He has proved doubters wrong by progressing as far as he has, in spite of his flip-flopping, his woodenness, his wealth and his Mormon faith. |
Harry Graham's English version may be a bit stilted, but the sheer beauty of the music under Cooper's sympathetic direction compensated for any woodenness of dialogue. |
The most striking insight, to my mind, has to do with Gore's famous woodenness. |
It's easy to assume, as many did, that it arose from some deeper woodenness of the soul. |
But the woodenness of some performances means their lifeless bodies should drift out to sea without any fuss. |
A certain woodenness, a type of awkward charm, the need for dissociation coupled with the desire to take a look over the fence, a cryptic sense of humour and shrewdness. |