"In just about every photo of Meryl Streep and Martin Short together, one or both of them are smiling. Not just polite smiles, tacit acceptances of paparazzi attention, but broad, knowing smiles, teeth visible, eyes crinkling. Maybe he's telling her about a new Jiminy Glick segment, but that's not exactly what it looks like. There's something going on with these two - something they know and we don't. Or we do:"
"like, how good are two actors, really, at faking an attraction? Even one who is arguably the greatest living actor? So either they're dating, maybe in secret, or they're just having a laugh at all our expenses. They're even smiling in the photo that Steve Martin posted on Instagram of the three of them with a giant NO symbol of his own face."
"Their romance - or fauxmance - began earlier this year at the Golden Globes, where the two showed up holding hands and whispering to each other. Flirting? Maybe. Was this what Selena Gomez was telling Taylor Swift about? I kind of believe it. Part of what seems so thrilling about Streep and Short's nearly year-long kinda-flirtation is that, contrary to what tweets may have you believe, this isn't really the stuff of Nancy Meyers movies."
Meryl Streep and Martin Short frequently appear together smiling broadly in photos, suggesting a knowing, private rapport that intrigues observers. Their visible amusement ranges from broad, teeth-visible grins to eye-crinkling expressions in paparazzi and social-media images. Their public closeness was notably displayed at the Golden Globes when they arrived holding hands and whispering, prompting flirtation speculation. The dynamic is framed as either a secret romance or a shared joke at public expense. The interaction is contrasted with Nancy Meyers' romantic-comedy sensibility, which favors plain-stated emotions and brightly lit wholesomeness rather than the quieter, classic-Hollywood reserve suggested by their behavior.
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