Word: childishness
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...with a sneer and a wave of the hand, which painted the defection of the more serious members of his court (they wore suits and ties instead of t-shirts or fishnets), in the light of extreme annoyance rather than rebellion. As played by Polk, he was almost too childish to be taken seriously as a power to rebel against, with a boozy swagger and jovialness that implies a sense of invulnerability and which is gradually chipped away over the course of the play.Instead of Richard, the character who defined the action was antagonist Bolingbroke. Played by Daniel R. Pecci...
...crassly draw attention away from all the good that feminism has accomplished, such as achieving women’s rights—something many women who take part in such demeaning name-calling apparently take for granted. Any intelligent and considerate person would simply dismiss this as a childish description, but it’s less-distinguishing people that actually believe these things about feminists. Besides, if those dreaded feminists hadn’t worked so hard for equitable treatment and rights, there’s a pretty good chance that no Harvard woman of a later generation would have...
...into the nostalgic that characterizes the entire film. He is an embodiment of lost innocence, a figure whom Wooley depicts as boyish even as his skin grows leathery and the wrinkles on his face deepen. Jones’ home is the former residence of A.A. Milne, and he radiates childish joy as he wanders the gardens, thinking about the residents of Pooh Corner. Wooley loves these moments of vulnerability, and Gregory shows Jones’ emotional neediness well: it’s easy to see why Jones always gets a second chance. Although Considene appears somewhat stiff as Thorogood, this...
...people—perhaps even somehow furthering the cause of terrorism. The Harvard Salient, which is funded by the “conservative” lobby and eschews journalistic neutrality, mocks the stated purpose of the gift to promote better understanding of Islam as “blithe and childish,” saying, “If Harvard shares the Prince’s vision, then the House of Saud, the Iranian ayatollahs, and Moslem extremists of all stripes can breathe easily, knowing that academia’s strict definition of understanding precludes any sort of critical evaluation...
...fact that the movie could have been great. The parts of the movie that dealt with the stifling woodenness of totalitarian vocabulary, the weariness bred by constant exposure to lies, and the indestructibility of human dignity were extremely well done, but were in many ways superceded by the childish desire to score cheap political points against Bush. I take solace in the fact that the flaws of “V for Vendetta” are a sign of England’s and America’s historical privilege, and our distant removal from any lived totalitarian experience. Images...