| 单词 | unlikable |
| 例句 | He needs Zach to embrace being a character who is unlikable—something that does not come easily even to veteran actors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I went to the living room, said hello to Jean, who was about my age and thoroughly unlikable, and went to my room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His environment had left its unlikable marks on him, but in the antebellum South, I could have found myself at the mercy of someone much worse—could have been descended from someone much worse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Some viewers resisted “Hancock” because it cast Smith against type as an unlikable antihero … maybe the timing is better now? Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z She could often be flat-out unlikable, getting a slap for betraying her boss in the final episode. Julianna Margulies on her shocking Ebola drama: 'I panicked in my hazmat suit!' 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Almost no one is entirely likable or unlikable; lust and ambition are simultaneously reveled in and condemned. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But both characters are allowed to be unlikable and still sympathetic. Rachel McAdams Has Always Wanted to Play Unlikable Women 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z That she does not remain mute, silent, passive, or submissive renders her “unlikable,” another defining social attribute evident in the trainwreck narrative that Doyle charts through the centuries. Our trainwrecks, ourselves: Why women hate on hot messes and other toxic female tropes 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z I wanted this character to be very unlikable. Dax Shepard Is Not Afraid to Direct Naked 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z She also uses her empowerment as a cudgel—on the surface, she’s unlikable. Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates May Not Be Progressive—Is It Still OK to Laugh? 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “It’s unfamiliar characters who are, on the surface, so unlikable, yet you are completely sucked into their world and you empathize with them,” says Aronofsky of the morally corrupt individuals in “El Club.” Director Pablo Larraín is this awards season's double threat with 'Jackie' and the poet caper 'Neruda' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Mainly because everyone involved was so unlikable, you wouldn't have expected them to behave any differently. The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review 2013-04-24T06:00:10Z Of course, as Simpson pointed out, “people who are unlikable are often easy targets for wrongful conviction.” 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Your characters, especially your female characters, are all the more realistic for sometimes acting in unexpected or unlikable ways. Curtis Sittenfeld: 'I know my characters are unlikable sometimes' 2013-06-15T16:30:00Z The Lion Queen: Nala overthrows Scar and saves the kingdom, but is still criticized for seeming shrill and unlikable. Style Invitational Week 1357: It’s parody time! 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The initial knock on “Friends from College” was that its characters were unlikable. The Toothless Satire of “I’m Sorry” and “Friends from College” 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Gunn isn’t afraid to show how unlikable, and occasionally unreasonable, Naomi can be: When she warns Erin not to become too messily involved with a crucial client, her voice betrays a touch of condescension. Review: Equity Explores the Stresses of Wall Street From a Woman's Point of View 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But impossible women can be like that: unlikable, difficult and then immensely and suddenly loyal and kind. 'Everyone else was just a bit player': my night out with Elizabeth Wurtzel | Suzanne Moore 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “We always tend to want to soften female characters,” she says, referring to a previous complaint about a lack of unlikable women in film. Patricia Clarkson: ‘A white male actor should never complain about anything’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But still things weren’t quite right and 10 days before the shoot Carl Gottlieb was enlisted to work with Spielberg on some dialogue scenes, bringing more warmth and “levity” to the often unlikable characters. Jaws, 40 years on: ‘One of the truly great and lasting classics of American cinema’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Instead, we get character sketches of two untrustworthy and unlikable candidates. Maureen Dowd’s Latest Book on Everything Hillary and Donald 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z For while we have seen many comics skewer themselves in ways that slyly let themselves off the hook, Mr. Michael goes further than most to make himself unlikable and his arguments ring hollow. This May Be the Most Polarizing Comedy Special of the Year 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z No one here is unlikable in any interesting way. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence, vanity and, yes, happiness. The Plight of the Aggrieved, Rich Manhattan Liberal 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z And yet what I find most amazing — it’s a fairly unlikable thing that this person is doing — is just the real faith in show business. Barbra Streisand, James Corden and More on Their Favorite Sondheim Song 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Why do you think American audiences have a hard time with an unlikable character? With ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ Paul Feig Comes Home 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The result is unlikable heroes, appealing villains and an emotional realism that studio tentpole films rarely achieve. IMAX Cannot Contain 'Game of Thrones' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Rather than open up a compelling discussion about domestic violence, many fans saw Skyler’s lack of compliance in her husband’s schemes as evidence that she was shrill and unlikable. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z An unlikable heroine doesn't have to be a deal breaker. 'Conquistadora': an ambitious woman's conquests in 19th-century Puerto Rico 2011-07-27T19:36:05Z It’s no crime to feature unlikable characters, but it is sin to deliver uninteresting ones. Theater Review: ‘White Hot,’ by Tommy Smith, at the Flea Theater 2013-05-20T21:11:21Z And Politico tweeted: “How does Elizabeth Warren avoid a Clinton redux – written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground?” What's not to love? The new wave of 'unlikable' women in film 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Band-Aid Nose Man is sinister and apparently very smelly, but he’s not exactly scary, and his targets, while maybe not deserving of death, are selfish and unlikable. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10, Episode 4: Back in the Day 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z But their relationship, as portrayed, is kind of a drag, and both characters are unlikable in ways that are supposed to lend authenticity but mainly just make it hard to care about them. ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Review: Between Rock and a Soft Place 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The show sticks closest to the viewpoint of the son, David, who’s positioned as the kind of common-sense audience surrogate Jason Bateman played in “Arrested Development” but is mostly shrill and unlikable. Review: In ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ a Spoiled Little Rich Family Starts Over 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z People come up to me — men and women — who tell me that the prose is really great, but the main character is so unlikable. What it feels like to be a bestseller: Stephanie Danler and 'Sweetbitter' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Through Kolker’s sensitive telling, these five women become people in full, as likable and unlikable as most people you meet, but with more to overcome. ‘Lost Girls’: real lives behind the lurid headlines 2013-07-19T23:33:44Z In Christine, Rebecca Hall gives a fearlessly unlikable performance as an ambitious Florida newscaster whose refusal to play the game leads her into some very dark places. Breaking bad: Hollywood wakes up to the power of dark, dangerous women 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Yet for all the big talk, Brown is not unlikable. 'I had an early lesson in manipulation' 2010-12-23T22:33:00Z She’s all sorts of things; she can be likable or unlikable based on your experience. Mackenzie Davis on playing a comedic antiheroine in “Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town” 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z If they don’t and you are playing an unlikable character, well, you are just doing your job well. Q&A: Kate Mara of Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ 2014-02-07T21:08:22Z “I just don’t recognise you any more and I don’t want to spend any more time getting to know an unlikable stranger who is the very same as every other drug addict.” Irvine Welsh: ‘If I don’t have sex every day, I start to go a bit weird’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z He’s Norman Drexel, a man whose day job is a toilet joke and whose family is shrill and unlikable. All the standard Larry David neuroses, now on Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s not just that her success makes her unattractive or “unlikable”, it’s that, on some level, we cannot believe her success even exists. Why do we love a trainwreck? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z He didn’t leave stand-up, and as the 1980s progressed he perfected his stage persona as a dyspeptic, unlikable comedian willing to shock, awe and not look back — a stance that often got him in trouble. Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian With a Distinctive Voice, Dies at 67 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z I felt like if you want to call her unlikable, let's make her a monster. "Barry" star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: "Make her a monster. I'm all for it" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Chris, one of the competitors, is perhaps one of the most unlikable and annoying people I have ever seen on television and I’ve watched every season of every Real Housewives. Strong is the new skinny: fitness wave flexes its muscles on reality TV 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Edge of Tomorrow is also different in casting Cruise not as his usual hyper-athletic grinner, but as a hapless and initially unlikable dork. Edge of Tomorrow review – Tom Cruise in born again blockbuster 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z But this hardly explains his nerd’s gallery of roles or why such a likable guy can play such unlikable men with such skill and sympathy. Jeremy Shamos Prepares for ‘The Qualms’ 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z I was impressed by how unlikable — how needy and ineffectual, how effete and whiny — Mr. Roth was willing to seem. Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z Despite being the work he'll be most remembered for, Briers never got on with his character, often calling him stubborn and unlikable in the press. Richard Briers: a life in clips 2013-02-18T15:08:00Z Some were told to present Mark as likable, others were instructed to depict him as unlikable, the remaining subjects were directed to convey whatever impression they formed. Living a lie: We deceive ourselves to better deceive others 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “I devoted a whole chapter to her in my book, because I needed to grapple with a lot of these questions…I appreciate strong women in the media, and I also found her generally unlikable.” Skyler White: the underdog who set the template for TV's antiheroine 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Wagman says she loves writing about troubled and traditionally "unlikable" characters: women who lack agency or can't seem to overcome their poor odds. Diana Wagman loosely bases 'Life #6' on her own near-death encounter 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "Young Adult" was praised by critics, but Charlize Theron's central character, Mavis, a self-absorbed writer who's clinging to her high school days, was branded as resolutely unlikable. Women who aren't 'likable' still a tough sell in films 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “He can be a very unlikable character,” she said in a recent phone interview, “but he’s relatable because we now have a more nuanced understanding of war and trauma.” Saying Goodbye to Tommy Shelby, a Traumatized TV Antihero 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Characters who don’t follow this code become unlikable.” The new cool girl trap: Why we traded one set of rigid rules about who’s “likable” for another 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z She seems to have realized that she can act like the most ungrateful, uninspired and unlikable person ever and people will still vote for her. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: In defense of Niecy 2010-04-20T12:21:00Z Told she is too opinionated, Dorthea says, “Why don’t I just wear a sign that says ‘I’m too unlikable to live?’ ” Theater Review: The Golden Girls, in a Shade of Pink 2014-01-23T22:39:04Z They’re experimenting with speeding up and slowing down the timeline, trotting out unlikable characters and testing our tolerance for crazy, for demented, for morbid. Riff: ?Clues That Lead to More Clues That Add Up to Nothing? 2011-12-16T17:03:47Z Dripping with drama, supercharged with controversy, and populated by true-life characters — many of them unlikable yet oddly charismatic — it went beyond water-cooler fodder. Life after “Making a Murderer”: Defense attorneys — and unlikely TV stars — push conversation on criminal justice 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z It takes a strong performer to make an unlikable character not only believable but beloved. Angela Lansbury was the world’s big sister 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z If you're going to be unlikable, you need to bring something else to the table: be funny, or interesting, or at least right. The weekend's TV 2010-04-19T09:45:00Z Brilliant yet mentally ill, completely unlikable yet poignantly human, and a woman of color besides — Ren is a rare science fiction protagonist, and Newman handles her complexities with aplomb. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z "I've never quite understood the whole thing about 'likable' and 'unlikable,' " Rudd said. T Magazine: Leap of Faith 2012-11-27T14:00:16Z Miranker called him “brilliant and so forth,” but also “an unlikable, misogynist misanthrope” with one friend in all the world. A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at the Grolier Club 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Its protagonist – based loosely on a 23-year old Amoruso – is unlikable and entitled: in the pilot, she gets sacked from her job in a shoe shop after eating her boss’s lunch. 'I’m not good at doing what I’m told': meet real-life Girlboss Sophia Amoruso 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z There’s a lot to loathe, as Mr. Glusman, an indifferent actor playing an unlikable jerk, mopes and rants in depressed voice-over. Review: ‘Love,’ Gaspar Noé’s Romance Told Through Sex 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z She is at turns ruthless and clueless, but always learning and not afraid to be unlikable in order to ensure the project is a success. 'Orange is the New Black' Season 3 Finale Recap: Wash Away the Sins 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The imbalance is in the performances; Cameron isn’t quite convincing as the unlikable Spike, and David Andrew MacDonald is flatly, drably rude as the institute’s domineering, egocentric owner until very late in the play. Mind games and melodrama in Stoppard’s ‘Hard Problem’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “Because he knows that there’s a reason for it. And he’s so compelling as these unlikable characters.” Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z She's remained rather unlikable, but you nearly drowned in empathy for her, and for Bette, as they star in the horror show for aging women in Hollywood. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Both fighters more or less adopt the character of the likably unlikable wresting “heel” — the evil, flamboyant self-promoting bore of the ring. Mayweather Jr. vs. McGregor taps into boxing’s race-baiting traditions 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But how does a channel sell a series about unlikable consultants to a television audience? Television: ?House of Lies,? Comedy About Consultants With Don Cheadle 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z It’s not a problem that Sheila is generally closed off and unlikable. ‘Physical’ Review: Feeling the Sick Burn 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It's inspired casting, not least because we are so unaccustomed to seeing Rudd be "unlikable," as they say - a description he takes issue with, it so happens. T Magazine: Leap of Faith 2012-11-27T14:00:16Z “But I thought if I was going to play someone that unlikable, I would need to justify it to myself,” she said. Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Go ‘Camping’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z I know that sometimes when you read a script or studios are deciding about things, it's like, 'This character is unlikable,' or 'He's unlikable; you've got to make him likable.' T Magazine: Leap of Faith 2012-11-27T14:00:16Z They’re the ones that interest me lately, sort of menacing and unlikable. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies, is almost automatically unlikable, with an ice-blue gaze that looks either cruel or crazy and that leaves little room for ambiguity. ‘Murder in the First,’ a New Drama on TNT 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “I got very shirty recently with a British journalist who said of Patrick, ‘He’s a bit of an unlikable posho, isn’t he?’” he said. Benedict Cumberbatch Just Crossed the Last Role Off His Bucket List 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z His work lacked the shine that his previous tour had in abundance, he was mopey, too introspective and unlikable. Alan Davies in hot water – and some undignified comic scraps 2012-11-20T18:04:43Z Another reader was upset because s/he found Claire "unlikable," but I think this is one of the brilliant things about the characters. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “Their fear is, basically, that he’s going to come across as totally unlikable,” Gray said. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z He said he came to respect Parsons’s leadership and “fearless approach to the character” while working on the production, in which he played an often unlikable colead. Jim Parsons Takes the Romantic Lead 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z His debut disc, “Within and Without,” folds back on itself in not unlikable tinny repetition; “Paracosm,” released last year, was psychedelic and strong. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Were you tired of playing an unlikable guy? Martin Starr would rather avoid the fame game 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Plenty of shows focus on women who are unlikely heroines; Olive is an unlikely heroine who at first is almost comically unlikable. Frances McDormand Stars in ‘Olive Kitteridge’ on HBO 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z She has the same problem that long bedeviled Sandra Bullock: she's a likable star who plays unlikable characters — shrill, bossy career gals desperate for Mr. Right — in bad movies. Box Office: Social Network Out-Races Heigl -- and Secretariat 2010-10-10T06:50:00Z A new millennial mystery full of unlikable people, TBS’s Search Party starts off like many other shows but ends somewhere rather different. The best TV of 2016 … that you probably didn't watch 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In “Vicuña,” Baitz’s fourth world premiere for Center Theatre Group, the 54-year-old playwright channels his anger about the election into the tale of an unlikable businessman-turned-presidential candidate, a tailor and a talismanic vicuña suit. The timely new play ‘Vicuña’ is, and isn't, about Donald Trump 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z How did you decide to create a narrator that was not only unreliable but also rather unlikable? Paula Hawkins on Why Her Book The Girl on the Train Is Being Called 'The Next Gone Girl' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z This suggests he has done even more unlikable things, but also that whatever you might think, you don’t really know him. John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z “My feeling was that he’s clearly someone who doesn’t mind being unlikable,” Lloyd said by phone. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z But Brad is such an unlikable, unsympathetic character, who makes a series of bad decisions, that watching him struggle and suffer for 96 minutes is itself pure torture. Worst of 2016: 10 movies that failed spectacularly to deliver on their promise 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Sure, you expect the prince of darkness to be unlikable, but not in an annoying way. Review: On ‘Lucifer,’ a Fox Drama, the Devil Tries to Fit In 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Neither character is extremely likable or unlikable, and to say that she got lucky tilts the playing field to his advantage. Weike Wang on the Privilege of Not Having to Think About Race 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Here's a man who seems to have fallen out with practically everyone he ever met … however unlikable Connors may be, he has one big attribute as a writer: he's eye-poppingly indiscreet. Book review roundup: The Outsider, Perfect and Bitter Experience Has Taught Me 2013-06-28T17:00:01Z That Anna is unlikable doesn’t really matter, of course. Review | In ‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ last-ditch medical interventions are their own horror story 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Some critics have described her character as unlikable. