It isn't that he merely took a blowtorch to all the affectations and pretences of genre fiction.
I am impressed with the fresh voice he brings to the weariness of life" – Deirdre, 47, Ireland What our readers learned from him: "Beneath all that affectation and whimsy lurks a very astute mind.
My affection for this affectation comes from etiquette envy.
For all her affectation, troupes of men become mesmerised by her.
It also makes sense for her to cast off all verbal affectation and write in a strong, true voice unencumbered by the polarizing mannerisms of her poetry.
People say he's all ridiculous affectation, and that he doesn't pay attention to the architecture of the work he's playing, in this case "Chopin: The Piano Concertos" (Deutsche Grammophon).
I stripped it of all feminine affectation in a bid for Craig's approval.
In "Reno 911," his Terry Bernadino is all accent, affectation, and insanity dressed up in tiny, tiny outfits.
Dangour's is the only case I could find of an Emirati rapper trying to present himself as a thug, even if it was all an affectation.
Dangour's is the only case I could find of an Emirati rapper trying to present himself as a thug, even if – shockingly – it was all an affectation; according to a policeman who knew him at school, "Dangour wasn't tough then – he used to cry all the time".
It was an easier target for the public to respond to than Hearst's own folly — motion pictures — because the public already connected opera with wealth and temperament, tycoons in opera hats and women in jewels, imported prima donnas, and all the affectations of "culture".
