Word: curmudgeon
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...Look Back In Angst," James Poniewozik wrote about the new television programs that treat the cold war era with nostalgia [TELEVISION, Sept. 23]. He referred to the era of bomb shelters and the Cuban missile crisis and said, "Back then, we joked about it." As a 63-year-old curmudgeon, I remember how we felt then, and there was nothing humorous about bomb drills or the Cuban missile crisis or the likelihood that going into a shelter wouldn't save you. If we joked about the Bomb, it wasn't back then but well after the fact. And the laughter...
Unfortunately, as a teacher, West does not have the artist’s privilege of separating himself from his words and, selectively, from his actions. Even if Robert Frost was an insufferable curmudgeon, his poetry still warms people’s hearts across the country. West, unfortunately, does not have this luxury—it is his responsibility to prove that he can consistently live by his recommendations as zealously as he advocates them. Otherwise, he should perhaps consider a career-switch and try his hand in the art world. But wait—he already...
...sense of humor to appreciate the condescending silliness that encircles this idea. “I myself hope to live long enough to graduate, from being a ‘bad boy’—which I once was—to becoming ‘a curmudgeon,’” he reflects, tongue firmly in cheek, after professing to be flattered and embarrassed by being deemed a role model...
Popular for its bristly, not-altogether-sympathetic depiction of the "slacker" generation, "Hate" stars Buddy Bradley, a rather young curmudgeon. It caught on due to Bagge's highly intelligent character observation and its counterintuitive depiction of Buddy as something of a reactionary. The world of "Hate" had at least one character everyone knew in real life. Sad to say, then, that the first "Hate Annual" makes for such a disappointment, with one notable exception...
...Neil Young, "Silver and Gold" More of the same from the acoustic half of old Neil's brain, which is to say some ineffably sad and beautiful ruminations on aging and the meaning of life - which, the Canadian curmudgeon tells us, is love. If I were you, I'd believe him. Anyone looking for an arresting profile of a guy with a history of significant adversity and zero tolerance for b.s. would be well advised to check out the hourlong documentary on Young that aired this year. In an era when "keeping it real" is the mantra for every studio...