Word: wise-ass
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...wise-ass roughneck from a broken home--his mother was a seven-times-married alcoholic--whose teen years were, to say the least, troubled. He was into drinks and drugs, worked days at the local Hormel meat-packing plant and fitfully attended night school. He did some stand-up at the Student Union while attending the University of Iowa and after two years dropped out to pursue a career in comedy...
...devious. It was ugly. And maybe it was a little bit petty. But Harvard's men's volleyball team was smirking after destroying Roger Williams Tuesday night in Providence, smirking like a little boy who has just beaten up the grade school wise-ass...
...wasting my time? Why don't you mind your own business. It's a nice day--run along and play the stock market or something. We've all got things to do, and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit around and listen to some wise-ass...
...Director Guy Hamilton decided to take the task of creating America's newest hero a little too seriously, and any yucks are interrupted by painfully long periods of boredom. If Hamilton knew what an American hero was, at least there would be a sufficient amount of fighting and wise-ass remarks to keep the movie rolling...
With such a strong vehicle, the Eliot House production could hardly go wrong, and for the most part it doesn't. John Hall handles the difficult role of Serge with magnetic physical presence and emotional depth. He is believable not only as a caustic, wise-ass stud, but as a son desperately trying to communicate with his father, and he carries the show admirably...