An attitude of witty indifference was idolized, though it's hard to tell how often it was present and how often it remained aspirational.
Mr. Mitchell's glamorous title character exudes a Marlene Dietrich-like hauteur, while Mr. Trask's meaty score augments David Bowie's grandiose early-70's rock style with punk-rock attitude and witty lyrics inspired by (of all things) Plato's "Symposium".
Sure, her tough-as-nails attitude is witty and amusing, but it's the emotional interiority when dealing with her family, and in particular her grandson, that really makes her a complex character you want to follow through the series.
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He was nicknamed "Rosey", owing to his cheery attitude and witty remarks.
Attitude and witty comebacks?
Recently, I relented and discovered that "Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books" is a witty catalog of all the vanities, attitudes and delusions that writers employ to escape their work.
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Even Beatrice, though she has some witty lines, exists mainly to embody a particular attitude of defiance; only D'Anton, with his stubborn self-sacrifice and barely repressed prejudice, hints at hidden depths.
Her book is "The Boudoir Bible" (Rizzoli), a witty and frank sex guide aimed at loosening attitudes about certain sex practices thought of as kinky.
(I should acknowledge that Ms. Dorsen is an acquaintance.) For all its witty puncturing of youthful pretension, and despite the sardonic attitude Stew often strikes toward his younger self, "Passing Strange" is also full of heart.
