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[missdaredevil]

1. Cheerleaders are always *up-and-perky* when performing.
Does that adjective have a negative connation when used to describe people other than cheerleaders?


2.These four roles call for actors who can run the *gamut*.
=the entire range of something

Is that a common way to say do a spectrum of challenging things?


3. Is *hair accessory* the right word from things like hair clips, hair bands, etc?

4.The film also needed an amazing ending, something worthy of O. Henry or that "Simpsons" episode in which Homer creates a time machine out of a toaster and keeps altering his universe. And the movie does have a good *spot* for that, but it blunders forth and wrenches out a happy ending for us.

Does that mean *aspect* in this case?


Thanks guys and Merry Christmas to you all

[CP]

Hi, Miss Daredevil, and Happy Holidays to you, too . . . .

1. Calling someone perky or up and perky could be negative or could be positive. It's one of those good attributes that people might want to have but don't, so they hate people who do. Perky is good, especially compared to grumpy, but too perky can be irritating, especially to people who are grumpy.

2. Yes it is. (This reminds me of a critic's assessment of an actress: "Her emotions run the gamut from A to B." Obviously not a compliment. I can't remember the actress or the critic.)

3. Yes, but use the plural if it's more than one: Hair clips, hair bands, etc. would be hair accessories or maybe hair-care products.

4. Not "aspect" but "place" where the amazing twist could have been placed, but wasn't.
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