The famous island 17th hole was the epitome
of the tightrope act that is a place where it seems every Tiger round exists these days.
It's a bit
of a tightrope act for Democrats to claim «in with the new» as the saying goes, without the part that cries: «out with the old.»
Not exact matches
The key elements
of the ceremony — the host's
tightrope act, the lengthy, some might say self - congratulatory, running time and the glamorously outfitted stars in the audience — are going to be the same as they ever were.
Look at the balancing
act at Lee, as CEO Mary Junck and CFO Carl Schmidt have walked
tightrope after
tightrope of restructuring, in an amazing attempt to avoid falling into the net
of bankruptcy.
Harrington calls his
act «walking a
tightrope between the sectarian irrelevance
of the visionary whose vision is not connected with anything that's going on in this society, and the pragmatic irrelevance
of those who so perfectly adapt to the daily struggle that they lose sight
of the larger struggle.»
That impossible
tightrope act is the stuff
of parable; it is the shape
of following Jesus.
Played without much
of a filter, Lawrence must walk the prickly
acting tightrope that is playing crazy while staying grounded enough to make the performance believable.
The late third
act transference
of the Wendigo figure into the father as avenger — a metamorphosis represented with ingenious basement and in - camera effects — is a series
of tightrope maneuvres that shouldn't work but work like a bastard.
It sees the Tramp perform a
tightrope act through the help
of a hidden wire, only for the cable to snap, leaving him completely unaided with a long way to fall.
We'd be foolish not to give some sort
of shout out to other terrific scenes throughout the year, like the hilarious funeral sequence in Li» l Quinquin, which had us doubled over from laughter; both the border crossing and night vision sequences in Sicario; the ending
of Carol, which should get an emotional response out
of even the coldest souls; the opening long take in Buzzard, a painfully funny experience much like Entertainment; the bonkers final
act of Jauja; a scorching scene from The Fool where the town mayor lays into her corrupt staff; everything that happens at Mamie Claire's house in Mistress America; the intense argument between Gerard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bissett in Welcome to New York; the
tightrope sequence in The Walk, and much, much more.
Chaplin conjures up an array
of comedic moments that are both ingenious and hilarious; from the Tramp's escape from the police in a hall
of mirrors funhouse, to a dazzling and dangerous
tightrope act performed by the Tramp without a safety harness (but with the attention
of several monkeys who are running loose in the circus and decide to join him on the
tightrope!)
There's a
tightrope act going on in the early part
of the movie as the script tries to make these guys likeable but still throw in enough uncomfortable moments for low humor.
One minute a fiercely honest character study about a man coping with bipolar disorder, and the next minute a charming rom - com revolving around an amateur dancing competition, the film performs such an amazing
tightrope act that it's really to Russell's credit that it doesn't come crashing down like a house
of cards.
Parents the world over have to walk the
tightrope of whether to discipline their children, since the
act of punishing them by denying them something is just as likely to exacerbate undesired behaviour as to correct it.
Walking the
tightrope was the high point
of the
act, which was built around a story involving some sausages stolen by Matisse from a three - legged dog named Skippy.
The works on view are part
of an ongoing series entitled «
Tightrope,» which refers to the contemporary balancing
act between technology and tradition, humanity and the environment.
Works have been created alluding to traditional circus
acts like acrobatics, aerial
acts with trapeze, juggling, daredevil stunts like human cannonball, fire eating and magic shows, the performance
of strongmen,
tightrope walkers, animal tamers, stilt walkers, clowns, unicyclers and pantomimes.
NEW YORK — The complex duties
of today's corporate counsel can be such a
tightrope act — carefully walking among the board, the CEO and the law — that it's surprising leotards and long balance poles aren't given as part
of the employment package.