Her common touch, while genuine, has its limits: a T-shirt given to her by the State Bar touting her, cereal style, as "Special Kaye" is welcome; purported wit about "Judge Judy" is not.
The movie's welcome dab of wit is due to Mark Addy, whose sly inflections, in the role of Friar Tuck (which he pronounces "Took"), suggest ambiguities unlocatable elsewhere in the all-beefsteak movie.
She also taught a nurses' aide training program at Bloomfield High School, was a volunteer nurse with the Bloomfield Health Department and was a longtime member of the town's Commission on Aging where she was always welcome for her wit, wisdom and brownies.
Mister Roberts is Sayle's fifth work of prose fiction and it has the best qualities the man himself exudes in his comedy work: brains, wit and welcome absurdity.
Though Reasonable Doubt comes an undoubted second to the gritty unease of Illmatic, it remains a highpoint of Jay-Z's considerable catalogue, its jazz-fuelled production and upbeat lyrical wit a welcome contrast to Nas's claustrophobic urban angst.
But her irreverent wit lends some welcome levity to what can be an intimidating discipline.
Now Dinklage is part of the beloved HBO series "Game of Thrones," playing a welcome source of kindness and wit in an otherwise brutal world.
More wit would have been welcome, and his long-winded storytelling skills seldom measure up to his erudition.
Furthermore, the usual image of Beethoven the furious smith, binding all notes to a fundamental idea, gives way to a welcome emphasis on the composer's wit and his love of dancing rhythm.
Dick Cavett, whose ABC talk show was a destination for political conversation during the Watergate era, said, "The Colbert wit will be extremely welcome during the election".
To the moral seriousness established by Orwell and others, they added a crisp wit and a panache welcomed by a country emerging from some stark and difficult years.