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: ‘I felt strongly there was no such thing as a slut’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z “There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence,” our reviewer, Michael Callahan, observed. New in Paperback: ‘The Three Mothers’ and ‘Head Wounds’ 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z There appears to be little payoff for having invested so much time with Henry, a monstrous, unlikable character, listening to his unfunny stage show, or watching him act like a Stage Dad for Annette. Adam Driver is impressive, but can't save Amazon's audacious & sexy rock opera "Annette" 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Recently, we have been seeing a new wave of unlikable female protagonists. What's not to love? The new wave of 'unlikable' women in film 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z As slippery, unlikable and thoroughly corrupt as any screen president, Logan nevertheless possessed an oily charisma that could propel him far in this contest. Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The protagonists are mostly unlikable and unsympathetic, which makes it tough to root for them to get away with it. The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z As female screenwriters first elbowed their way into TV writers’ rooms, we saw complex, often unlikable female characters in shows like Sex in the City and Weeds. In Praise of This Summer's 'Complicated Women' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Philip is a narcissist in just about every sense, and he’s not the only unlikable character in this film. | Alex Ross Perry 2014-01-27T14:00:07Z Like Cohen’s collection, Flattery’s “Show Them a Good Time” is populated with unlikable women, or at least ones with gaping, gnawing flaws, ones who live and observe their lives in off-kilter ways. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z After all, he could have been just another of television’s unlikable male protagonists. Review | 2017 Emmys: TV stops to bask in its own glory — and note some of its progress 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Although some hailed his brilliance, others found him arrogant and unlikable, or criticized his technique. Perspective | Michael Tilson Thomas was once the ‘bad boy of classical music.’ Now, at 74, he still conducts with childlike delight. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z What I love about this film is that Thornton is so completely unlikable and horrid, yet you still root for him and the inevitable turnaround of attitude doesn’t feel too saccharine. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Her writing reflects this: her female characters are given great depth, even when they act in unlikable ways. Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I'm 90. Writing is what gets me up in the morning' 2013-04-06T23:05:23Z It’s a strange dynamic and here’s the problem: Shaw is painted as the unlikable villain of the episode. ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Season 3, Episode 1: Reunion Engage 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z As Barb, Ms. Huffman portrays perhaps the series’ most unlikable character: a mother seeking justice for her son. ‘American Crime,’ John Ridley’s New Series on ABC 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Many have in the same breath praised Schumer for transforming an unlikable character into a likable one. In Praise of This Summer's 'Complicated Women' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z That ability to bring empathy to a basically unlikable character also comes into play in "Under the Dome." Dean Norris' Big Jim does what it takes in 'Under the Dome' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He could come off so unlikable, and there's something sweet about him and bumbling. "It's a pro move": What Leslie Bibb learned from acting vets, from Robert De Niro to Carol Burnett 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It seems fitting that this Emma is allowed to be a little nastier, at a time when unlikable, self-absorbed, privileged women are being celebrated onscreen. This Millennial ‘Emma’ Respects Its Elders 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The problem is, it has an unlikable central character. Alan Menken on ‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Mixed Blessing of Disney Fame 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z I feel like some artists—and this isn’t shading any artist, just me trying to come up with my own explanation—the bigger they get, the more horrible they get, and the more unlikable. Adele on Motherhood, Social Media and Breaking Records 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z As this overlong musical — all the dialogue is sung — lumbers along, Henry becomes more monstrous and unlikable. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z In contrast, Weist makes her icy mother quite unlikable, which only ratchets up the drama. Best empty theaters: the 10 best films without an audience in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Both sisters are complicated, both are a combination of likable and unlikable and I think my American editor pushed me a little more to justify that. Curtis Sittenfeld: 'I know my characters are unlikable sometimes' 2013-06-15T16:30:00Z It would be too simplistic to say that the problem is unlikable characters. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z People say it’s a really harsh representation and he’s a very unlikable person. Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The character risked being unlikable and pathetic, so we had to make sure there was an inherent sympathy in whoever played him.” Fledgling Filmmaker Casts Against Type 2011-05-06T20:53:01Z The producers have made Claire so unlikable this season that I was quite unmoved with her losing Faith. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “It was easier to make him unlikable and trust the writing to show that he was redeemable,” he said. ‘Ted Lasso’ Taught Phil Dunster How to Play Nice 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z You’ve said you really wanted the show to be five people who were equally lovable as well as unlikable. 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway on Making the World Safer for Trans People 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z So she’s a suit and a mistress — and on paper, pretty unlikable. | Kathleen Rose Perkins: Kathleen Rose Perkins Talks About ‘Episodes’ 2012-07-13T16:55:22Z Nor, in Rachel Chavkin’s cheerfully cutthroat production for Second Stage Theater, are they even unlikable. Review: In ‘The Thanksgiving Play,’ Who Gets to Tell the Story? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A lot of the responses I got were negative: 'unlikable' was the word I heard over and over, which drove me crazy – why do you have to like a character? A life in writing: Vendela Vida 2011-07-08T21:55:12Z Eisenberg, however, risks losing the audience's sympathy by allowing the character to become actually unlikable, and fully responsible for his own fate. Jesse Eisenberg vs. Michael Cera: Who's Winning? 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z As it happens, “unlikable protagonist” is the same criticism offered by Elena’s intellectual mother-in-law of her bad sophomore novel—it’s her version of the blanket dismissal that Lila more viscerally conveys later. Elena Ferrante and What Liking Is Like 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z These are important for compatibility, but they won’t help you trust an untrustworthy person or like an unlikable one. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Rebounds, personal fouls and knowing the score 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z I know, I know: “Those Pfefferman kids are so selfish and unlikable!” Rob Huebel: The First Time I Filmed a Threeway for TV 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Similarly, people may not love Backstrom now, but how much time do you think it takes for people to connect with a character who is initially unlikable? Rainn Wilson: In Defense of the Anti-Hero and Cracking Offensive Jokes 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z It was a dark comedy with unlikable characters who refused to be good, which was what made the film such a subversive piece of suburban art. The original ending to Alexander Payne's "Election" 2011-05-17T17:18:00Z Levy obviously loves “Huck Finn” but at the same time seems uncomfortable because he’s drawn to a book rife with racial slurs and unlikable caricatures. ‘Mark Twain’s America’ and ‘Huck Finn’s America’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Will the Stranger Things kids still be a thing, or will a rush of puberty have made them wonky and unlikable? Can Cardi B and Bernie Sanders fix politics? Er … 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z This raises the very Carrie Bradshaw-esque question: In a world that runs on likes, is it even possible to be unlikable? I Quit Giving a Damn 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Your character is pretty unlikable, in many ways. Juliette Lewis on 'Secrets and Lies' and Scientology: 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z And not merely because Dave Skylark is so unlikable, though he is the quintessential Ugly American. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z With adapting “The Office,” what we all learned is that American audiences have a real hard time rooting for a quote-unquote unlikable character or an unredeemable character. With ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ Paul Feig Comes Home 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z As an actor, Daniels makes Harris a character who is equally irascible and pathetic and renders him loveable even if he is unlikable. Jeff Daniels on theater vs. film and the man who never forgave him for making "Dumb & Dumber" 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Seuss had the story down pat: A spoiled, unlikable brat Had a gun that she’d stow In her nanny’s chapeau: She called it the Gat in the Hat. Style Invitational Week 1140: Give us a bad name 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Even though Tibby's absence, and the reason for it, is a shock to readers, Brashares takes her fans to new territory by making all three of the lead characters downright unlikable at times. In Ann Brashares' new novel, the "Traveling Pants" quartet grows up 2011-06-30T19:35:03Z For the last several years, the word “nice” has almost become a pejorative to describe female characters, with many writers and cultural critics urging us to embrace “unlikable” protagonists instead. Killing with kindness: “Lady Dynamite” and “Kimmy Schmidt” prove nice women can be funny and complex, too 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But the result is a ludicrous exercise in script contrivance, unlikable characters, silly acting and affected emotion. 