The degree to which buffoonery links them only occurred to me while watching old clips of Cyril Smith hamming it up. |
But script and company are trying to function in two registers simultaneously, and the show vacillates too wildly from child-focused hamming to bawdy double entendre. |
Malik and Donnelly fail on both of these accounts, hamming up the production and the vocal, including a faux soulful emphasis. |
Although they appeared to be hamming it up for the camera, there was definitely a frisson of flirtation. |
One person's hamming up is another man's dramatic device and yet another man's way of getting the thing paid for and distributed. |
His performance is excellent, avoiding overacting and hamming it up for the screen. |