| 单词 | condescension |
| 例句 | “Have you anything interesting there?” asked Meg, with condescension. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And in any case one should not confuse clarity with condescension. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Indeed, Colonel Nichols, exasperated by the scientists’ condescension toward his workforce, soon informed Lawrence that the women could outproduce the scientists and that he was prepared to prove it in a production race. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nobody pitied him for being a priest, whereas later on in America his parishioners always treated him with a slight but unmistakable condescension, like a crazy person whose delusions had to be humored. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Welcome,” he said, leaning to shake my hand, and in his voice I heard the enthusiasm and condescension of a man accustomed to working with adolescents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their explanation that “the Good Book say, ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, and be exceedingly glad’ ” did not in the least minimize the condescension of their fellow Christians. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I?” he asks with a haughty condescension, as though she has shown herself to be less clever than he had hoped. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He smiled with jovial condescension and added "Some sensation!" whereupon everybody laughed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The thing sighed and its voice dripped with even more condescension than it had before, which was kind of impressive. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Never for a moment did they show signs of condescension. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The condescension struck him, too, but it didn’t surprise him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His glance was friendly, courteous, and he spoke with no condescension. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, the term Hellenistic retains an unfocused, wishy-washy feel, if not a whiff of outright condescension. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Jacqui asks with a vague but persistent threat in her condescension. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “More than you can afford,” the woman shot back, giving them a smile that dripped with condescension. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Few classical composers made headway in film and many viewed it suspiciously or with condescension, as something only good enough for the paying of bills. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Yet Lawrence greeted Bethe’s attack with surprising complacency— even condescension. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lowering the visor and sitting up as high in the seat as he could, Ben nodded at the guard with grandly exaggerated condescension and, mimicking his father, said, “Good evening, son.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo only smiled, as the condescension marked a return to familiar territory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Not everyone can be as true as you seem to be,” she said, and the words were tinged with condescension. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not come back out of condescension to the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They spoke to him with the authority of people who had done this before, and also with a slight condescension; his fate was, after all, in their hands. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After all, they didn’t know any biology, and so it was best to take their remarks as politeness, even condescension, toward someone opposed to the competitive pace of postwar physics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “He kept asking if there were any deals we could do together, that kind of nonsense. And one day I told him I really preferred his condescension, and he hasn’t called me since.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her condescension, being wholly restrained, was all the more potent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But the greatest part of his condescension he had bestowed on Kit, once he had understood that her grandfather had been Sir Francis Tyler. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The lance corporal looks around the room—the coal stove, the hanging laundry, the undersize children—with equal measures of condescension and hostility. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “May I suggest a simple, harmless fairy tale, then?” the lead actor said, with only a touch of condescension. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Only Hattie’s set pretended to be friendly, and they treated me with the same oily condescension Hattie visited on me in public. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Other institutions—the nation’s political parties, the industries of mass entertainment and communications, the companies that employed them—have all treated my parents with condescension. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With Camilla he was forced to assume a slightly more paternalistic stance, beaming down at her with the condescension of an old papa toward a dimwit child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z What made their partnership extraordinary was that during this nascent period of nuclear physics, theorists and experimentalists customarily regarded each other with mutual condescension and suspicion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their thinly veiled condescension, their false validations irritated her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Disapproval and condescension no longer apply, so what outlook makes sense? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He fussed over my condescension in deigning to learn anything about his country. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Cecilia’s enthusiasm, for example, seemed a little overstated, tainted with condescension perhaps, and intrusive too; her big sister wanted each bound story catalogued and placed on the library shelves, between Rabindranath Tagore and Quintus Tertullian. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now he said to her, with utmost condescension, “Dear girl, your credulity is as vast as this desert. One might get lost in it and never again encounter fact or reason.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I laughed at you,” he said sincerely, and he continued in a tone of respectful condescension. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Two local politicians tried to “relate” to us, which made for serious condescension and boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I tried to fathom their motives, but I could detect no condescension in them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She caught a glance exchanged between the two men—exasperation, annoyance, condescension. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A newspaper tycoon forces opera into the private fantasy he is imposing on his wife; Afro-Brazilian and African-American musicians negotiate a treacherous landscape of idolization, condescension, and repression. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But Streep plays those scenes in a genuinely questing spirit, one that mixes curiosity with discomfort, and with nary a hint of condescension or overreaction. Pick of the week: Couples therapy with Meryl and Tommy Lee 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z Working at a nonprofit for inner-city kids, Issa—the character—is fatigued by her white co-workers, who treat her with a mix of condescension and curiosity. Issa Rae on Her Show Insecure: 'This Is Not the Quintessential Black-Woman Experience' 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Jeff treats Rachel’s mood swings with a tolerant condescension, slightly rolling his eyes and looking away glumly. Movie Review: Bored Housewife Searches for a Spark in ‘Afternoon Delight’ 2013-08-29T23:11:04Z I have become that bumbling panda falling out of a tree, subjected by turns to waves of sarcasm, teensplaining and condescension. Why your teenager thinks you’re an idiot 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Thankful Adult: So, the condescension is what bothers you, and not that she asks the woman instead of her own son? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A colleague judges you for not having kids, and now you’re a pariah 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Even the members of a friendly outside group, who visit to make a documentary of Gypsy music, show traces of condescension. | 'Gypsy': ‘Gypsy,’ by Martin Sulik, Fictional Portrait of the Roma 2012-06-26T21:20:58Z The scene is earnest to the point of condescension, but the piece Morricone wrote for it — called “Gabriel’s Oboe” — became one of his most enduring compositions. Perspective | Ennio Morricone wrote the perfect soundtrack for a time when we miss movies more than ever 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s an earnest exchange full of the condescension and generalizations spouted by people who don’t recognize their own latent racism. Review: A Scalding Take on Race in ‘White Guy on the Bus’ 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z There’s confidence but no condescension in the relationship between McCall Smith and Austen. A modern retelling of ‘Emma,’ by Alexander McCall Smith 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Thompson's famous phrase about rescuing the unremembered 'from the enormous condescension of posterity'. The forgotten sister of the woman who brought Kropotkin the anarchist to Leeds' poshest suburb 2013-01-15T11:16:40Z But in "Blue Valentine" the results are on the screen, in compassionate, nuanced performances that are utterly free of condescension or sentimentality. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams: Cannes' hottest couple 2010-05-21T15:40:00Z It all goes back to Lara’s line to Murphy in the third episode: “We accept your help, but never your condescension.” 'Narcos' Episode 5 Recap: There Will Be a Future 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Similarly, even though the movies have been successful, they’ve been branded “chick flicks,” a form of condescension surely not helped by the title. Can real men love ‘Little Women’? Greta Gerwig thinks they should. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “The preaching, self-righteousness, the condescension, the shameless lying, the strange mixture of guilt and aggression — it probably all felt refreshingly familiar to you,” Carlson said. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z As a woman she put up with condescension, but she also attracted friendly notice, especially from Nehru, who admired her persistence and ingenuity. Art Review: ‘Candid,’ Photos by Homai Vyarawalla, at Rubin Museum 2012-08-23T22:02:45Z Clare’s place in the Tasmanian social hierarchy places her above Billy just as surely as it ranks her below Hawkins and his soldiers, and she treats her new companion with high-handed, racist condescension. ‘The Nightingale’ Review: A Song of Violence and Vengeance 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Zach Geballe, a host of the Vinepair podcast, which focuses on the drinks industry, said that when he entered the wine business, “I looked at stuff like Charles Shaw with a lot of condescension.” Fred Franzia, 79, Dies; Upended Wine Industry With Two-Buck Chuck 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z After beginning his career as a specialist in Renaissance music, Mr. Hamm became frustrated with the condescension of his fellow musicologists toward the popular music of their own time. Charles Hamm, Author on American Popular Music, Dies at 86 2011-10-23T22:27:55Z What are the secrets to writing well about condescension? This Week in Fiction: Curtis Sittenfeld on the Elegant Comedy of Hypocrisy 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, she cannot escape society or the condescension of myriad status-seekers who think to elevate themselves by insulting her. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance books to read this month 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z He also possesses a sharp wit and a generous spirit, mocking his characters without meanness and lampooning their social circumstances without condescension. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z Critics have always wondered, with some condescension, how he developed such a sure-footed style in his Andalusian isolation. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In turn, Molly and Amy look upon on their classmates with contempt and condescension. “Booksmart,” Reviewed: Olivia Wilde’s Toothless Teen Comedy 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The “do-gooder condescension” of Dave Eggers comes in for a hazing. Review: ‘The Sellout,’ Paul Beatty’s Biting Satire on Race in America 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Nabokov's condescension to American academics displays itself, not only in the text of his foreword, but in the addition of Jr after his psychologist's name. Siri Hustvedt on the psychoanalyst in fiction 2012-06-08T21:55:19Z Her hostility and condescension evaporate once they become a team. | 'London River': ?London River? Stars Brenda Blethyn - Review 2011-12-06T23:36:18Z Zhenia, a Ukrainian migrant worker born exactly seven years before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, is no otherworldly idiot — though the condescension he faces suggests his employers believe otherwise. ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ Review: You’re Getting Warmer 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Those who dare to brush against love and romance tend not to see clearly, and are often viewed with condescension. Recommended reading for April: New must-read books to liven up long shutdown days 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Is there any kind of condescension lurking in the intonation? On the Page and Out Loud, Two Actors Recount Very Different Paths 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z A caustic comedy about country and class, the play intends to skewer working-class narrow-mindedness and liberal condescension. Review: ‘Invincible’ Brings Class and Conflict to the Party 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s not just the condescension in “A Star Is Born.” Drag Queens on the Screen: There to Prove a Woman’s Authenticity 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z I felt a sense of condescension as I flipped through the pages advertising tricked-out nurseries, complete with a Versailles theme for one’s little prince or princess. Nobody puts baby in a cooler! Learning to parent with first-world problems 2014-03-09T00:00:00Z It’s Elizabeth who helps Nat, as a child, develop his reading skills, though her kindness comes wrapped in condescension and proprietary rights. Bold and Fraught, The Birth of a Nation Merits Your Attention 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z When his modesty elicited condescension, he still did not falter in his belief that modesty was his bedrock. The Artist 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Now I shall be looking out for condescension everywhere I go, in a paranoid fashion. Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z Writing with affection tinged with condescension, Ms. Prose depicts Lula as a feisty but daydreamy sort of girl, who is given to embroidering her past. Books of The Times: She?s Making Friends in a New Place 2011-04-21T22:41:45Z Not that Maxwell’s work wasn’t greeted with condescension, even disbelief. The Overlooked History of Women at Work 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Whenever I found him, my first reaction was often condescension. After 40 years I finally tracked down my dead brother 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a particular kind of condescension that recalls the director James Cameron’s recent remarks that the portrayal of Wonder Woman in this year’s blockbuster wasn’t gritty or tough enough, that it was insulting to women. A Heroine in the Mold of Huck and Scout 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Bozon derisively satirizes the ivory-tower bureaucratic condescension of the French educational system and highlights the indifference and mockery that it inspires on the part of poor and immigrant residents. What to Stream Over Labor Day Weekend: Catch Up on Four of the Year’s Best Films 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z And Ms. Stapleton’s film, without making inflated claims for his status as an artist, ably defends him from such condescension. | 'Corman?s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel': ?Corman?s World? by Alex Stapleton - Review 2011-12-15T23:50:03Z His sober manner is especially effective in conveying Baker’s ironical description of British condescension to the colonized and deadpan accounts of the romantic entanglements of these unconventional, impossible characters. Review | The best audiobooks to listen to this month 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Where is the line between condescension and inclusion? Perspective | The hazards of asking male candidates whether they’d choose a female running mate 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Refuting that theory, propounded by the French scientist the Comte de Buffon, spurred observant Americans to action, including Jefferson, whose 1781 “Notes on Virginia” included an extended and vehement response to de Buffon’s condescension. Perspective | What do Thomas Jefferson, a mastodon skeleton and Alexander von Humboldt have in common? The answer is locked inside the Smithsonian. 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z She rapped about white supremacy, police brutality, globalization, poverty, capitalism — you name it — without the preachy condescension that often plagues her conscious rap contemporaries. Review | At the 9:30 Club, Noname proved she can out-rap most rappers — even when she’s sick 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Bartolomey needs no condescension, as he showed again in the afternoon’s encore, the Waltz from the Bernstein divertimento heard the night before. Music Review: In Different Hands, an Assortment of Moods 2010-10-04T21:42:00Z They confuse condescension with kindness, and tell me that, since I’ve shown myself capable of motherly love, it’s time to “graduate” to “the real thing.” Dog is love 2013-02-23T14:00:00Z I recognize further that many people who are close to 90 remain physically vital and in tiptop mental shape, and that to express any special admiration for that feat risks the whiff of condescension. Nussbaum lets loose in 'Broadway Bound' 2011-06-17T18:47:32Z Cockiness was one of his sales strategies, but that arrogance sours into condescension as he goes to a work-placement center to begin his new, nonpaying job: begging for a break from people he doesn't know. The Company Men: You're Hired! 2010-12-12T14:30:00Z His face a mask of warm condescension, his diction as plummy as damson preserves, Mr. Busch does evoke the holier-than-thou graciousness into which Russell evolved. | 'The Divine Sister': No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun 2010-09-23T02:03:00Z However, a little reading between the lines to spot the underlying malice or condescension soon sorts that out. Killing Joke: 'We've lost all our friends. We're the only ones we've got left' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-03-27T13:38:11Z Despite her success, those years of condescension and worse are never far away. ‘She Should Be Revered, and She Is Not’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z For those of us visiting from more urbane habitats, it was occasionally tempting to approach all this with condescension or even scorn. ‘Echoes of the Borscht Belt,’ Photos at Yeshiva University 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “Be good, Lev, and I might reveal who killed Edwin Drood,” the English novelist says to the “War and Peace” author in a moment of telling condescension. The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z But there was never any condescension in Haley’s voice. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z We will learn later that he means that she is afraid of the emptiness inside of herself, which she must cover up with her condescension. "In Treatment" recap: Season 3 begins 2010-10-26T13:01:00Z I can sense the shaming, criticism and condescension coming my way, let me be clear: I am not a joyless person. How Donald Trump ruined Christmas: I won't celebrate this year, and he's why 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z She is jolted at being “found out” like this, but also jolted by the clear sympathy in the younger actress’s face, sympathy that is not condescension but kindness. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 5: Taking the Stage 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z When you tell someone you are at art school, they get this look of condescension on their face. Portrait of an art graduate, circa 2012 2012-06-07T09:01:11Z Without sentimentality or condescension, Smith follows him across the South, through periods of peace and sparks of terror, months of romance and long, unending trials of despair. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Moving upwards towards a peak of third-world success and white condescension, we discover the role of "sidekick." Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z So I gazed at the trailer-dissecting tweets with a healthy mix of condescension and indifference. The tyranny of pop culture “musts”: How I learned to love being out of the loop 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z But while popular epics such as Lawrence of Arabia and Gandhi have won Oscars and provided prize-winning roles, critical condescension has continued almost unabated. Gainsbourg 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z But the old spirit of noblesse oblige was often troubled by a certain condescension, a sense that rules are for the little people. Review | Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language, is a high-tech, feel-good experience 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z With a silken patter that never stoops to snark or condescension — and an inclusive attention that reaches deep into the mezzanine — Mr. Veneziale asks the audience to feed him words. ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Review: Hip-Hop Saves the World 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Myn Weaver's condescension might have caused someone less steady to burst a forehead vein, though. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Brown’s deep religious and humanist convictions, operating on his unquiet mind, force themselves out in an irresistible fervor, and Hawke puts it across with passion and without winking condescension. ‘The Good Lord Bird’ Review: The Necessity of John Brown 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Last season, “Orange” hedged its bets a bit, making the majority of the inmates, while not blameless, victims of a lousy environment, an impulse that skirted condescension. Emily Nussbaum: “Orange Is the New Black” and “Louie” Reviews 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z His principal vice is condescension, the unwillingness or inability to resist demonstrating his superiority to both his subjects and his readers. In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Set on a Guatemalan coffee plantation and told without condescension or cliché, Mr. Bustamante’s film won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for a feature film that opens new perspectives. 'Taxi' by Jafar Panahi Takes Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z His respect for the characters and their understanding of the world is utterly without condescension, and his unpretentious humanism makes American cultural, religious and class divisions seem at once profound and irrelevant. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z But in a world grappling with racial-justice issues, in the uncertain middle of a pandemic, “Solar Power,” with its vague whiff of rich White lady condescension, doesn’t land right. Review | Lorde returns with ‘Solar Power,’ but it’s mostly just wind 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z He added: "It may now be possible to look beyond that condescension at a time ... when the limits of the London art world's view of art are pretty obvious." Tate exhibition to pay homage to LS Lowry 2013-01-15T19:16:15Z She can’t help but experience his patience with her as condescension, his self-confidence as complacency. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z There is chagrin on occasion; no one likes the condescension that is often showered on people of this age. Review: ‘If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast’ Finds Vigor After 90 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Candace is a very particular archetype, one who came from a poor community, only to reinvent herself as a stodgy member of the upper-class, dripping with disdain and condescension. Empire recap: season two, episode nine – Sinned Against 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Her abortion decision is still met with plenty of patriarchal condescension and ambient shame. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z One subject of the essay was the condescension endured by the old, a theme with which I commiserated. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Weaving between the movers and shakers were two New York journalists, whom I greeted as fellow writers, which they quickly made me regret with their condescension toward all things Southern California. Hear Them Roar 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Of course, Britain's theatre culture has its own problems, faced with a government that seems determined to turn the arts into a glossy pastime through a mix of condescension, "philanthropic giving" and sheer stupidity. Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? 2011-01-06T12:13:12Z But it was the novelist Anna Quindlen who set the tone for the weekend with a rousing keynote address lamenting two centuries of male condescension to Austen’s seemingly small domestic dramas. Jane Austen Society of North America Meets in Brooklyn 2012-10-09T01:17:17Z The line between compassion and condescension gets a little blurry. ‘American Hero’ Finds Comedy in a Fast-Food Franchise 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Especially when we’re distracted by warding off blatant sexism and condescension. Apple Music’s woman problem: Jimmy Iovine teaches a master class in how not to try to sell music to women 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “Mommy” is a passionate and generous portrait of three intersecting lives on the drab outer margins of middle-class society, told without condescension or sugary coating by an artist taking full command of his powers. “Mommy”: An explosive saga of love and loss in the Canadian ‘burbs 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But in the 2010s, that uninformed condescension morphed into wild enthusiasm. Analysis | 11 trends that changed the way we read this decade 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The empty calories and fractured attention spans of popular culture are turned, without condescension, into something meaningful and poignant. Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic Makes the Familiar Feel Fresh 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The arrogant condescension of these and other science writers reflects a belief that Indigenous Americans somehow owe their DNA to genetics studies and that when they disagree, they are automatically deemed to be against science. Stop believing this myth: No, Native Americans are not “anti-science” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Despite her cynical eye and hardscrabble life, Dellarobia is nonetheless loyal to her region and sensitive to what a visitor calls “the condescension of outsiders.” Books of The Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’ 2012-11-18T22:17:53Z He achieves a wonderful combination of insight and condescension when he says of Mr. Geffen, “He loved music like an innocent person loves music.” Television Review: ‘Inventing David Geffen,’ on PBS 2012-11-19T22:51:20Z No matter how wholeheartedly Ed Wood's fans embrace the deranged aesthetics of "Plan 9" and "Glen or Glenda," there's still an ineradicable tinge of condescension. "Best Worst Movie": The cult of the truly bad film 2010-05-14T20:12:00Z Here, Schweikart is just mercenary enough, the perfect mix of aggression, condescension and oily charm. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z But Mr. Assayas, without fully embracing the romantic and dangerous naïveté of his characters, nonetheless spares them the condescension of hindsight. Movie Review: ‘Something in the Air,’ directed by Olivier Assayas 2013-05-02T23:51:05Z J. R. wasn’t even meant to be the lead character of “Dallas,” but when audiences were first treated to his smooth patriarchal condescension in 1978, they couldn’t get enough. Riff: When ‘Dallas’ Was the Capital of America 2012-06-02T04:00:06Z The folksiness is so fresh that there’s no dash of condescension; the dancers deliver it with bright energy. Review: Paul Taylor Jump-Starts His Season With a Frisky Burl Ives 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z No adoring acolytes though, the Zaleskis frequently draw attention to Lewis’s faults as a Christian apologist, noting the “condescension” in some of his books and their frequent mix of “affable common-sense laced with sentimentality.” ‘The Fellowship’ explores the spiritual roots of Tolkien and the Inklings 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z 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 One of the reasons patients find condescension from doctors especially loathsome is that it diminishes them — if you’re gravely ill, the last thing you need is further diminishment. A Surgeon Not Afraid to Face His Mistakes, In and Out of the Operating Room 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z “Every piece in their shop is ‘important’ in one way or another, so I respect their consistency, even their condescension. Wyeth, a Temple of Midcentury Modern Design, Seeks New Wallets 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z In this theoretically egalitarian society, condescension is practically un-American, which is why ordinary Americans always seem to yearn for some form of redress against those who seem to think they are above the so-called masses. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z It has had its fair share of detractors, accusing it of condescension, or disliking its coarse strain of Australian humour. Jane Turner: 'It's a love story ? with no kangaroos' 2010-05-02T21:00:00Z Like her debut, “Songs My Brothers Taught Me,” it is alive with empathy and devoid of pity or condescension. Review: ‘The Rider’ Is an American Regional Film to Savor 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z True, it looks as if she might be that way in the opening scene, when Callas addresses the audience with cozy condescension while taking digs at other famous sopranos. | 'Master Class': Enough About You; Let?s Revisit My Glory Days 2011-07-08T02:01:43Z In the privacy of the White House a few days later, Robert Kennedy painted an unflattering picture of black Birmingham, one reflecting some of his old condescension. Book excerpt: How Birmingham shaped MLK’s civil rights’ struggle 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z When the agents ask her about the weapons in her home, Winner rattles off three types of guns, including an AR-15, a revelation greeted with a blend of condescension and praise: An F.B.I. Interrogation Becomes the Verbatim Script of a Play 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z It's distracting, I agree, to sift through all the layers of condescension and offhanded misogyny at play in the story to get to the raging classism. That Wall Street Journal op-ed about Dr. Jill Biden isn't just sexist — it's classist, too 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Rudd, whose screen performances have often been edged with a piquant skepticism, plays the part with a committed straightforwardness and no hint of condescension. Theater Review: ‘Grace,’ With Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, at Cort Theater 2012-10-05T02:00:00Z A snob, he dismisses those of lesser intelligence, and his attitudes toward women range from contempt to condescension. The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z But a different sort of condescension has replaced the old one: selling mildly glamorous versions of the old unglamorous garments, and passing it off as an achievement all the way around. A Men’s Wear Store Made for Men 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Grace, a teenager who leaves Trinidad for New York, confronts her employers’ condescension while making friends, finding romance and learning the ropes about America from an established coterie of nannies. Cornering the Market on Nanny Novels 2010-07-13T22:34:00Z I wish I knew the secrets to writing well about condescension! This Week in Fiction: Curtis Sittenfeld on the Elegant Comedy of Hypocrisy 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Romney, in contrast, makes ridiculous comments about “cheesy grits,” and the nation is surprised that voters see this as pandering and condescension. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Through personal stories, illustrations, photo essays, interviews, and experimental media, young people’s formative insights into identity and growing up were treated with validity and care instead of condescension and preachiness. Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Not his actual name, obviously, but the same hair color, the same haircut, the same condescension, the same lack of even a shred of goodness as the one-dimensional J.K. Lame of Thrones 2012-07-24T17:05:00Z As young Brandon sized me up, I detected an air of condescension in his demeanor. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z They all possess what Dee calls “a highly attuned radar for condescension.” What happens when a billionaire takes over a small New England town 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Beyond the review’s general tone of condescension and occasional misogynistic sniping, Moser gives only a scanty and distorted notion of the book’s contents and instead spends most of his review debunking points Briggs never made. Letters to the Editor 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z This turn towards insincere condescension – the barbed cynicism that was once Payne’s trademark awkwardly swaddled in a cosy, synthetic blanket – is not, from where I’m standing, a new development in Payne’s work. High-concept satire Downsizing is dwarfed by its white saviour narrative 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z It's increasingly rare these days to find fantasy that isn't grounded in the familiar western myths, but Wilson refreshingly, and without condescension, uses Islamic folklore to tell a story of state oppression, resistance and hope. Science fiction and fantasy – reviews 2012-10-05T07:00:03Z But the empathy in these songs, paired with wry humor but few traces of condescension, rings disarmingly sincere. New Music From the Mountain Goats, Joey Calderazzo, Becca Stevens Band and More 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z If the younger people who appear in the film seem to view these women with a certain condescension, no wonder. ‘Advanced Style,’ About Fashion Plates of a Certain Vintage 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The rustics — played by the likes of Hillary Clemens, Elizabeth Ledo and Steve Haggard — are earthy and humorous, wrought without condescension. Shakespeare done 'As You Like It' on Navy Pier 2011-01-14T15:22:41Z Without a trace of condescension, Sheen nails a certain kind of utilitarian charisma; his jaunty reading of the witness instructions when Tarrant is called to testify is a throwaway tour de force. Review: ‘Quiz’ Has a Big Question but No Final Answer 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z It's a revival that should finally banish our condescension towards the joyously subversive Shaw. The Doctor's Dilemma – review 2012-07-25T17:12:19Z Lauck traces the birth of this condescension to the 1920s, when writers and critics began to attack life in the Midwest as narrow-minded and repressive. How the Midwest went from the idealized to the derided 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z To be a successful Black historian is to endure, with unruffled equilibrium, a barrage of condescension, dismissal and obfuscation from White peers. Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Their performances have no hint of condescension or preciousness. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Those interested in pursuing art encountered continuous condescension. You know Monet and Manet. This female Impressionist deserves your attention, too. 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z “The experience instilled in me a certain condescension toward middlebrow taste.” Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z The purest form of comically misplaced condescension is the simple sentence “I am a genious,” of which there are 51,000 examples. ‘I am a genious’ and other cluelessly ironic spelling errors 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Reilly’s lucid fever dream of a production shrugs off that grime, putting at its center a performance of such assured intelligence that there’s no possibility of condescension. Review: Emperor Jones, Fearsome and Fearful in a Roaring Revival 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s all so “middlebrow,” to use a popular critical buzzword that reeks of condescension. Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche Star in ‘Words and Pictures’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z She’s trying to save herself from “a life of pretty dresses and condescension” and isn’t really succeeding. Houdini & Doyle: new show can't free itself from shackles of old formula 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But there was no sense of slumming or condescension. Marc-André Hamelin Gradually Ups the Ante at Carnegie Hall 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z And all of these condescensions and stereotypes just pushing me down in a way: “You’re a crazy, angry b----.” Ani DiFranco: ‘It was very hard in the beginning to put my inconvenient truths into song’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z I can imagine him finding it restful, and reading them without condescension. Kristin Cashore: By the Book 2012-07-06T17:36:04Z He treats members of the Atlanta Police Department and the F.B.I. like his professional peers, and seems blind to their condescension. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z If good women are hard to find here, good men are impossible: In hardware store and supermarket, men regard her with contempt and condescension. ‘A Good Woman Is Hard to Find’ Review: Driven to Extremes 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Today’s City Ballet dancers respond to it without condescension, looking cool and even a little menacing in sneakers and sweaters. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater 2013-05-13T21:54:43Z Mr. Grosz notices the language his patients employ — he detects a tone of condescension in a woman who refers to her husband as “sweetie.” Books of The Times: ‘The Examined Life’ Describes Psychoanalysis’s Power 2013-07-08T20:44:31Z It's an extraordinary story, but the pitfalls for an actor are potentially disastrous – overacting, condescension, mimicry that reduces Grandin to a set of symptoms. Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z In his novel, Kunzru walks a fine and admirable line of writing a story that never devolves into moralizing, condescension or abject preaching. In his novel 'White Tears,' Hari Kunzru delves into the blues, white appropriation and our violent past 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z This is to say nothing of routine condescension or the appropriation of her work. Beckett, Beauvoir and a Biographer’s Bumpy Takeoff 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Its characters are drawn with insight, sympathy and a refreshing lack of condescension, despite the plentiful use of colorful local idioms. Theater Review: ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ at La Jolla Playhouse 2012-06-05T22:12:18Z But many more of his collaborators have been supportive, helping him adapt without condescension or pity. A Pianist Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s Disease 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z With the entrance of Madame, played with delectable panache by Ms. Smith-Cameron, in a flurry of dithery affection tinged with condescension, things perk up considerably. Theater Review: ?The Maids? by Jean Genet, From Red Bull Theater 2012-03-16T02:00:00Z There’s an air of condescension, however, to Bone’s embrace that’s unshakable. The rise and fall of Ken Bone: This is what happens when real humans become Internet memes 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z As a director of films like “American Beauty” and “Away We Go” Mr. Mendes has indulged in a noxious blend of self-seriousness and condescension. Movie Review: ‘Skyfall,’ With Daniel Craig as James Bond 2012-11-07T19:59:51Z “Life is vulgar,” she replies, cutting the interviewer off, seeming peeved at the condescension. Review: CNN’s ‘History of Comedy’ Has Good Timing 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z No woman would have been able to get away with that, she says, a complaint that is met with the usual shrugs, jokes and condescension from Tony and their dinner companions. ‘Bergman Island’ Review: Love Among the Cinephiles 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z In other pictures you feel condescension masquerading as social sympathy, as in generic images of emaciated women — drug addicts, no doubt — sitting exhaustedly on stoops. Art Review: Leon Levinstein?s Photographs of New Yorkers 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z Thinking so, why would I commit the giant act of condescension required to imagine this vision good enough for others? Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z The larger indictment is of colonialism and post-colonial condescension and exploitation, though from a Western angle in which the doughty, underappreciated British do what they can to set things right. Review: A Netflix Legal Thriller Weighs Genocide and Guilt 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Bradshaw also pointed out that, because Toy Story 3 is animation, it was subject to snobbery and condescension by those who feel that live action is the only way to tell a story. I nominate Japanese anime for most underrated genre 2011-02-25T12:38:19Z “Best and Most Beautiful Things” Films depicting people with disabilities, are often inspirational stories of uplift that smack of condescension. Best empty theaters: the 10 best films without an audience in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Justified’s strength has been to show without condescension how Harlan’s people–beat-up, exploited, looked down on–have been both victims and enablers of this kind of historical cycle. Justified Watch: It Beats Angry 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z For instance, he points out that Marx displayed “condescension towards developments in political economy”, a big mistake given how rapidly the field was changing at the time. False consciousness 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He has not created this man to condemn or reform him but to inhabit his consciousness, and he inhabits him so fully that we see the mechanics of ordinary barbarism, the condescension and reflexive self-absolution. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Instead, Shephard is keener to focus on her heroine's personal mettle – during the Falklands war, the Brighton bomb, and those decades of condescension as she sought to rise up in the Tory party. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z He is at his best, however, when spanking those same literature majors for their condescension toward higher mathematics. Review: ‘Seven Brief Lessons on Physics’ Is Long on Knowledge 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z However fervent he is, and I admit there is a kind of fervency here, his young people are subject to enormous condescension. The Smell of Us review: Larry Clark's passionless voyeur flick 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z With its celebration of the pleasures of condescension, of noblesse oblige, “Money Monster” ultimately folds in on itself. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Wright’s article has been cited by Reason, a libertarian magazine, and Redneck Revolt, a website that describes itself as opposing both white supremacy and the condescension of “upper class urban liberals.” Jane Austen Has Alt-Right Fans? Heavens to Darcy! 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z At the Oscars, this assumption has taken a subtle form of condescension in the name of “diversity” that perpetuates black protagonists as the often subservient “other” and not the norm. #OscarsSoWhite? It’s the audiences, not just the industry. 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “There’s definitely a mode of stealthy condescension sometimes,” she told Mother Jones about the reaction to the piece. Teen magazines have always covered more than fashion. You just didn’t notice. 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z It takes a nervy authorial voice to describe James Brown with anything better than awe, mimicry or condescension. Books of The Times: ?The One,? James Brown Biography by R J Smith 2012-03-08T00:53:14Z To sentimentalize or idealize any of these people would not only be a form of condescension. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Ultimately, though, they are treated with condescension, by the attention-seeking, hype-driven industry that employs them and by a film that uncritically embraces the values of that industry. Review: ‘Dior and I,’ a Documentary That Peers Into a Storied Fashion House 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Such condescension may seem bizarre coming from the wife of a husband who regularly fell in love with handsome young men. The real Stephen Spender as seen by his son in ‘A House in St. John’s Wood’ 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z This version, an exhausting exercise in condescension, jarringly begins with news footage from the actual murder scene. ‘A Regular Woman’ Review: A Family Murder, as Told by the Victim 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “That was obliterated pretty quickly,” he says, of kneejerk British condescension towards America. John Oliver: ‘I’m used to audiences not liking me’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, he displays the well-known condescension of the know-it-all comrade. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z The problem was the condescension of colleagues — of certain male conductors and of the male managers and directors of orchestras and cultural institutions. A Conductor’s Battle With a Classical Music Gender Barrier 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z And that is to treat them not with real respect at all, but with condescension. That's Offensive! Criticism, Identity, Respect by Stefan Collini ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:52Z But Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Gray don't run away from the story's less comforting realities, and cinematographer Adriano Goldman captures working-class existence in rural Massachusetts and Rhode Island without romanticism or condescension. "Conviction": Oscar bait, dosed with gloom 2010-10-14T18:15:00Z And, on the eve of the release of Theroux's 47th, it was striking how much an author frequently chastised for snide condescension toward numerous realms and races appeared genuinely genial and warm-hearted. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z She tries to ignore the condescension and get on with her work. Conjuring up a career with one of NYC’s only female magicians 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Kenyon's dogged determination was met with nothing but condescension and derision. Cynthia Kenyon: 'The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected' 2013-03-17T00:05:44Z These subjects may parade in peculiar attire, but they are serious about their mission, and Mr. Barnett appropriately renders them without condescension. | 'Superheroes': ?Superheroes,? Directed by Michael Barnett ? Review 2011-10-07T00:22:41Z She’s still a resolute woman dogged by loneliness, contending with systemic condescension and suspicion. Review | In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham,’ Hillary doesn’t become a Clinton. And Donald Trump isn’t president. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The conflict is explored with a refreshing lack of condescension. Review: In ‘The Christians,’ a Schism Over Fire and Brimstone 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z That last phrase is both alarming and unavoidable, since the film, forswearing any hint of glamour or fantasy, walks a fine line between empathy and condescension. | 'Jack Goes Boating': Learning to Swim in the Deep End of Life?s Pool 2010-09-17T00:05:00Z On the other hand, she does convey a very believable, and unfortunate, youthful condescension toward her elderly subject. Theater Review: ?The Soap Myth,? at the Black Box Theater 2012-04-03T22:09:44Z Cronenberg and Wagner have composed a story with its condescension built in—they give the impression of filming filmmakers less talented than themselves, and don’t seem willing to give the art form itself its due. David Cronenberg’s Horror Portrait of Hollywood 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Casey endures the condescension of insecure, egotistical men who “wrote tender, poetic sentences that tried to hide the narcissism and misogyny of their stories.” Review | Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ delivers pure joy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In this National Book Award finalist, Robinson captures clearly and without a trace of condescension the mind of an uneducated woman struggling to comprehend why things happen. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 "Now You Know" stung with venomous condescension and scathing accusation, Dulli turning the idea of a romantic kiss into an everlasting reminder of betrayal. Afghan Whigs uncompromising at Metro 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z It is a fine line between instruction and condescension, sufficient detail and superfluous minutiae. Audiobooks Explain Things to Me 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Though Ashburn is smarter than her colleagues, she still has to endure their overt condescension and thinly veiled resentment. Movie Review: ‘The Heat’ Is a Buddy Movie Without Any Guys 2013-06-27T16:22:35Z But it strikes me as characteristic of Coward's condescension towards his older rival. The Two Most Perfect Things – review 2012-07-09T17:37:06Z It was a victory for self-righteous condescension, and nobody, not one person, managed to nail the appeal of the music on trial. Hip-hop on trial, but is the accusation false? 