'Twelve': Rich kids, drugs and a downer of a melodrama 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z It was important for me — and I got into a big fight with someone on our team — that the mother is quite unlikable in the beginning. "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Hornby sees "unredeemable" as a bigger hurdle than "unlikable" for an audience's acceptance of a character. Women who aren't 'likable' still a tough sell in films 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z She’s immediately seeing the payoffs with nominations for herself and Pike both playing highly unlikable but completely absorbing women in those two films. The Sad State of the Best Actress Oscar Race 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z She felt real: sympathetic at times, unlikable at others. Kelly Macdonald: ‘I give good grief face’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z It got me wondering about what makes a character in the movies likable or unlikable. What's not to love? The new wave of 'unlikable' women in film 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s a rush and a catharsis, and yet it doesn’t erase the fact that we know these are two flawed characters that we’ve seen do unlikable things. Girls Watch: Ready for Their Close Up 2012-04-30T15:07:12Z In contrast, Orlando Bloom is a bit aggressive as Danny, which renders him unlikable, but he does not have much to do here. Get revved up for "Gran Turismo," the summer's suspenseful thrill ride based on a true story 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z “I finally had a script about an unlikable Jewish chick — but it turned out I needed a man to play her to get it made.” Jill Soloway Goes Completely Transparent in a New Memoir 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Here is a thoroughly unlikable character, opportunistic, mean spirited, vindictive and self-absorbed: Poppea magnified, really. Music Review: Smorgasbord of Mythology and Mayhem 2011-06-15T22:00:30Z They want to make sure that all the women are very likable and I think that’s unfair because we’ve had a lot of male characters who are incredibly unlikable that we root for. Jillian Bell: ‘What if I enjoyed what I was doing and focused less on how I looked?’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Bruce, in short, is inflexible, unable to adapt to new comic forms and, on a personal level, thoroughly unlikable. Review: Adam Carolla’s ‘Road Hard,’ a Comedy About a Comic 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It would be easy to dismiss "Vengeance" for its unlikable hero and flimsy plotting at this point, but that would be a mistake. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z TIME: You’ve played some very likeable characters—Veronica Mars, Anna in Frozen—but also unlikable ones like this one—Sarah Marshall and now Eleanor in The Good Place. Kristen Bell: This Game of Thrones Character Is Most LIke Anna From Frozen 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z On paper this character could be so villainous and unlikable that I needed someone who could bring a level of humanity to him. Good Fortune Brings Bad-Guy Roles 2011-08-14T02:53:01Z To be clear, this is not about the debate over “likable” and “unlikable” female protagonists. Girlboss in the White House: How Ivanka Trump’s business success makes her above reproach 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The director, Lileana Blain-Cruz, allows female characters to exist in all their complex humanity, without sanding down or slicing off any of the unlikable or unreconcilable bits. Review: In ‘Anatomy of a Suicide,’ Pain in Triplicate 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Indeed, one of the book's strangest features is that it is the two most wounded and unlikable characters who do the most to heal one another. The Secret Garden's hidden depths 2011-08-05T11:42:29Z The problem with making yourself as unlikable as Mr. Clay does here is that 30-minute doses are quite long enough. Review: In ‘Dice,’ the Real Andrew Dice Clay Gets Fictional 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z The parents are, overall, a very unlikable bunch. 'Men, Women & Children' is artificial look at Internet world 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z “My Dead Boyfriend” desperately tries to look and sound like a quirky indie hit, but that’s not an achievable goal when you have an unlikable lead character indifferently rendered by a name star. Review: ‘My Dead Boyfriend’ Shares a Life, After the Fact 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z He is distinctly unlikable at times: stubborn, irritable, unforgiving of those who have wronged him. Your next box set: John Adams 2012-07-26T17:20:01Z In Campanella’s view, “There’s only one thing Ricardo cannot be, and that is unlikable. The clearest proof is ‘Nine Queens,’ where he plays an amoral crook, but we still root for him.” Ricardo Darín: Argentina’s Lucky Charm at the Oscars 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z I like to think of Ivan Locke as more of an antihero – a fascinating, credible study of an unlikable, emotionally repressed modern man. My streaming gem: why you should watch Locke 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “As you process and digest how obnoxious, wasteful and unlikable that story is, just remember,” he says, eyes glassy, “that’s one I’m willing to tell you.” John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The guy is just plain unlikable, superpower or not. Review: ‘American Hero,’ a Deadbeat Superhero, Forever Backsliding 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z When incentivized to present Mark as likable, people who watched the likable videos first stopped watching sooner than those who saw unlikable videos first. Living a lie: We deceive ourselves to better deceive others 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z I love shows about people that other people would consider unlikable, or like the work of Woody Allen and Albert Brooks. 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway on Making the World Safer for Trans People 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z There are many complaints that people can't watch or get into "Succession" because the characters are so unlikable and irredeemable. Richard E. Grant on sex, power and playing an entitled man similar to the "Teflon-coated" Trump 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Even though I recognize its flaws, such as lack of diversity, I still love its thorny, self-involved, often unlikable characters, who no matter what transpires seem to float in a constant state of Saturn Returns. Let me be misunderstood: The final episode of HBO’s “Girls” and how we really feel about Hannah Horvath 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z So, will my Campari-swilling friend like “Daddy”? I think it has less to do with whether she enjoyed “The Girls” than with her enthusiasm for stories about unlikable people. Review | In Emma Cline’s story collection, ‘Daddy,’ flawed men reap what they sow 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z You may not like Allen’s movies – or his marriage – but people can be complicated, even unlikable, without being criminal. 'Do I really care?' Woody Allen comes out fighting 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Sofia Coppola says her ‘The Custom of the Country’ adaptation didn’t get financed by Apple because ‘the idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing.’ Lisa Marie Presley didn't like the script of Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla,' and she told her so 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Director Sofia Coppola says Apple executives axed her small-screen adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel because “the idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing.” Sofia Coppola slams Apple execs for defunding her 'unlikable' Edith Wharton series 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Certain alterable features of his appearance make him look insincere, untrustworthy and unlikable: He bares his lower teeth when he speaks and rarely smiles, which makes him look threatening. 6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The consensus among the pundit class seems to be that he's just unlikable so the more people see of him the less they like him. Donald Trump keeps stepping on Ron DeSantis' spotlight 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z May we all be so lucky to find someone with whom we can walk on whatever winding, unlikable path we choose. Review: In 'Amanda,' a surly loner drums up her own drama — but she's not insufferable 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z By making them lovably unlikable, Reilly has affirmed her place in Hollywood. How lampooning L.A.'s most unlikable characters on TikTok helped comedian Caitlin Reilly break into TV 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z “You play somebody who’s aggressive and not great with their kids and someone’s like ‘oh, she’s unlikable’ and I’m like, that’s why you fall in love with people, you fall in love with their rudeness.” Cover girl Melissa McCarthy defines beauty as 'being exactly who you are' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Musk is free to be an unlikable, visionary weirdo. Opinion: Hate Elon Musk? That's OK, but root for SpaceX's Starship rocket 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Trump said her problem was actually a “lack of talent” and called her mean and unlikable. Haley’s candidacy shows balancing act for women in politics 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z As she matured as a woman and an actor, Williams found herself drawn to characters that some might call difficult, headstrong or unlikable. Michelle Williams' 'Fabelmans'-esque origin story? It starts with PTA and Björk 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z “I just felt totally, completely free to be intense and unlikable and funny and weird and all of the things necessary in a way that I don’t think I’ve ever experienced,” Platt said. Friendship lies behind Sundance comedy ‘Theater Camp’ 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z If women demonstrate the type of leadership typically praised in men — ambitious, swaggering, domineering — they are seen as unfeminine, unlikable, and even illegitimate leaders. Jacinda Ardern Says No to Burnout 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Still, there are enough similarities between the two films, both rife with smarmy, unlikable characters, that one could become preoccupied in wondering why “Knives Out” works and why “The Estate” decidedly does not. Review: More bleak comedy than black, 'The Estate' is not worth your time (or Toni Collette's) 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z I no longer cared what this unlikable futurist would accomplish in the second half of his life. Review | Bored with a book, I set off for New York, where I ... bought more books 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z DeSantis, on the other hand, is a creepy, dour, unlikable jerk. Ron DeSantis' genius plan goes sideways: Is his 2024 campaign suddenly in trouble? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z He’s still willing, in other words, to make himself ugly and unlikable in his work. R. Crumb Means Some Offense 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In murder mysteries of the Christie variety, “The most unlikable character gets bumped off,” he observes, and sure enough off he is bumped before too long. ‘See How They Run’ review: Saoirse Ronan charms in this mousetrap of a murder-mystery 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In fact, the viewer is explicitly warned to this effect: “This film contains flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikable female protagonist.” 