31.   To an outsider, these performances might seem like magic.

32.   Ultimately, his performance seems like a showy, self-congratulatory masquerade.

33.   And his performance seems to get only better.

34.   At times, Brando conveys a demented menace, but mostly his performance seems a mockery, of the film and himself.

35.   However, somehow our performance does not seem to match our aspirations.

36.   International standard and lavish performances seem out of the question amid cash constraints.

37.   The performance seemed even more impressive considering the venom Brown spewed in the week of trash talk leading to the game.

38.   And yet the Austalians began with such verve and authority that the long promised vintage performance seemed inevitable.