Word: sassing
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...death for a comic. But he prevailed, mostly because of the reservoir of goodwill he had stored up by entertaining the American military on all its battlefields, in all its wars, for a half-century. Those lonely young men, facing death, didn't want soul; they wanted cheek and sass, a moment's escape, girl gags, second-lieutenant gags, K-ration gags--well-machined jokes that drowned out the machinery of war. They loved him for the trouble he took on their behalf. And their affection spread outward...
...Anger Management, written by David Dorfman and directed by Peter Segal, Dave Buznik (Sandler) is a mouse afraid to roar. Traumatized by a childhood depantsing episode, he is reluctant to kiss his girl (Marisa Tomei), sass his boss or speak up for himself in tones above a whisper. Dave needs fate, or a series of preposterous plot machinations, to effect his deliverance. He is put into the care of a radical therapist, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson...
...German actor who could play Alex but failed. He then interviewed Brühl and knew he had the right man. Brühl, from Cologne, spent eight weeks in intensive training to master the East Berlin accent. His gullible mother is played by famed East German actress Katrin Sass. Other East German actors helped revise the script to eliminate expressions and slang not used in the East. The film, which cost j4 million to make, was initially beset by bad luck. Frequent storms halted filming, a number of actors fell ill, and it proved difficult to remake the East...
Miss Peggy Lee, they always called her. If the honorific was meant to elevate a plain stage name (she was born Norma Deloris Egstrom), the effort was redundant; for Lee, vocally and visually, was class and sass in one platinum package. Statue-still onstage, whispering her lyrics like postcoital pillow talk, Lee gave a guilty-secret glow to the blandest ballads. By the mid-'40s she was a pop star and a rare singer-songwriter (It's a Good Day, Manana); in 1955 she composed songs for Disney's Lady and the Tramp and 36 years later won a suit...
Berry's character is likewise shaped by history. The name Jinx may not have the come-hither connotations of Bond Girls past, but the character is in many ways a composite of her predecessors. She has the sass of Goldfinger's Pussy Galore and the kick-ass skills of Wai Lin from Tomorrow Never Dies. Put a gun in her handbag, add a murky agenda and you have a Bond Girl who's "one step further from the previous one," says Berry. "She's not just eye candy. She's feisty, a fighter...