'Not Okay' tries to indict performative activists. Here's why it falls short 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z A supremely unlikable person, he must learn to intimidate people in the same way his hitman best friend does. Review: Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson are a match made in hell in 'The Man From Toronto' 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z To call these women unlikable feels laughable: When and how will we ever move past that term? Review: Author Lisa Taddeo's parade of women who want to be wanted 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z I think it makes my character too unlikable.’ A 'Let's play it for real' approach keeps 'Bel-Air' dramatic — and fresh 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But the misogynistic nature of the attacks on Heard speaks volumes about the way women — especially women depicted as “unlikable” — who speak up about abuse are treated. Amber Heard isn’t the only person who lost the Johnny Depp trial | Naomi Ishisaka 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But, you know, she was just so … unlikable. We can't agree on the meaning of Depp vs. Heard. Here's how we move forward anyway 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “In the script, we were at times worried that Lizzy would be too unlikable,” she said. With 'Showing Up,' Kelly Reichardt steps up at the Cannes Film Festival 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Whereas Strange’s glibness with patients and his peers made him unlikable almost to ridiculousness in the first Doctor Strange, here it plays much more like pithiness Cumberbatch is occasionally able to accent with charm. Doctor Strange 2 gets lost in a tangle of fan service and half-baked ideas 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z And in fact, a few people have said to me, you know, did you feel nervous making a film about an unlikable woman? Maggie Gyllenhaal is over the 'spoonful of sugar BS,' and 'The Lost Daughter' is proof 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z “I certainly think her choices are questionable, at least. But in terms of her being unlikable, I just don’t — I just don’t share that view.” What FX’s ‘Impeachment’ creators hope viewers will take away from the Clinton-Lewinsky saga: ‘We are all implicated by it’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But as you say, it was Heard who was continually described as “unlikable,” which is one of the reasons the case has resonated through so much of the culture. We can't agree on the meaning of Depp vs. Heard. Here's how we move forward anyway 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “This movie’s not unlikable, but the action and comedy are under par.” New movies to stream this week: ‘The Boys in Red Hats,’ ‘For Madmen Only’ and more 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “Or with their positions of power in politics or in business. And, if it is, it’s usually a kind of hard-assed woman who does something that makes her unlikable.” Enter a feminist superhero … without the catfights and ass-kicking 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Although she doesn’t want every role she takes on to be this challenging and unsettling, Pike is aware of the power these unlikable yet watchable women have on audiences. Rosamund Pike embraces her despicable, fascinating con artist in 'I Care a Lot' 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z He’s aware that the character is often unlikable, and that’s the point. Fateful moments bring Charles and Diana together on 'The Crown' 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The attacks on Ms. Harris as “unlikable,” which Mr. Trump pushed on Thursday, also play into a double standard. Kamala Harris and the ‘Double Bind’ of Racism and Sexism 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Mayweather adopted a particularly unlikable public persona, figuring it made no difference to him whether fans paid to watch him lose. Column: Canelo Alvarez’s fight plan should look familiar 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z “We made this film with an uncompromising, direct, spirited Marie Curie, and people say she’s unlikable or whatever. It’s complete double standards because she’s a woman,” said Pike. Why it's time for scientists to become cinematic superheroes 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “I needed someone fearless to play Marla, someone who wouldn’t be worried about being unlikable as a character,” the director notes. Rosamund Pike embraces her despicable, fascinating con artist in 'I Care a Lot' 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Waclawiak became so frustrated by aspersions on her “unlikable female narrators” that she designed a course at Columbia around such characters. She watched her mother die. It inspired her most hopeful novel yet. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The morning after Senator Kamala Harris became the first woman of color to take a debate stage as a member of a major party’s ticket, President Trump disparaged her as “totally unlikable” and a “communist.” Kamala Harris and the ‘Double Bind’ of Racism and Sexism 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z They are emotionally stunted, occasionally underachieving, unmotivated to change and often even border on unlikable. Review: Davidson steps up in ‘The King of Staten Island’ 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The intent was to create a wooden, unlikable character who would provide a foil for the more attractive contestants. Herbert Stempel, whistleblower in quiz show scandals, dies at 93 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Lerman is a fine foil, energizing scenes with his edgy impatience and willingness to be unlikable for the majority of the film. Review: John Hawkes and Logan Lerman shine, but 'End of Sentence' hits some bumps in the road 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Plus, Dyson, thought, Oppenheimer was deeply unlikable: “You never knew where you were with him.” Remembering Freeman Dyson 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z He added, “He’s unlikable, which I really like.” Opinion | Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Instead, as is the case with Picard, its new characters have felt like broadly drawn “badasses” at best and, at worst, downright cold and unlikable. Star Trek: Picard is the dark reboot that boldly goes where nobody wanted it to 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Which is not to say I haven’t heard potentially gendered language that people complained about when they heard it applied to Hillary Clinton — “shrill,” “unlikable” or any of the rest of it. Opinion | Elizabeth Warren is out. And no, it’s not because of her gender. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The matter is not merely that the candidate is unlikable, these deployments of condescending imply. Gender questions swirl as Warren leaves race to two old men 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z One of Bernie Sanders’ greatest advantages in the race is that many of the most unlikable hypocrites in America despise him. Bernie Sanders' real obstacle is not Trump. It's the Democratic establishment | Hamilton Nolan 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But even when its targets are unlikable, sexism, still, is wrong. Hillary Clinton is done trying to be liked | Moira Donegan 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Lowrey in particular is hotheaded in a way that would be troubling if he were played by anyone other than Will Smith: bloodthirsty, reckless, and self-interested to the point where he’s almost entirely unlikable. Bad Boys for Life is the year’s first pleasant surprise 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z During a recent conversation with Brad Pitt, which was filmed for Variety, Sandler conceded that Howard might sometimes be “unlikable,” but Pitt stopped him. The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In any other era Gove would be seen as a uniquely unctuous, unlikable and profoundly talentless figure. Frankie Boyle’s election countdown: 'You’ll be praying they prorogue the next parliament' 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z At her best, Davis inhabited multifaceted roles with little concern for whether she might be perceived as “unlikable.” Cate Blanchett is fun to watch in the otherwise mixed 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z She likes to draw out recessive characters—the unhappy, the untrustworthy, or the downright unlikable—and bring them, however uncertainly, into the light. The Art of the Awkward Silence in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “She liked me even when I thought of myself as unlikable,” Harkness told me. The New Front Line of the Anti-Abortion Movement 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As for female presidential candidates in general, she said, “They’re super unlikable.” One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “He is genuinely a bad person. Not an unlikable person but a bad person, as in he has no morals, no principles and beliefs,” a former close colleague told me. How Brexit Will End 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Boyle’s defence on Monday cast him as an unlikable but honest witness, but the prosecution suggested Boyle’s testimony was motivated by self interest and included “outright lies”. Prosecutors slam 'fictional' testimony of man accused of abusing wife after Taliban ordeal 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z An openness to talking about what was once taboo means not knowing “our place” – from the ubiquity of the unlikable female protagonist to frankness around mental health. Darkly funny, desperate and full of rage: what makes a millennial novel? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z With no big stars and a cast of unlikable characters, “Succession” premiered to solid reviews but no discernible buzz. Column: HBO's Casey Bloys isn't worried about AT&T, Netflix or the end of 'Game of Thrones' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The obvious implication is that she is an unlikable scold. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: More sexist criticism of the U.S. women’s national soccer team 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z With the possible exception of Green, the team’s main players are not actively unlikable; they don’t go out of their way to antagonize their opponents or the fans of opposing teams. How did the Golden State Warriors become the team no one likes? 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z They are unlikable people with bad personality traits. How can the American people protect themselves from dangerous leaders — like the one we've got? