They are addressing a real concern, however clumsily, and are aware of what may be an irremediable weakness in electronic security. |
She's a courtesan showgirl who dreams of being a real actress, we're told rather clumsily. |
Walt Whitman dreams of the first jumpshot he will take, the ball arcing clumsily from his fingers, striking the rim so hard that it sparks. |
For memory, like everything else in the world, can be clumsily used, or unintelligently used, or used for false purposes or in bad faith. |
The flirtatious Emily spends a lot of the film clumsily pursuing her crush, the somewhat receptive Fin. |
On the whole, though, the flashbacks are clumsily integrated into the main action, and can't be salvaged by the staging. |