Word: wit
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...generally preferred (for their passion and honesty) the "bullies"-the screamers and shouters-to the "smoothies," smiling as they measure your rib cage for a shiv. He often found, of all things, civility and honor in the movie game. And his portraits of it are unsurpassed in their dry wit, understated truthfulness and lasting, corrective value. -By Richard Schickel...
...Angry Young Man tag never quite fit Bates' protean gifts. As a charming killer in Nothing but the Best or a Jewish prisoner in The Fixer, wrestling nude in Women in Love or incarnating the lonely spy Guy Burgess in An Englishman Abroad, he brought strength, delicacy, wit and humanity to each role. In films, he often chaperoned showier stars (Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek; Lynn Redgrave in Georgy Girl; Bette Midler in The Rose) to Oscar nominations; he was the solid ground they danced on. The stage allowed him to dominate. He radiated silky malevolence in Harold Pinter...
...producer Nicholas H. Ma ’05 says the Pudding is all about “plays on words and wit,” which Schmitnick has taken to heart with character names like Lynn Guist, Graham Urr and the Diction Fairy...
McLean-Foreman’s roommate during their freshman and sophomore years, says McLean-Foremean is a stereotypical Brit. “Alasdair is very calm and thoughtful about everything he does,” he says, “but he also has an extremely sharp, subtle British wit.” Barth reports that McLean-Foreman frequently tosses around British slang (“bollocks” is a favorite), and says his natural British accent helped him make FM’s 15 hottest freshmen. “The half-Asian look [his mother is Chinese-Malaysian...
...Rachel had a nickel for everytime someone had referred to her wit as “dry,” well, she’d be damn rich. As it stands, Rachel’s the one FM editors run to with their bland headlines and painful puns. Equally adept at counseling overwrought writers and overwritten prose, Rachel is master of every FM domain and her sparkling leadership will be sorely missed next year...