Word: swagger.
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...When he combs his hair forward, he's still a dweeb, not a dude. When he tells a villain, "I guess you haven't heard I'm the sheriff round these parts," he's still geeky-gawky, closer to John Mayer than to John Wayne. His attempt at gangsta swagger doesn't cut it either. There's a weird racial aspect to the goo-suit: it gives Peter not just black impulses but a black (Afro-American) attitude. Bopping down the street to a hip-hop rhythm, he's laughably gauche - a white kid playing at soul man, a good...
...earth-quaking bass. Despite the fact that all four members are in their early 20s, this is not a band that lacks confidence, and the chief difference between their first two records is that this one is even louder and faster. D Is for Dangerous and Fluorescent Adolescent swagger by on ferocious guitar swells, but they also swing, with unpredictable pace shifts perfect for dancing and allowing singer Alex Turner to show off his wit. "Do the bad thing/ Take off your wedding ring," he snarls, reminding you that in rock the bad thing can still feel pretty damned good...
...persona. Compared with Imus, for instance, his rival Howard Stern may be offensive, but he's also self-deprecating, making fun of his own satyrism, looks and even manly endowment. Imus doesn't take it nearly as well as he dishes it out. His shtick is all cowboy-hatted swagger, and his insults set him up as superior to his targets and the alpha dog to his supplicant guests...
...interview with the Crimson. “There’s not much glamour involved in it at all. It takes a lot of discipline, and they are as smart as they are tough.” Fortunately, the actor says he was up for the challenge. To play Swagger, Wahlberg didn’t rely on his previous experience with action films—instead, he trained. Hard. While Wahlberg drew from an entire childhood growing up on Boston streets for his role of Sergeant Dignam in “The Departed,” the actor...
...take the lead with the renovations,” she said. Renovation plans, according to HL central members, are undeniably needed. Creaky and in disarray, the building shows the wear of its partying years. “The floors are sticky,” Douglass says with frat-boy swagger, proudly pointing out the table where he and his friends played beer pong. “The plan is basically to gut it and redo everything,” Russo says. Due to negotiations, the building was closed this past year, having a minimal impact on students, according to both...