Lesser directors had been filming song-and-dance scenes with a dull, stage-bound fidelity; Berkeley — the subject of a Film Forum series Dec. 7-15 — themed them into extravagant fantasies that could only be realized on film.
Nascar was criticized for staging a dull Daytona 500, so officials tried to take care of that by tinkering with the rules for its restrictor-plate superspeedway races, and a better race followed in April at Talladega, Ala.
Inoki brought a 10-man team of flamboyant young Japanese wrestlers — one sporting cornrows, another with a dull orange 'fro-hawk — to stage free exhibition matches that packed stadiums in the northwestern city of Peshawar and, earlier, in Lahore in the east.
While following him around the country, Pelosi also traced her own journey through the months of transportation delays, down-in-the-trenches intimacy with the travelling-press pack (including the inevitable aborted romance), too many turkey sandwiches, and an endless round of dishwater-dull staged events.
I had really a dull ache all day, but the stage was ideal".
A dull thudding sound erupts from a stage nearby, breaking any illusion of pastoral tranquillity.
A dull thudding sound erupts from a stage nearby, breaking any illusion of pastoral tranquility.
Nobody wants to see a dull, tired-looking person performing on stage.
My own indelible memories of the play — which was the first indication I had that a drama could inspire one person while unsettling or confusing another — found a dull reflection in Lucy Bailey's current staging of "Julius Caesar".
Others have discovered that simply filming the stage play intact makes for a dull movie.
A dull contest came to life in the later stages when Juanma put the hosts in front after 84 minutes.
