He embodied two of the early New Yorker's most characteristic traits: sophistication and an air of bemused detachment.
Amid the fizz, Petty was a chill figure who, despite wearing sunglasses indoors, conveyed both bemused detachment and happy-to-be-there appreciation.
Unfortunately, because "Offspring" is so melodramatically excessive and its interaction between protagonists so stilted, it is difficult to listen to its diatribes with much more than bemused detachment.
The contrast of youthful skin and shabby setting may be a little familiar, especially from the French, but enhanced by Ms. Rheims's strong color sense and her subjects' usually bemused detachment, the work still makes a strong impression.
Some of the continental monarchies that watched with bemused detachment as the House of Windsor was ripped apart by the public collapse of the marriage of Charles and Diana in the mid-1990s are facing some embarrassing questions themselves these days, ranging from Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's penchant for dubious nightclubs to the alleged philandering of Spain's Juan Carlos.
For now, most Fairfaxers view No Name's exclusivity with bemused detachment.
The bemused detachment of Moos at the sight of a man's ass seems gloriously misplaced.
Their bemused detachment points toward the inevitable destiny commanded by a magnetic band capturing the zeitgeist with beauty, force and sheer talent.
As for Bruni's choice, the French press looked on in bemused detachment while the English press - apparently scandalized by this brazen display of femininity -- went atwitter, weighing in on the necessariness and propriety of women's foundation garments.
I've travelled from amazement to incredulity to bewilderment, and at last to bemused detachment.
Watching the scene on the train with bemused detachment was Arnie Graf, a septuagenarian community organiser from Chicago.
