Instead, what a low-budget talent scout should be looking for is value, the cars that make the most of limited gifts.
But he also wrote the book and lyrics for this affectionate, subversive comedy about the cocoon of self-absorption that many a chronically aspiring artist of limited gifts calls home.
(Borzage gives actors an inwardness that seems to anticipate the Method in some ways. It's a tribute to his ability that he's able to find so much range in a performer of Brent's limited gifts).
But there's trouble in paradise when the least powerful of the superheroes, Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), decides to turn his limited gifts against the people of Kings County, at the same time that the most powerful of the six, the airborne Astrolass (Nicolette Robinson), quits the group to become an average girl.
That means the committees hosting the shindigs -- in Tampa, Fla., for the GOP and Charlotte, N.C., for the Democrats -- can splurge on food, alcohol and even limited gifts, on top of the staffing and lodging expenses they are allowed.
For one thing, it is filled with short-term giveaways, special time-limited gifts for corporations.
In a society that finds effort meritorious, time spent on a long line waiting to buy a limited edition gift adds to its intrinsic value.
'DOCTOR WHO': LIMITED EDITION GIFT SET The three Doctors of the modern era — Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith — share space in this fancy package, which collects the first six seasons of the current BBC series.
