But the performances are so laden with self-hatred and gloominess, so bereft of the wit and warmth that might make us want to spend time with these characters, that the play becomes a trial.
Though it labors hard, this road-comedy about a fatherless teen-age girl and her virginal gay traveling companion is wit-challenged, awash in clichés and bereft of humor.
Good of heart, keen of wit, sharp of mind, dressed in tatters and utterly bereft of cash, he brings joy to young lovers and virtue to the greedy.
Improve your sense of wit.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Dubbed Disney's "first passive-aggressive villain" by Helen O'Hara of Empire, the author reviewed, "the fact that [Gothel] is entirely bereft of superpowers and reliant on her considerable wits to keep her going makes her strangely admirable".
Their fans were at their wit's end, players were dumbstruck, coaching staff bereft of answers, so enter club chairman David Sheepshanks, who decided enough was enough.
Top-class players, but bereft of solutions when the chips are down - or a tournament mentality.
Bereft of genuinely juicy players.
