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Still, there’s often a woodenness to the actor’s expressions, an excess of soft-eyed brooding, that doesn’t fully overcome Tony’s fundamental drippiness as a character.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Bettina Oberli’s “My Wonderful Wanda” is, ironically, best when the focus is off Wanda, whose woodenness remains unreadable throughout.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2021

Elledge, McAllister, Smith and their comrades-in-show-tunes grapple courageously with the woodenness of the script.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2019

January Jones’ limited range becomes something innate in Betty Draper, her woodenness a part of her character.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2013

A sort of stiffness, almost of woodenness, had come upon her.

From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)