2012-06-27T15:02:00Z Like his best work with the Muppets, Williams’s music is naïve without condescension, as playful as it is heart-whole beautiful. Revisiting Childhood Wonder With Winnie the Pooh and Emmet Otter 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z And there’s fun to be had with these performances, including Hugh Grant playing a foppishly pretentious academic with impeccable condescension. When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z They also constitute an Establishment, an elite devoted to preserving their influence and accustomed to regarding their constituents with a mixture of entitlement, sincere concern and condescension. Poking at Politics, Without a Stick, on Big and Small Screens 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A previous Blythe show about seaside sex workers, The Girlfriend Experience, smacked of condescension. London Road – review 2012-08-13T15:25:21Z “And to those listening,” Senator Ted Cruz said, standing before an arena of Republican delegates, with his usual gaze of sorrowful, slightly melted condescension. The R.N.C. on TV: The Ted Wedding 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The accompanying texts were a mix of admiration and condescension for traditions that Westerners of the time considered primitive. Call Him an Early Adopter: Thomas Child, a 19th-Century Photographer in China 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z She describes the condescension she experiences at the hands of men in her social circle as “fascinating.” Sayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love Story Between a Misfit and a Store 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In a deceptively virtuosic display, he embraced symphonic innocence as play and without a trace of condescension. Dudamel gives Schubertian tragedy a surprising buoyancy 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The actors tackle the roles without winking or condescension, and it is nice to see them together again, however distracting the circumstances. Old and New Cast Join in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z How do you depict tragic characters like Lucy without falling into the trap of condescension? With ‘Lucy in the Sky,’ Noah Hawley Expands His Universe 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z And judging by her instinctive poise, commanding condescension and cut-glass accent, she can’t be in that much doubt, though she does sometimes go all wobbly when ghosts of the Romanov Empire dance around her. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z After a lifetime of what he believes to be academic condescension – or worse, conspiracy – he sees me as a possible source of redemption. The man behind the great Dickens and Dostoevsky hoax 2013-07-10T16:35:00Z In articulating the flip side of a premise that is essentially flattering to the gloomy and even the unhinged, Dr. Ghaemi demonstrates remarkable powers of condescension toward his designated dullards. Books of The Times: What Befits a Leader in Hard Times? An Intimate Knowledge of Insanity 2011-08-10T21:05:51Z Chris has clearly seen it all before, that privileged condescension from people whose only regular interaction outside their race is with the people who serve them. A horror movie for our time: “Get Out” is frighteningly topical 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z At the same time, Caldwell was on to a problem: Hedges’ “tone is often marked by an argument-foreclosing condescension.” A Modern Jeremiah Sees National Decline Everywhere He Looks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Now, as for him and your sister, going to her with a vague complaint of condescension is unlikely to accomplish much. As if Thanksgiving Weren’t Stressful Enough This Year 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Alicia’s ignorance was once regarded with condescension by onlookers, Diane among them, who affected an air of knowing familiarity with her private life. What Was “The Good Wife” Really About? 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Robinson, for all her philosophical brilliance, captures clearly and without a trace of condescension the mind of an uneducated woman struggling to comprehend why things happen, what our lives mean. Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Lila:’ an exquisite novel of spiritual redemption and love The work obviously tips its hat to “Sunset Boulevard,” but without that movie’s condescension toward its mature star. Cindy Sherman Takes on Aging (Her Own) 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Fortunately, I can forgive him his condescension because he does say lovely things about the hungry fox. Readers recommend: hunting songs 2010-07-29T23:03:00Z And Angelou was, in a way, just as furious about the sheriff’s condescension, the blithe evil of warning the innocent to “lay low.” A Racist World, Described by Those Who Knew It 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z After all, snobs dismiss all kinds of pop culture — from hip-hop to sitcoms — but romance novels elicit a special degree of fervent condescension. Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Jimmy is thick but also arrogant in his racist condescension and much more. ‘Ghostbox Cowboy’ Review: An Absurd Entrepreneur Is Lost in Asia 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z I'm politically liberal, but the left's active warfare against any religious expression helps me understand the right's POV when they rail against the left's "ivory tower condescension." Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z To the governor, who chose Ms. Macon without the usual input from the North Carolina Arts Council, critics of his choice were elitists full of “hostility and condescension.” Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are Any Indication 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Yes, but hopefully you're not using it with — what's this? — an involuntary air of condescension that I'm worried I may be mistaking for some sort of birthright. "Low class" Donald Trump and the Wasps: Reckoning with vulgarity, snobbery and the presidency 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z He’s a terrific host, kid-friendly without condescension, an expert teller of bedtime stories, voices and all. Review: ‘Third Bird’ Doesn’t Quite Land 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z The “condescension of posterity” would be exceptionally misplaced for literature. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “We” pull no punches in describing the stupidity and condescension of male bosses, in anachronistically referencing “the male gaze,” in sharply illustrating the talent gap between these “girls” and the jerks who order them around. A Debut Novel Reimagines the C.I.A.’s Efforts to Promote ‘Doctor Zhivago’ 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Far from being seen as a budding great power as it is today, India back then evoked a mixture of pity and condescension in Washington. India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Her dream of following in his footsteps has gotten her as far as the precinct evidence room, where she endures the condescension of hotshot detectives. Review: In ‘Hot Pursuit,’ Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon on the Run 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z At the time Spike Lee made his comments, Perry responded by accusing the auteur of bourgie condescension. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Yet I don’t remember a moment of condescension. What Israel Meant to Amos Oz 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Every word is carefully chosen, articulated with force and precision, but never snidely, sarcastically or dismissively, and never with rancor or condescension. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Eliminating hierarchies and the last vestiges of condescension from the relationship, the art world began to think of itself as flat, broad, and open, as if everyone was an outlier. Review | They were once outsiders, but now are embraced as American artists 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Wrote one commenter: “Let’s hope she was grateful enough to overlook the bionic condescension.” On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z Without sentimentality or condescension, Smith follows him across the South, through periods of peace and sparks of terror, months of romance and long, unending trials of despair. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z But with “Donnybrook” — especially the climactic fight scene, complete with a redneck rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” — he risks instead the appearance of condescension to the very demographic he seeks to represent. ‘Donnybrook’ Review: Fighting for Survival in the Heartland 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z His portraits of miners and laceworkers are drawn with inside knowledge, without caricature or condescension. Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z But a whole lot also takes the form of contempt and condescension from big industry and from coastal city dwellers who are oblivious to their daily realities, and whose scorn drives them crazy. Perspective | Trump’s America, through the lens of two Italian photographers 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Without condescension Mr. Zapcic led her to a copy of issue No. 300 of Wolverine and a piggy bank in the shape of the Mighty Thor. Television: AMC Goes Inside Kevin Smith?s Comic Book Shop 2012-02-05T06:00:09Z No matter what suspicions or nosy thoughts are racing through her head, she gives a soothing impression and earns her husband’s back-patting condescension by way of reward. ‘The Bishop’s Wife,' a Mormon Mystery by Mette Ivie Harrison 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z At the end of her biography, O’Toole makes a brief attempt to rescue Wilson from what the great British historian E. P. Thompson once called the “enormous condescension of posterity.” Woodrow Wilson Achieved a Lot. So Why Is He So Scorned? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z And just in case snooker still confuses you, these announcers keep explaining its rules, with priceless condescension, to unenlightened listeners. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z But I am aware that for all my sniffy condescension here, if I was 16 again, I'd be deeply grateful for his mere existence. Michael Cera v the world. I'm with the world 2010-08-27T10:31:00Z She was never naive about the humiliation and condescension that young women endure, but now as a mother of her own little girl, she can’t shake the imminent possibility of retaliation. Review | Elizabeth Wetmore’s ‘Valentine’ is a thrilling debut that deserves your attention 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Metcalf and the rest of the cast turn that opportunity into a meal; by investing in its clichés without condescension, they do much to de-cliché them. Review: In ‘Grey House,’ Broadway Gets an Expert Haunting 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Sozen's young wife visibly strengthens and weakens in front of her husband's condescension. 