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Both star a terminally unlikable character and offer players a huge, open playground full of incredibly dull things to do. Days Gone is a lavishly produced, painfully generic PS4 zombie game 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z She is instead giving the top basketball job to the widely criticized Pelinka, whose demeanor as Kobe Bryant’s agent made him one of the league’s more unlikable figures. Lakers' coaching search is more proof Jeanie Buss' team is lost without a leader 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z It was an opportunity for Warren to switch from her focus on detailed policy and tell a human story, breaking with the perception – arguably fueled by sexism itself – that she is “aloof” or “unlikable”. Impeachment, socialism and gender: highlights from CNN's 2020 town halls 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Even Centineo, so charming previously, is saddled with an unlikable role. Reviews: Noah Centineo in ‘The Perfect Date’; plus, three more Netflix movies 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “Berserk” bounces frantically between tones, even for a dark comedy, and Wakefield’s script isn’t funny enough to account for his unlikable characters. Review: Nick Cannon goes ‘Berserk’ in frantic dark comedy 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Not only did he lose, by the way, he lost to Ted Cruz: a man so unlikable there’s even a conspiracy theory floating around that he’s the Zodiac killer. Beto 2020: a masterclass in male entitlement | Arwa Madhawi 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z After a screening of the show on the Sony lot last year, a male agent said, “I find Sally a little unlikable.” Bill Hader Kills 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The film rather mistakenly presumes that the audience will have sympathy for the deeply unlikable and spitefully bratty Lindsey, whose brittle charisma is not enough to connect these random events and outlandish, yet unfunny situations. Reviews: Supernatural thriller ‘Stray,’ dystopian ‘Level 16,’ Jean-Claude Van Damme and more 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z We get accused of being abrasive, unlikable and worse. Opinion | Why Girls Outpace Boys at School but Not at Work 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s not me — the journalist or party power broker or ordinary citizen — who thinks ambitious women are bossy or unlikable, the argument goes. Will Americans vote for a woman? Obsessing over the question makes it less likely. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Women also tend to be viewed as unlikable based on their ambition. ‘A Woman, Just Not That Woman’: How Sexism Plays Out on the Trail 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z No matter what a female character did, if they said something that was remotely controversial, they were branded as unlikable. Writing the modern rom-com: How the creators of 'Isn't It Romantic' twisted tropes to both satirize and satisfy 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Numerous other articles then complained that the debate is just sexist and that any vocal female politician gets lumped in as being unlikable. Hillary Clinton swipes at ‘likability’ gauge for female candidates, as Warren campaigns 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The media stops perpetuating the narrative that powerful women are unlikable. Elizabeth Warren’s ‘likability’? The US media has learned nothing from 2016 | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z This is a woman who literally inspired countless other women to get tattoos celebrating her courage, but nah, she's an intelligent, accomplished female and therefore "unlikable." Mitt Romney is not going to save us: Time to get over Republican Dad 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Lauded, yet full of unlikable men, she has written. Roxane Gay: ‘Public discourse rarely allows for nuance. And see where that’s gotten us’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “I mean, both these candidates are unlikable,” he said. Trump’s acting attorney general once referred to the president’s behavior as ‘a little dangerous’ and ‘a little outlandish’ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “Julia’s never been afraid to be unlikable – not on screen and not in person.” Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepts Mark Twain comedy prize with Kavanaugh jibe 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “Julia’s never been afraid to be unlikable—not on screen and not in person.” Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets a top award for comedy 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z But in a move that was sadly not much of a surprise, Politico published a piece on Monday declaring that Warren could be "written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground." Mitt Romney is not going to save us: Time to get over Republican Dad 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z But women who are competent are generally perceived as unlikable. Gender lawsuits: Hidden bias 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z And she has long been considered part of a list of unlikable celebrities. Ready to let Gwyneth Paltrow move into your living room? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Was this disgruntled trio just unlucky, with a slew of particularly unlikable children between them? Opinion | Americans Are Terrible at Small Talk 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z A recent Gallup poll indicates that 62-67% find Trump untrustworthy, unlikable, and unadmirable and believe he has chosen advisers poorly and is incompetent in working with both parties. Trump's opponents have the moral high-ground. Let's not squander it | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z But people have suggested that Snyder, best known for creating grim, bleak superhero movies with unlikable characters and subverted female roles, isn’t the best man for adapting The Fountainhead. Zack Snyder says next project is an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z “It’s one thing to say,” he once observed, that a character “is limited or unlikable and another to say that he’s unreal, or doesn’t represent something real.” How Philip Roth wrote America 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Young Adult is unusual in that its heroine is the most unlikable character on the screen, corrupting nearly everyone she meets with her selfish scheming. With Tully in theaters, it’s a perfect time to revisit Young Adult 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z "Which is still fun to play. I've never been afraid to play someone unlikable. They're usually pretty complex. I always say I'd rather be polarizing than palatable. But there's a lot more to me." From Barden Bellas to 'Belleville': Anna Camp on playing more than the mean girl 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z I understand the need to blame somebody and Mr. Armstrong, in the fever of protecting himself, proved ruthless and offensive enough to become an unlikable fall-guy. Lance Armstrong Settles Federal Fraud Case for $5 Million 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Black comedies don't get much broader or more cheerless than "Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas," a low-budget tale of malice and murder played out by six singularly unlikable people. Farce 'Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas' is no holiday 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z "They go, 'It's so interesting, she has such few redeeming qualities, it's crazy that you were so brave to play such an unlikable character,' " Deutch recalled with a laugh. Dark comedy 'Flower' is a coming-of-age story ripe for the Time's Up era 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Shkreli is a truly unlikable individual who doesn't care what people think of him. Martin Shkreli Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Fraud 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z These are important for compatibility but they won’t help you trust an untrustworthy person or like an unlikable one. What to do when partner can’t or won’t say ‘sorry’ 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Its story of redemption means well, but its good intentions can’t compensate for characters that are often unlikable and unbelievable. Indie drama 'Blur Circle' burdened by tragedy and poor choices 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z That Christmas when I paraded in, keen to be the centre of attention, I probably reverted to that unlikable persona, conflating playful affection with bullying. My brother’s punch in the face shocked me out of alcoholism | Darren McGarvey 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Take the power imbalance away and they are nothing but unlikable and more than likely unattractive people inside and out. What Makes Someone a ‘Predator’? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z In an age of ready pleasures, choosing something difficult and unlikable is an announcement of sophistication. The Sweet Rewards of Bitter Food 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Over the course of the odyssey, this difficult man transforms from unlikable savant to practical lifesaver, with his knowledge of flora and fauna ultimately saving his scurvy-ridden comrades. Polar exploration: The forgotten journey 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “We are not trying to be unlikable. We are trying to be transparent.” Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z There’s no shortage of areas to explore in philosophy, science and religion, but “The Man From Earth: Holocene” would rather spend its time with unlikable characters than deal with complex concepts. Sci-fi sequel 'The Man From Earth: Holocene' fails to live up to original 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Men, including those at Kleiner, are permitted to be prickly and unlikable if they are perceived to deliver, whereas women are required to be likable. Fighting hard — and losing — the gender discrimination battle in the tech world 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Republicans “just have a hard time thinking about a woman in the White House”, she said, while noting success made men more likable but by contrast made women more unlikable. Clinton takes on Trump, Putin and misogyny as fans flock to book tour 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z A long-running justification for this loathing of Clinton, one that has been trotted out often since her election loss, and now again as an excuse to bash her book, is that she is uniquely unlikable. America’s vitriol towards Clinton reveals a nation mired in misogyny | Hadley Freeman 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But “Blind” stumbles with unlikable characters and a lack of depth, leaving audiences simply wishing for its ending, happy or not. Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore strain at romance in dopey drama 'Blind' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z But there’s something so deliciously satisfying to watch her be selfish and unlikable and constantly stating her demands, whether it’s a presidential library, sex or a certain kind of protein bar. If Only Real-Life Women Leaders Could Act Like Selina Meyer 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z There's a colorful, if almost wholly unlikable, cast of shady characters, underworld legends, criminal visionaries, corrupt politicians, dirty cops, mad scientists and paranoid nut jobs on both sides of the law. History examines the hazy history of 'America's War on Drugs' with exhaustive but engaging detail 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z As children, those who are liked are invited to join others more often, and each of these interactions offers extra opportunities to learn skills that were denied to unlikable, excluded peers. Cracking the Popularity Code 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But people are so terrified of people saying something unlikable or appearing unlikable that it stops being honest. When Jerrod Carmichael isn't trying to make sitcoms smart again, he unwinds with infomercials and ... Mario Lopez? 