Originally posted by: Switch Radic
what do you mean by the phrase "telegraphed in his performance"? I'm serious here, not a joke...

Well, I'm more used to the phrase "phoned it in," but they're essentially the same. It basically means that you didn't put any effort into a performance. Like your body is there, but your mind is miles away. Sort of on the wavelength that you couldn't be bothered to show up and act, so you could be replace with your voice on a telephone (or -graph, apparantly)