Z also signifies sleepiness -- a fair response when the So-what works too hard at wit.
But as David Foster Wallace once noted, for all Die Hard's wit and appeal, it's "also very formulaic, and rather cynically reuse[s] a lot of formulas" – it is more about how "to separate you from your cash" than substance.
And because it is, it gives audiences a chance to experience again, in a new context, the strengths of Jonathan's work: his warmth; his uncanny feel for the frustrations and pleasures of artists' lives in the city; his hard verbal wit; and above all, his songs, which are living testaments to a melodic gift so fluent and euphoric that it seemed -- at least for a while -- to be endless.
Parry nicely judges the score's mix of lyricism and hard-edged wit.
In an industry where egos are as delicate as bone china, Vaughn's hard-earned wit isn't so much a defence mechanism or calculated vote-winner as it is his raison d'être.
For nearly 40 years, from 1968 till his last programme in March, he presented The Best of Jazz on Radio 2 on Monday evening and, simultaneously chaired, with immaculate timing and sharp, hard-edged wit, the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on Radio 4, from 1972 onwards.
Second City's shows are sharp and biting commentaries on life, politics, love and anything else that falls in the crosshairs of their hard-hitting wit.
Her quick wit, hard work and leadership were an inspiration to us all.
Shakespeare's Globe, 11 13 May King Lear Belarus Free Theatre, forced to work in exile, address their country's politics with savage wit; hard to think they won't have something to say about Shakespeare's study of alienation and madness.
