Word: blustered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are exceptions: one story (That Old Picayune-Moon) is very funny, a fabulous, ranting, nine page put-down which takes the form of a Letter to the Editor, full of zinging male bluster: "And then along came that greasy, flabby small-minded, mealy-mouthed, pasty-faced, and potato-headed daily fishwrap and dog's biffy, The Picayune-Moon, edited by that dildo Hector Timmy. (You.)" This story works because it remains within the realm of possibility, where Keillor's penchant for hyperbole and his expansive, ingenious vocabulary stretch the ordinary into the hilarious...
Robards' braying and bluster are adroit but familiar. Plummer's fussiness and dither are a natural outgrowth of the feline, even feminine, nature of many of his heroes (and most of his villains). But his raddled face, Einstein coiffure and teetery walk are new and, surprisingly from this most mannered of actors, feel free of mannerism. The verbal cut and thrust between them is the finest now on Broadway -- elegantly bloodless and as ferocious as a slaughterhouse...
...slimily threatening bellhop, the sadistic cop on the beat, not to mention the dawning mysteries of sex and some sudden deaths and dislocations among his friends. The wary reserve of Bradford's performance has a crystalline quality in which you can read in his response to his father's bluster and mother's passivity. You sense in him a future manliness that will avoid both modes...
...renegade Fox, the Network Without Adult Supervision. For one thing, Fox programmers pay little heed to the usual seasonal demarcation lines: to get a jump on the competition, three fall newcomers are being introduced before Labor Day. And some of them, at least, exhibit the in-your-face bluster that only Fox can get away with. Sometimes...
People are "captivated" by it, he says, and he suggests that this was the largest demonstration in recent years. Recent agitation for an all-Black Africa House produced bluster among Brown's activists but only 12 volunteers to live in a 20-bed home. On the other hand, the could've-been-me-flavored financial aid debate actually brought the masses into the streets...