Jay Carr
Jay Carr
critics few
A few critics said, 'I want to write on such and such,'
moving proud cynicism
They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.
jobs eye generations
Elijah Wood confirms his standing as the foremost actor of his generation. ...Wood acts so eloquently with his sentient face and searching eyes that his job becomes one of concealing how redundant his spoken lines are - a tricky job he largely is able to bring off commendably.
dog swans ballet
Björk’s wraparound swan frock . . . made her look like a refugee from the more dog-eared precincts of provincial ballet.
self play long
One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as newspapers are alive is the myth that newspapermen are breezy and raffish. What other play has for so long fed the self-image of journalists?
knights pages banter
[The Front Page] is still full of peppy banter as it sends its seedy knights after cheap scoops.