Word: sarcasm
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...sports columnist--sarcasm dripping from his pen like water--wrote the next day that Sure, the ENTIRE wrestling team got involved in a HUGE BRAWL against the coach's wishes. Riiiight. What-ever. Come on, he told the readers. We all know the coach was in on it, and we can't set this example for our kids...
Clint Eastwood is his counterpart on the "right" side of the law, and it is a regret the screenplay never puts the two characters face to face in a meaningful verbal interchange. Eastwood and Laura Dern work well together with their biting sarcasm and confidence in much the same kind of dynamic that Eastwood and Rene Russo depicted in "In the Line of Fire." The Clint "man-of-action" character has certainly progressed from the self-possessed, out-for-himself, ruthless justice seeker of his "Dirty Harry...
...Maxi's 99 Cent Store, they loved my stogie. The woman behind the counter told me, with only a hint of sarcasm, that it smelled good, and the security guard asked if it was filled with marijuana...
...medical study of 180 U.S. newlyweds shows that arguing can be unhealthy. Reasoned disputes are O.K., but sarcasm and put-downs can result in elevated blood pressure and weakened immune systems...
...life- style they portray rather than heeding any cautionary tale they offer. His favorite book is Do or Die, an account of the lives of gang members in Los Angeles. "If there were more books like that, I'd read a lot more," he says, without a hint of sarcasm...