Worse, the contrast between his uptight, rule-bound ways and the sensuality, music and violence of Shirley and her kin trafficks in tired stereotypes about frigid Europeans and the hotblooded, passionate people they once colonized.
For the record, in real life, Matthew's a lot less uptight and obsessed with rules and routines, Ben's a lot tidier and more sober than his on-screen alter ego, and the real Tom doesn't spend his entire waking life sexually obsessing about Matthew's sister.
Sure Jimmy is way more loose with the rules than his uptight son, but he's such a nice guy that all the things that made him interesting in the first place are rendered moot.
You should be kind, but don't be uptight with all the "polite" rules.
"I knew I could have fun on campuses because they are so uptight and they are so ruled by the people I don't like," said Mr. Yiannopoulos, who considers himself a "free-speech fundamentalist".
After all, the normally uptight school must have loosened the rules somewhat to allow them to film it on the grounds.
Crew seem friendlier, says Danielle Smyth, a yoga instructor: "Maybe before they were a bit uptight as they had to enforce those rules.
Sethi was struck by this lax adherence to road rules, compared with Americans' more uptight attitudes.
I am known as the uptight one in my home -- the rule follower.
Lesbian: Um, no, that would make me very uncomfortable because I'm uptight about my whole life and make random rules about what's OK or not OK to do.
And I look down to see the people that are governing me and making my rules — and they haven't got any hair on their head — I get very uptight about it".
