In a letter Capt Oates wrote to his mother in 1910, his distaste for this showmanship was clear: "I must say we have made far too much noise about ourselves, all the photographing, cheering, steaming through the fleet etc etc is rot, and if we fail will only make us look more foolish".
According to Jocelyn Vena of MTV News Bieber, "threw in that showmanship that's made him famous".
Not to be outdone in the showmanship department when it comes to fundraising, Obama serenaded donors at his own charity gathering.
Comfort sex may have been routine, and not as Cirque-du-Soleil as in the showmanship stages of our courtship, but on a lousy day, it made me feel good.
We are not electing an entertainer-in-chief. Showmanship is fun, but it is not the kind of leadership that will truly change America".
None of this qualifies Perry for any prizes in "legit" theatre circles or in the art-house film world; he's interested in showmanship, not in the vicissitudes of artistic expression or even in a deeper dramatic discussion of faith, of the kind that August Wilson, for one, embarked on.
Indeed, he parodied this self-importance in his showmanship, his performance, parading around the streets of the Left Bank and holding court in bistros.
Showmanship, in this region where military skill and equipment are scarce, played an easy and effective part in the British effort.
There is great showmanship in this memoir; Stavans comes across as a swashbuckling young writer, shifting from one language to another as his curiosity and ambitions dictate, sometimes with little regret.
Robertson reveled in his showmanship.
