Beckett seems to fear that Modotti won't be taken seriously if we don't spend enough time on her political activism, so we end up getting a history lesson with some requisite sex thrown in, and some sub-par acting that numbs as it attempts to instruct.
In the second clip, which is one minute and 17 seconds, Michael attempts to instruct Luke on how to use the photocopier.
They are suspect when they set out to bamboozle, and doubly so when they attempt to instruct.
What are you so afraid of?" "Don't attempt to instruct me on my duties," Bertie barks, directing a turn-to-stone glare at his tutor.
Earlier in the day, Mr. McGreevey, 42, said he wanted to make two major points: "One, the community has consistently attempted to instruct our children in basic notions of citizenship, as well as to foster a responsible character.
But on our part, there was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double dealing, no deal in oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurance by me to Colonel Gaddafi.
Following hard on the heels of Mortdecai comes this deconstruction of the Ian Fleming-style gentleman spy, with Colin Firth as the veteran agent attempting to instruct his wayward nephew (Taron Egerton) in the arts of the great game.
"There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances by me to Colonel [Muammar] Gaddafi [the Libyan leader]," Brown told an audience in Birmingham.
Instead of writing an article extolling the many real joys of "western swing," David Wondrich makes a misguided attempt to instruct long-deceased jazz masters on how they might have improved their music ["When Hillbilly and Jazz Found Common Cause," Nov. 19].
"There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances by me to Colonel Qaddafi," the prime minister told reporters in Birmingham, England, referring to the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
"There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances by me to Colonel Gaddafi," Brown told an audience in Birmingham in brief remarks before the launch of a youth employment initiative.
