Yet as the petrol price again nears the fearsome threshold of $4 a gallon, America's politicians, including Mr Obama, are at it again, resorting to exactly the same sort of theatrics, with equally meagre results.The reflex is understandable.
The same approach, with less theatrics, has worked abroad.
Also, it's clear that he was stripping Vuitton of the preferences of his predecessor, Marc Jacobs, notably irony and theatrics, at the same time that he was distancing himself from Balenciaga, now under Alexander Wang.
These are country stars who share the same media coverage, audience, and arena theatrics of corresponding pop stars of their time: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, among others.
But take the theatrics away, and what makes the same objects different from department store stock?
She told VICE that even with hidden tattoos and toned-down theatrics, her father is still the same Santa Scott the community has grown to love.
Lipton doesn't employ a lot of theatrics, and basically stands in the same place on Joe's Pub's tiny stage for the entire 90 minutes, but his simple and honest delivery magnifies his message.
Some artist's (especially within the same genre) attempt to outdo each other with their theatrics, which could mean a multitude of things.
Snow Patrol, a five-piece group from Northern Ireland by way of Glasgow, Scotland, transmits its distress signals and exhortations on much the same wavelength as Coldplay and U2, but with more humility and less theatrics.
You saw the same thing happen to the stock market when Jim Cramer brought clown-show theatrics and spittle-spewing outbursts — "buy! buy! buy!" — to decisions that should call for patient analysis.
