^ Phoned - in ^

Posted by Word Camel on July 12, 2004

In Reply to: ^ Phoned - in ^ posted by * Danger Kitty * on July 12, 2004

: Hi, can you tell me the context of PHONED-IN in:
: "Under Peter's phoned-in direction the movie chugs along like a slow train"

It sounds like the director either wasn't physically on the set or was there but wasn't paying attention. I think it means that the direction was only correct up to a point and lacked the specificity to be really effective.

• ^ Phoned - in ^ ESC 12/July/04
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