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The script gives Grant a series of deadpan one-upmanships; what saves him from seeming like an utter snob is his habit of drawing attention to his own foolishness with a lovably self-deprecating stammer.
Whatever their ideological stripe, critics agree that the former labor secretary's self-deprecating style (he makes a lot of jokes about being short) masks a massive ego (he thinks he has all the answers).
Steven gives a winning, perhaps too self-deprecating speech, then holds his plaque high and crows, "I'm king of the room!"
The self-deprecating, nonpolitical portrayal earns him advance exposure with what would be a hard-to-reach constituency if he ran for president in 2000.
Some see Gallo as the heir to Scorsese and the '70s neorealists, with the "audacity and flair of a major filmmaker" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). They applaud his stylistic flourishes (collage shots, freeze frames), his self-deprecating humor, and audacious premise--a newly released prisoner kidnaps a teen tap dancer (Christina Ricci) to be his fake wife.