The plot is deliberate fluff, all dumb coincidence and stolen earrings, but it suits the mood of frustration that binds the characters; everyone here seems dopey and dislocated, trying to jerk themselves awake with a hit of romance or danger.
Leaving aside the totemic big-screen antecedents for this show — it seems dopey to even name them, but let's just say one starred Frank Sinatra, another starred Steve McQueen, and they've both been remade — "Smith" wears its utter lack of novelty like a badge of honor.
Virgil seems dopey and harmless -- but he's actually working for Saul and they are both terrorists!
If you meet an elderly patient who seems dopey, confused, has memory loss, slurred speech, and poor balance, your first thought should be benzo side effects -- not Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Tom Hollander's jerky, nasal delivery makes Edgar seem both dopey and sneering: when he speaks of his father's eyes as 'bleeding rings', it's as if he's swearing.
Be glad that the Black Angels and Black Mountain called their North American excursion the Dropout Boogie Tour and not the New Black — sharing part of a name seems a dopey reason to hit the road together.
Be glad that the Black Angels and Black Mountain called their North American excursion the Dropout Boogie Tour and not the New Black sharing part of a name seems a dopey reason to hit the road together.
The boys do not appear to be dead: their heads are upright, their necks aren't broken; their eyes are open and their expressions seem curious and dopey.
Characters that in social settings seem petty or dopey (Jackie) amply redeem themselves by being game to dance, laugh and cavort with the people they meet.
Taylor Swift released "Reputation," her sixth record, which at first seemed like a dopey collection of pop songs about how tired she is of being famous but turned out to be an earnest ode to true love and all its redemptive thrills.
As reconceived for "Spokane" these prototypes start to seem alarmingly like figures from a conventional Hollywood caper comedy about dopey, foul-mouthed crooks who keep tripping over themselves.