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z That was, in many ways, the most challenging aspect of the role: “being totally unafraid to be completely unlikable, to embrace her flaws.” Three new series that could win Emmy voters' hearts and minds 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “Catfight” is the type of blackly comic film that works to alienate some viewers with its over-the-top approach and its unlikable characters. In the dark satire 'Catfight,' Sandra Oh and Anne Heche go for the jugular 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s just that in their search for a good story, the kind that will attract audiences, tales of driven, often unlikable, individuals are simply deemed more dramatic and filmable. 'The Founder' is the latest film to give business moguls a tough time 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The thing that will make the Seahawks unlikable in my book is lashing out at fans and/or breaking the law. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Seahawks’ behavior and Baseball Hall of Fame voting 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z She was an unlikable candidate who was never able to connect with middle America. Why Trump Had an Edge in the Electoral College 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z When someone suggested to Stafford that the Pro Bowl ballot is largely a popularity contest, he joked: “Am I unlikable? Is that the problem?” Lions’ Matthew Stafford Flies Under the Radar, at Supersonic Speed 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z These reports and others like them struggled to find traction as stories claimed the race was between two unlikable candidates — a distorted notion that became known as the myth of false equivalence. It wasn’t just “fake news” presenting a fake Hillary Clinton: She was held to impossible standards 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Instead, its biggest misstep is the two central characters who are so unlikable as to be unwatchable. Dull nihilists drag down experimental drama 'Hara Kiri' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z When she speaks her mind about issues, Hillary is painted a brash and unlikable “feminist.” Why do people think Hillary Clinton is inauthentic? 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z She once said, wryly, that it “hurts my feelings” to hear people find her unlikable. A Survivor With a Steely Resolve That Can Inspire and Inflame 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Clinton may be seen as unlikable and untrustworthy, and she may not represent significant majorities on key issues, but in polls she is at least viewed as having the temperament to serve as president. Even with a landslide, Hillary Clinton shouldn’t count on a mandate 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The argument that she is unlikable, he believes, is moot. Michael Moore's flash film 'TrumpLand' aims to defeat Donald Trump and help Hillary Clinton win the White House 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Never mind their popularity, most of the Mitfords were unlikable. The Mitford sisters: Better than a Downton Abbey episode 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z And true change is scary and threatening, and when we encounter it, we find it unlikable, unfriendly, unknowable. Donald Trump Is the Ultimate Status Quo Candidate 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z In doing so, it sought to soften the perception that she is untrustworthy and unlikable. For Hillary Clinton and Democrats, a Public Shift Toward ‘God-Talk’ 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z We live in a world in which mass murderers are re-elected, she says, yet it’s an unlikable female character that is found to be offensive: it’s “sexist and idiotic”. Ottessa Moshfegh interview: ‘Eileen started out as a joke – also I’m broke, also I want to be famous’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Because unlikable, he said, "will make ISIS…," using a profanity for scared. Michael Moore's flash film 'TrumpLand' aims to defeat Donald Trump and help Hillary Clinton win the White House 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z But that ability to be a little unlikable may be exactly what ABC is looking for after relatively bland seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” centered around Ben Higgins and JoJo Fletcher. ABC’s newest ‘Bachelor’: Nick Viall, looking for love for a 4th time 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z But that ability to be a little unlikable may be exactly what ABC is looking for after relatively bland seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” centered around Ben Higgins and JoJo Fletcher. Meet ABC's newest 'Bachelor,' Nick Viall, looking for love for a fourth time 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Polling suggests even though Clinton is supremely unlikable, Americans are favoring a workhorse in the White House. Face it, conservatives: Trying to change Donald Trump is a lost cause 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z With the general election offering the two most unlikable presidential candidates in recent history, this year’s political conventions are set to be defined by polemics against the opposing party and saccharine appeals for unity. Hillary Clinton Brings Unity To The Republican Convention 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Even on a show known for caustic, chronically unlikable characters, “Veep’s” Jonah Ryan stands out -- and not just because the actor who plays him, Timothy Simons, is a rangy 6 feet 4. Everybody loves to hate ‘Veep’s’ Jonah, but Timothy Simons digs the spirit of his blundering character 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin, unlikable and increasingly uncooperative and antagonistic, admittedly makes this objective more within reach, but Trump might avoid it as well. Here’s why Trump’s foreign policy terrifies neocons 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He belittled the hulking champion — then considered surly and unlikable, long before his second act as the affable pitchman of electronic grilling devices — as “the Mummy.” Muhammad Ali, boxing icon and global goodwill ambassador, dies at 74 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z And Ms. Field questioned why Mrs. Clinton had been criticized as unlikable, asking, “What is this, a high school popularity contest?” Hillary Clinton Expresses Confidence in Securing Nomination Next Week 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But with two historically unlikable candidates, the race for the White House this year will be more bitter than usual, posing a turnout problem for both parties. Bernie Sanders' New Fight 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It never occurred to them that O.J. could win with the help of his charisma, a bundle of popular resentments, and the unlikable qualities of certain characters on the law-enforcement side. Megyn Kelly’s Guide to Surrendering to Donald Trump 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z If Cruz hadn’t established himself as a singularly unlikable candidate, one could almost have felt sorry for him in that moment. The implosion of Ted Cruz 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z That's a reliable applause line in certain Republican circles, where the "unlikable" moniker is thrown around to explain why Clinton will never make it to the Oval Office. Dealing the Woman Card 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Compared to the miserable Hillary Clinton, an unlikable person with a hedge fund manager for a son-in-law, he's a grumpy old Jewish breath of fresh air. Sanders and Kasich Should Ignore Any Pressure to Quit 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z “On the surface, these two characters seem like they might be incredibly unlikable,” he says. The Brutal Romantic Behind “Catastrophe” 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Ryan is taking advantage of this fraught situation in the presidential race, with his party choosing between a toxic performance artist and an unlikable ideologue, to position himself as a voice of reasoned moderation. Paul Ryan is not a unifier: Don’t let the speaker’s new “ads” fool you into thinking he’s actually a moderate 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z He is the pariah, the rather creepy, sleazy, unlikable extremist who has managed to survive the gauntlet. Headed for Chaos in Cleveland 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z A year later, she threw her producing weight behind Young Adult to get it made and threw herself into one of her most unlikable characters. Charlize Theron: Hollywood’s Humble Heroine 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z That’s to be expected, given that its two leading presidential candidates are an orange fascist nightmare and a smugly unlikable ideologue. Paul Ryan looks past Trump: The speaker is preparing for a GOP civil war 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z And it isn’t just that Hope is completely unlikable — which she is. ‘The Bronze’ is a comedy about a washed-up Olympian with a mean streak 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The protagonist's unlikable routine is too high a degree of difficulty to execute flawlessly. Melissa Rauch and team go for the gold but miss the mark in 'The Bronze' 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z After delicately painting Cruz as an unlikable hack, Brooks gets down to business: David Brooks keeps his head in the sand: GOP voters won’t make his fantasy of derailing Trump and Cruz reality 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z And surveys suggest that even some Republicans find him unlikable and lacking in compassion. The Party of Bush Yields, Warily, to a New Face: Donald Trump 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z And Cruz has an additional problem: He comes across as unlikable, perhaps because of his tendency to sound like a pitchman on a late-night television commercial. So many candidates, so many flaws 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z People in Washington say Cruz is unlikable because he hates big government! Ted Cruz is feeling the Bern! On the New Hampshire trail with the GOP’s cute but sinister rebel firebrand 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z He reminded me, in a not entirely unlikable way, of an animal busy in carrion, like a jackal. The Art-World Insider Who Went Too Far 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z With the dour, unlikable Belichick as the coach, it was easy enough to believe. N.F.L. Ignores Deflategate Science at Patriots’ Expense 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z If you promote yourself and demand that your work be recognized, you’re punished for being unlikable and denied opportunities to advance. In politics and business, women just can’t win 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z So what can women do about the “competent but unlikable” syndrome? People don't have to like Hillary Clinton to vote for her. Who likes Donald Trump? | Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C Barnett 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z In casting someone like David Tennant as your villain, was there ever a concern that maybe he wasn't unlikable enough? 