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The character playing that filmmaker has little of the allure, the wit, the brilliance, the wisdom of the artist; he seems like a drone of the modern commercial European cinema, a mild man of moderate culture; and he's given the keys to the kingdom uncontestedly, which is why the movie he makes seems so lame.
"The stuff was good, but it just seems like every mistake that he makes seems to go out of the ballpark," Roberts said.
Every move he makes seems to be a conscious or subconscious bid to appear as heterosexual as possible, an aspiration many gay men can relate to.
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The through line is that nearly everything he made seems to imply the phrase "this is a painting" simultaneously as a statement and a question, and to leave us juggling our perceptions and preconceptions.
"Everything he did now, every word he said and every move he made, seemed deliberate, restrained and well thought out".
Every decision he made seemed capable of irking somebody.
His Phillies had just beaten the Mets, which he is making seem easier still.
He makes Eddie Haskell seem like Calvin Coolidge.
He makes them seem supremely articulate.
He makes them seem better than they are.
"He makes Kingsley seem like a pyjama-case".
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