suggests, “All Save One” brims with references to classic Hollywood, a trait that could endear it to nostalgic audiences, were this production less stilted. Review | Hollywood in the ’50s is slightly musty in ‘All Save One’ 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z A gathering is underway at the palace of Queen Anne, though if you didn’t know better, the stilted, otherworldly air of formality and absurdity might put you in mind of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. Review: Wickedly entertaining 'The Favourite' forms a perfect triangle in Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Maybe if they had anyone who could pass protect, the conversation wouldn’t be so stilted against Eli Manning, who barely has time to look downfield as he sets up to throw. Another Minneapolis Miracle? Saints sure hope not 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z We see Joe carefully taking portraits of his customers, freezing their strained smiles and stilted poses into idealized tableaus of domestic happiness. Carey Mulligan gives a career-best performance in sharp marital drama 'Wildlife' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s a child’s drawing done in marker depicting a stick-figure man with his hands around a child’s neck and the stilted text: “Father choking Shawn.” Former mental asylum offers historical, ghost tours 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z |
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