'Jessica Jones' showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talks rape, adaptation, and female sexuality 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The unlikable Carly Fiorina is also a fabulist who has no business running for president, so call them even in coming in dead last. Choosing the Least-Bad to Combat the Very Worst 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Bush: “a battle between the unlikable and the unprepared.” Mary McGrory, the revolutionary insider of Washington journalism 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Guthrie drew blood repeatedly, but she did so mostly by asking about why Clinton was so inauthentic and unlikable. The “Today” show exposes the media’s most asinine Hillary meme: Why their “likability” fixation misses the point 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z She added that often, such women are seen as “not just unlikable, but downright awful”. People don't have to like Hillary Clinton to vote for her. Who likes Donald Trump? | Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C Barnett 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z But his response was widely criticized for being cold and emotionless, making Dukakis seem overly cerebral, distant and unlikable. Just Ask Gerald Ford: Debates Full of Historic Moments 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z How could his team attract support for an unlikable candidate who needed to bridge a fundamental ideological gulf? How did this monster get created? The decades of GOP lies that brought us Donald Trump, Republican front-runner 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s an interesting line that the movie skirts for the duration and a testament to Schumer that this mostly unlikable character remains enjoyable to watch. Review: Schumer, Hader shine in bawdy ‘Trainwreck’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z In the “Gone Girl” mode, author Holly Brown fashions her second novel around three unlikable, but interesting people, making us care about the twists this domestic thriller takes. Review: Holly Brown delivers with ‘A Necessary End’ 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Indicating his reasons for passing on Rothbart’s show, he expressed reluctance about a series that would feature an actively unlikable protagonist: “What you’re describing is tricky to pull off,” he said. Comedy Central in the Post-TV Era 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Some of the criticism she is drawing, especially from Republicans, is aimed at prodding her to lose her temper and adding to the perception that she is unlikable. Hillary Clinton Still the Same Candidate 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z And, most importantly, never are any of the lead characters unlikable. 'Mr. Robot' Review: The Best Show Of The Summer And On Track To Be A Modern Classic 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z They might be irresponsible, perhaps unlikable, maybe some were even dangerous, but legally, none of that was relevant. How Do You Define a Gang Member? 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Then there’s the herd of largely uninteresting, often unlikable folk whose fortunes we track in “Madame Bovary,” and who would be alarmed to learn that they were the raw material of a masterpiece. Why Can’t the Future Be Fun? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Now he’s just suddenly become obsessed and awful and unlikable and it strikes me as a horrible waste of a character. 'Vikings' Season 3, Episode 8 Review: 'To The Gates' 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z And to the person who knows very little about Paul and was getting to know him for the first time, Wednesday’s display made him seem pretty unlikable. Insulting Women Won’t Get Rand Paul Elected 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z His hatred for Athelstan and his jealousy have really made him a petty and unlikable part of Ragnar’s crew. 'Vikings' Season 3, Episode 7 Review: The Madness Of King Floki 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z He would be utterly unlikable if here were not so obviously ill; Adam’s psychic vulnerability at least makes him sympathetic. T.C. Boyle's Retreat Into California's Redwoods 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z When the trial began three weeks ago, Hermle’s opening argument made the case that Pao could be lawfully fired for being unlikable. The assassination of Ellen Pao’s character by the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z There is a case that she will be a better candidate than she was in 2008, when she was widely caricatured as calculating and unlikable. Hillary Clinton Is More Vulnerable in 2016 Than You Think 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z His catchphrase, “Bah, humbug!” suggested he was not only inconsiderate, but unlikable, too. Lead Like Scrooge: The Surprising Research Results 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z A series of recent polls found that both candidates were extremely unlikable. How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z One common theory is that we fear being seen as selfish or, worse, unlikable. Women must ask for raises if we are to close the pay gap Often they introduce characters - even some central characters - who are unlikable or whose motives are unclear for much of the narrative. Review: New feast of stories in Theroux collection 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Bateman’s no stranger to unlikable characters -remember his memorable misanthrope in the recent “Bad Words,” who mercilessly stole spelling-bee trophies from innocent kids? Review: ‘Longest Week’ is a pale Allen imitation 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Eric Cantor’s defeat at the hands of economics professor David Brat was a cause of instant celebration and mockery worldwide, or at least among political junkies who consider Eric Cantor a generally unlikable person. Tea Party’s cool older brother pulls the rug out from under them 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z We found that people who read a news report discussing an alleged obesity health crisis were more likely to agree with stereotypes of fat people as unlikable, untrustworthy, and less intelligent than thinner people. Michelle Obama is Supporting Fat Shaming 2013-12-17T17:05:17Z GTA 5 is a great game, albeit a great game hampered by a strange alliance between ridiculousness and realism coupled with unlikable characters, a confused story arc and a unsatisfying economy. 'GTA Online' Launches Tomorrow: What You Need To Know 2013-09-30T18:27:00Z She needs to realize how unlikable she expects other people to be. The Ethicist: Should I Protect a Patient at the Expense of an Innocent Stranger? 2013-05-10T11:00:01Z The fascist salutes happened after he left West Ham, of course, and on hearing the news I must admit they confirmed my view of him as an unlikable person. Unlikable and authoritarian, Paolo Di Canio has much yet to prove 2013-04-06T22:00:01Z The more that women do to achieve things in the workplace, such as Marissa Mayer shutting down the telecommuting option to turn Yahoo around, the more they are perceived as unlikable. Will we ever “like” the female executive? 2013-03-06T14:32:56Z Who knew nominating someone ridiculously unlikable would create such a result? The 20 biggest sore losers of election night 2012-11-07T03:52:00Z But he has changed course because of an urgent problem: voters who find him distant and unlikable have become a greater threat to his political fortunes than those who may be biased against Mormonism. Romney’s Mormonism in Convention Spotlight 2012-08-30T03:09:33Z According to Baker, Sanger was fantastically admirable and at the same time gratingly unlikable. Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger Had Slew of Lovers: Books 2012-01-03T16:54:23Z Another part of it is, these guys are not unlikable. Dadgummit-inducing win typifies 2011 Sox 2011-08-17T13:43:00Z Look, there were plenty of times over the past year when LeBron made himself largely unlikable. Mailbag: Champion Mavs still second fiddle to Heat 2011-06-15T03:40:45Z Unless, of course, conservatives are again burned out on politics and demoralized about the largely unlikable characters running for the nomination. Are we done with Rush Limbaugh yet? 2011-05-24T12:30:00Z The prosecution, regardless of the verdict, was a colossal misuse of time and money aimed, it seems, at making an example of a larger-than-life figure whose greatest sin was being an unlikable home run king. Sports of The Times: Again, a Star Is Prosecuted for His Unlikability 2011-04-09T17:08:40Z In 24 hours in Miami, he suggested the Heat was unlikable and compared its offense to a video game. Heat 94, Lakers 88: Heat Ends Losing Streak With Exclamation Point 2011-03-11T03:34:06Z When did raw, unharnessed talent become so unlikable? Rosenthal: Cutler can crash Packers' coronation 2011-01-21T05:41:12Z Yet even after the gaffe had been officially blown, the sense that this unlikable pantomime was not entirely under control remained. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2011-01-09T00:05:09Z The town was, nevertheless, a funny, familiar, compact, and not unlikable place. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series However, when, naturally enough, she cries with vexation, the irreproachable but most unlikable patriarch condescends to pat her on the head and bless her. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 She was, he told himself, an extremely unlikable young woman. Pagan Passions And every boy you meet is either the one or the other, whatever else he may be, nice or not, pleasant and likable, or unpleasant and unlikable. The Old Castle and Other Stories With all his unlikable habits he is truly valuable as an agent of public salubrity, and an important officer of the desert "commission of highways." The Human Side of Animals For as a young fellow I was not bad-looking, nor had I, so I flatter myself, an unlikable disposition. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches But even although this were the case, the world would be divided into egotists, likable and unlikable. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Because I don't like girls of that stamp doesn't argue her unlikable. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Certainly we are self- centered and we wonder that people don't like us when we don't try to find what is likable about them—and keep stressing their unlikable qualities. Letters of Franklin K. Lane |
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