But, although played with ferocious energy by Keith Fleming, he seems knowing rather than naive.
The 70s title sequence, the kitsch pop references, the casting – they're supposed to seem knowing in their silliness.
Ideas are like chalk marks: as simple as they seem, knowing where, when, and why to use even the smallest ones can make all the difference in the world.
As novel as iSuppli's research may seem, knowing the real costs of the gadgets we're addicted to is more frustrating than newsworthy.
He feels the device is more natural than having Little Bee narrate her alarm first hand, allowing the reader to appreciate the cultural gulf, and Little Bee to seem knowing as opposed to tragic.
I'm drawn to the same themes in my writing, it seems: knowing your loved ones, reinvention, the idea that you can't truly escape your past because it's such an important part of who you are now.
At the same time, their output has seemed strangely knowing and even portentous.
"It just seemed fitting, knowing how much Emlen always meant to my father and to everyone here," Mara said.
At times AC/DC's set was so thick that it seemed one knowing wink away from Spinal Tap.
It seemed like knowing his death was slinking around the corner, ready to grab him by the wattle and thrust him into hellfire and eternal damnation had spurred him on to do things differently.
