| His strange mannerisms and goofy asides are amusing, and he has a comedian's sensibility for wanting to keep the audience at home interested. |
| You mentioned language and its multiple meaning, metaphorical asides, its evocative transgressions and endearing intentionality. |
| But the announcer intoned visitors' names in a voice so soft, so dipped, that those men were reduced to whispered asides. |
| More generally, his writing style is somewhat diffuse, full of jokes and asides, with the result that his line of analysis is sometimes opaque. |
| Truss's voice is deadpan, her asides are witty, and she is never condescending about misuse of the language. |
| When the film strips down to basics and actually concentrates on its main characters rather than these daffy asides, it's pretty good. |
