Merlington's narration was positively received, though sometimes upstaged by the unnamed actresses voicing the maids. This was arguably the first time Minnie was upstaged by a female co-star. Malamadre is furious at being upstaged though he understands that Juan is correct. According to author Marc Eliot, Eastwood perceived himself as being upstaged by Bridges. In the championship series, Beal upstaged Ennis. Starlifter crews were upstaged by C-130 crewmen from the 374th. Soon the town is all but deserted, and Cora is again upstaged. Sylvia (Wiig's character) is constantly upstaged by Trish (Poehler's character). The barely-seen kitchen was also upstaged and seen only through a pass-through window. Coverage of her funeral is upstaged by the death of Tom Hanks the same day. This was indicative of the Make-Up's aversion to letting communication be upstaged by technology. At this time, the military upstaged the civil service. Seattle-based indie label Sub Pop had upstaged SST. Not to be upstaged, Hendrix also learned to play in this way. It was upstaged by social history, with a race/class/gender model.