In a tight T-shirt, lace-up pants and eyeliner, he managed to appear both smug and glum, his performance carrying an air of the perfunctory about it.
"He was terrific," said Coach Mike D'Antoni, who was otherwise glum over the Knicks' uninspired performance.
Mr. Leahy said lawmakers had pushed the bureau for "realistic assessments" of the Virtual Case File's performance, amid increasingly glum reports in the news media and in government about its chances for success.
With Britain's invidious combination of the two, it is easy to see why forecasters are vying to produce the grimmest predictions of economic performance.Glum, yes but too glum?The pessimism may be overdone.
But the sheer campy buzz, the cheerful exuberance (as opposed to the new film, which is allegedly dark, dour, and glum), combined with Raul Julia's possibly brilliant performance, makes this one worth a glance.
It may be a bit of a one-note performance - he hardly changes his glum, internally riven expression throughout - but that note is masterful.
"Pop thrush lacks acting smarts" was the verdict of Variety, an American trade paper, on the performance by Iceland's favourite pop singer, Björk, in Lars von Trier's glum extravaganza, "Dancer in the Dark".
When that moment arrives, after two long, unrelievedly glum hours, it doesn't have the effect it's supposed to, because Mr. Park's screenplay, pedestrian direction and stolid performance don't set us up to care.
Given past performance and the current state of the American and global economy, I don't find it remotely surprising that people are glum.
