| Or it may provide a site that, with the impetus of competition and showmanship, encourages inutile and obsessive activity. |
| The opening numbers are all high-octane rock numbers with the emphasis on ultimate pomp and showmanship. |
| Superficially, the rationale of the style would seem to be its conjuncture of sensitivity and showmanship. |
| In other respects, he is famously reticent, averse to showmanship and actually something of a camera-shy recluse. |
| His tragic gift for showmanship began to get on the nerves of reserved Anglo-Saxons. |
| It proves that beneath the showmanship, there is real talent and a deep well of genuine feeling. |
