hammy

Yet everything about his hammy manner suggests an old-fashioned thespian in love with the sound of his own voice and utterly oblivious to method psychology.

It’s not easy when you pull a hammy just as you’re getting set to pull away from the pack.

But her cruel mother, who Berlant plays with an Irish accent even though we’re told she’s Spanish, doesn’t believe this is a suitable gift for her hammy daughter and smashes it on the floor.

“Anything that was hammy would stick out like a sore thumb.”

“I’m not sure about Artie, we got to wait to see because it’s a hammy, got to see how he does.”