He systematically
strips affectation and method from his performers by relentlessly drilling them in rehearsals until they master the mechanical, uninflected motions and line deliveries.
Not exact matches
They defy the status quo, challenge power structures and
strip away
affectation.
Trust at times seems about as factually accurate as the «B.C.» comic
strip, and Boyle's visual
affectations and his over-reliance on split - screens do not always serve the story well.
Anderson's customary
affectations are all very much in evidence: the marzipan palette; the finicky, meticulous compositions; the sentimental attachment to bygone relics, here ranging from macaroons and rotary phones to funicular trams and
striped prison outfits.
«Weisz and McAdams are excellent — and in McAdams» case especially, remarkably
stripped of vanity and
affectation.»
As Mary's increasingly severe depression causes a polite chill in her relationship with Tom and Gerri, Manville gradually
strips the character of her more appealing
affectations, leaving little more than a shivering shell of woman.