'Winter Sleep' haunting portrait of one man's crumbling world 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “North of Dawn” is bracingly honest about the difficulties of assimilation, the way hospitality curdles into condescension and gratitude sours into resentment. Review | Nuruddin Farah lost a sister to terrorism. His new novel shows the pain left behind. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z By the time we get to the final monologue, the fog of condescension around these Midwestern nitwits is too thick to see through. Review: Beware the Text, and Other Tales From ‘Smithtown’ 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Conservatives dismiss this wisecrack as typical liberal condescension. The strange screen life of Ronald Reagan 2011-02-09T14:26:55Z With great condescension she explained how it was done as I stared at her in a haze of fatigue and anger. Modern Love: A Side Order of Romance, Please 2011-06-23T21:59:15Z There’s also a cool condescension about Mr. Jagger’s contributions to the duo’s songwriting. Arts & Leisure Preview: Keith Richards, With Memories to Burn 2010-10-21T13:44:00Z He is almost as rude to Cornelia, but she is used to male condescension. 'The Knick,' a Cinemax Medical Drama Set in 1900 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Despite plague and destruction, one resident, Andrew, accuses his anxious wife, Luce, of catastrophizing about global warming; it seems husbandly condescension will survive even the end of the world. Joyce Carol Oates’s New Stories Consider the Roads Not Taken 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Yet this did not prevent him from treating them with a sympathy and fascination far removed from the "enormous condescension" of a dogmatic Marxist posterity. Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 20th Century – review 2013-03-20T11:59:01Z Rudd’s character is a classic religious naif, lightly satirized but without condescension. Grace on Broadway: Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon in Motel Hell 2012-10-09T14:30:38Z Rock proved to be a smart and curious tour guide, shining a light on a $9bn industry without turning it into a polemic or resorting to condescension. Chris Rock: five best moments 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Clinton, wearing a trim red suit and an immutable coif, seemed sanguine and entertained to a point approaching condescension. The First Debate of the Twitter Election 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z And while Didion’s estrangement sharpens her reportorial eye, it can curdle, at times, into condescension. Past, Present and Future Collide in Joan Didion’s ‘South and West’ 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Some perceived condescension in the article toward Strong’s working-class background, including an anonymous Yale classmate having marveled at his “careerist drive.” Brian Cox Takes Stock of His Eventful Life on Stage and Screen 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Whether they are driven by coldblooded entitlement, delusions of grandeur or simple greed, the murderers treat the self-deprecating, ostentatiously low-grade cop with seething annoyance, willful condescension or hypocritical benevolence. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Columbo’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Cannibalising one's own image like this nods to the so-bad-it's-good interpretation of his work, inviting a measure of condescension and there is a pre-emptive defensiveness to the Hoff that I can imagine tipping into bitterness. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z Her condescension is one part Nurse Ratched, one part the principal from “The Breakfast Club.” ‘The New Mutants’ Review: Maybe All the Cool Super Powers Were Taken 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Lewin - who also contracted polio as a child - lays out the details of Mark's daily existence in matter-of-fact fashion, and with zero condescension. Review: `Sessions' tells feel-good, low-key tale 2012-10-15T22:38:11Z The wife, who is the primary scientist, fights her own demons, as well as the condescension of men who want to believe she’s imagining things. ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ Review: 7 Tricks, 1 Treat 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy’s combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it’s an act that eventually wears thin. | 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ?67 Rio 2010-05-07T04:04:00Z Toughen up like the tough cookie you are, and make a determination not to be exposed to this condescension. Perspective | Ask Amy: Engagement puts strain on in-law relationship 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes with a show of this sort, there's a subtle yet detectable condescension, a sense of actors champing at the bit to play simple folk. Generosity overcomes terrorism in unpretentious 'Come From Away' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Most of the show’s cast and crew – including creator Matt Weiner – live in or around Los Angeles, the part of California that has taken the brunt of misinformed condescension. “Mad Men’s” California: Hippies, real estate agents, and a place where even Pete can get laid 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z She can’t help but wonder, with a balance of envy and condescension, “what it must be like to live in this world of shifting facts that move or disappear, depending on your mood.” ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z She clearly enjoys the attention, even if it sometimes seems to carry the sour whiff of condescension. Review: In ‘Iris,’ Albert Maysles Explores Iris Apfel’s Style 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z In many ways, the cinematic medium itself might hold the key to the difference between cultural appropriation — whether in the form of cynical co-opting or earnest condescension — and meaningful, intimately observed storytelling. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The autobiographical stories here — set on buses, or on Grindr dates, or on the pitted streets of New York — are calibrated to blast away condescension and replace it with something closer to comprehension. ‘Dark Disabled Stories’ Review: When the World Isn’t Built for You 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Some musicians regard arrangements and transcriptions with nothing but condescension. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z This is not a recommendation made with snark or condescension, but done with absolute sincerity. Want to run for president in 2020? Here’s your summer reading list! 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z “Good job,” a girl says, expressing support with a tinge of adult condescension. ‘Playground’ Review: A Creation Story 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z He looked at me with all the condescension a four-year-old can muster: “It’s good, Mummy. It means we can celebrate Christmas and Hanukah.” I am as devoted to Christmas as I am to Hanukah. No wonder my boys are confused | Hadley Freeman 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z His young viewers trust him because he speaks to them without condescension or pandering, and also without pretending he is anything other than a grown-up. ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Review: You Are My Friend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Some words are trickier than mere double-standards: those using them may think they are paying a kind of compliment, whereas what is heard is something between condescension and insult. Double-edged words 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z No, the authors maintained, with breathtaking condescension: They will develop their own alternate sources of esteem; they might, for example, console themselves with their athletic “dominance.” Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z There’s never a trace of cuteness or condescension or nostalgia in her writing about children.And while I was writing ”One Saturday Morning,” I was reading and teaching ”June Recital” by Eudora Welty. This Week in Fiction: Tessa Hadley 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z “To men and women of dogmatic morality,” the film’s narrator intones with a discernable condescension toward the ordinary, “this appears the manners of Manhattan — Babylon of the East.” Critic?s Notebook: How We Picked Our Presidents, 1960s Style 2011-07-05T00:23:31Z She promoted black militancy and spoke of her love for “my people,” but often treated black audiences with contempt and condescension. Nina Simone, Diva Out of Carolina 2010-02-26T16:31:00Z Those values, he said, are personified by the dapper Mr. Osborne, wearing custom suits made by Guffey’s of Atlanta, as he shares his formidable film expertise with an affable charm, free of condescension. Robert Osborne Is the Face of TCM 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z They’re another style, as superficial as anything else that might come down the runway at Fashion Week, just with an added layer of condescension. Minimalism: another boring product wealthy people can buy 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Here is what I’m trying to avoid: smug condescension at those ugly, fat Americans who are totally unable to appreciate foreign travel unless it’s wrapped in as comfortably American a package as possible. I went on a freaking cruise 2012-12-09T13:00:00Z But knowing, sophisticated attempts to replicate those things often traffic in their own kind of snobbery, confusing condescension with authenticity. | 'Haywire': Steven Soderbergh?s ?Haywire? With Gina Carano - Review 2012-01-19T16:57:52Z His middle-England, Marks & Spencer decency excites a particular condescension in the boys. Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z There’s nary a note of condescension in his performance, or in Ms. Trieschmann’s writing, even as Gene’s aw-shucks locutions garner affectionate laughter. | 'How the World Began': Catherine Trieschmann?s ?How the World Began? - Review 2012-01-09T03:01:00Z If any of this were presented with a sense of humor it could be palatable, but instead we get condescension masquerading as observation. | 'Audrey the Trainwreck': A Slice of Midwestern Mumblecore 2010-07-22T23:34:00Z The story is arranged so that he bounces between Powell, who treats him with breezy condescension, and Malcolm X, who confronts him with scolding righteousness. Review: A New Godfather, in Harlem This Time 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z And if you lived through the events being depicted, the 30-something Neyfakh’s presentation of them can have a slightly irritating flavor of nostalgia and condescension, emphasizing the quaintness of the not-that-distant past. Review: ‘Fiasco,’ a Look at How America Got to Where It Is 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “You played dead beautifully,” Mr. Robbins said to me, with slight condescension, from the stage. I?m Not Really a Corpse. I Just Played One Onstage. 2011-03-04T00:24:08Z The accusations and condescension that many boomers hurl at younger Americans have all the charm and appeal of projectile vomiting. My college students aren’t “snowflakes” — they’re tougher than their critics could imagine 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z The ones I saw engaged their surroundings with cleverness and without the slightest hint of condescension. Art Review: ?Zoe Strauss: Ten Years? at Philadelphia Museum of Art - Review 2012-01-12T23:57:45Z This film is an especially toxic blend of the condescension, idiocy and sentimentality that characterizes almost all of Sandler’s recent work under his Happy Madison label. Adam Sandler hates you 2012-06-16T22:00:00Z And what was it like as a woman facing near-constant condescension and exclusion, possibly even fear of madness? Review | Hilma af Klint, the woman who painted the future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z And with such an entire absence of condescension.” Is Peter Bradley Ready for Round 2 in the Limelight? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z At the same time, these knowing jokes reflect how committed Mulaney is to rejecting any note of condescension, which earns the trust of kids, so often patronized by adults. A Comedy Special for Kids That Gets Their Dark Sense of Humor 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Rintoul hits every note of condescension in these army officers, their well-fed, aristocratic voices steeped in vintage wine and anti-Semitism. The five best audiobooks of 2014 “Men who treat us with condescension, unkindness, rudeness,” she said. Journalist Elizabeth Drew used her lifetime achievement award speech to call out sexism in the industry 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “Religion is a carnivorous fish in the abyssal depths,” Le Tellier writes with a heavy dose of his very French condescension. Review | Hervé Le Tellier’s ‘The Anomaly’ has already sold a million copies in France. It should take off here, too. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The Waits recipe contains no artificial flavoring, and so no condescension toward the bleary characters who populate his night, threatening, amusing, comforting, sometimes loving. Tom Waits: 'I'm a night-owl reporter' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-08-07T16:41:06Z He’s essentially a Turkish Gulliver, continually astonished by the strange ways of these backward people who treat him with such condescension even while depending on his medical knowledge. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “Among the political establishment in Washington, there is a real condescension,” says Berman. What really happened at those famous Georgetown dinner parties 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z They pretend to a neutrality that can offer consolation but also condescension. In ‘Strangers to Ourselves,’ a Revelatory Account of Mental Illness 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z When economist Ha-Joon Chang was growing up in South Korea in the 1960s, his country was subjected to the same condescension and racism leveled at many African nations today, he said. The World Is Becoming More African 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Rather, it was the culmination of all that was said along with a general air of condescension and dance with accountability that left fans incensed. Three areas the Mariners must look at before 2024 season 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Living in Appalachia, a region often treated with condescension “by the mainstream urban powers that be, I decided a long time ago that I’m not looking for their approval,” she said. The author of 'the great Appalachian novel' is coming to Seattle. Here's what inspired her 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “We are weary at your condescension. We are weary of your arrogance. We are weary. We are weary. We are weary.” Many powerful leaders skipped the UN this year. That created space for emerging voices to rise 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z “And with that comes this kind of condescension and antipathy.” What's delaying lifesaving aid after Morocco and Libya natural disasters? Politics 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Certainly Nadja can see the mix of irritation, condescension and inconvenient desire with which Leon regards her. Review: Few of this summer's movies burn as fiercely as Christian Petzold's 'Afire' 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z There was sneering condescension, of course, but there were also some honest attempts to track the roots of the look. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z There’s a whiff of that famous Marie savior complex again, along with a good dose of condescension. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Gomis spotlights this moment’s aura of condescension and disrespect by giving “Rewind & Play” the cheeky subtitle, which was also Monk’s retort, “It’s Not Nice?” Review: Troubled genius meets troubling system in Thelonious Monk doc 'Rewind & Play' 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a condescension,”— and it’s a real problem, he said. Novelist Don Winslow is out to save America from Donald Trump — and an existential crisis 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z I was nauseated by his language, by his lies, by his aggression, by his condescension toward Ukraine. Oral history: Leaders recall dismay, fury on first day of war in Ukraine Meanwhile, he has decided to move from Tehran to a remote village near the Turkish border, where his celebrity and political notoriety make him a figure of both fascination and quietly skewering condescension. Review | ‘No Bears’: Another work of art from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Needless to say, it wasn’t easy for a woman to pursue field work in those days: The petite Desroches-Noblecourt confronted male condescension at every turn. Review | A little-known French archaeologist, finally in the limelight 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Even the writer Morante, who had tried to escape being “a wife,” refusing to be called Mrs. Moravia, still faced condescension in public. Review | Lessons on marriage from five spark-filled literary pairings 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z “And the attitude from intelligence agencies is one of condescension: ‘You guys don’t know what dangers are lurking and you need to trust us.’” Canada moves to ban funding for ‘risky’ foreign collaborations 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The class condescension created by the myth that art was for the rich was now challenged. How a group of abstract painters in New Mexico — and the U.S. government — changed modern art 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z I struggled to maintain focus while engaging the teen, trying to speak in normal and calm tones, with no hint of condescension or frustration. The close calls and long nights of a law enforcement officer 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z In the painterly warmth of his effort, he succeeds, without condescension or pathos, but also without ignoring daily life’s realities or the psychologies of tightknit families in strapped circumstances. Review: Brazilian family drama 'Mars One' offers hope amid political turmoil 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z If he’s correct that “this old culture deserves a second look and not our condescension,” those forces require attention as well. Review | Why the Midwest should be a role model, not a punchline 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Few if any other groups are treated with such fawning generosity, and/or such condescension. Of course Trump wants to "terminate" Constitution: He wants to seize power and rule by force 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Our literature is thick with skepticism, condescension and downright derision directed at anyone who takes their faith more seriously than an Instagram poem. Review | ‘The Magic Kingdom,’ by Russell Banks, reveals a paradise lost 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z It blurred the policy’s impact so that Black students wouldn’t feel singled out for condescension. How diversity undermined affirmative action 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z In turn, he is tarred by commenters as an arrogant has-been, and he seems to relish hitting back, with condescension. China’s Chest-Thumping Nationalism Now Goes Too Far, Movement’s Godfather Says 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z They take umbrage at what they consider condescension from outsiders who view their communities as poverty-stricken, and they bemoan “Ph.D pollution” from the big local university, Virginia Tech. Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z It is accessible and entertaining, and combines romance, family life, fashion and politics without condescension.” Meredith Tax, feminist author, dies at 80 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The brief contains stories from attorneys who “suffered humiliation, condescension, and contempt expressed or allowed by judges in the courtroom.” WA Supreme Court expands protections against racism in civil cases 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The debate crackled with condescension as the two men sparred, reflecting the close nature of the race. 5 Takeaways From the Final Ohio Senate Debate 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z What if an autistic person tries to encourage understanding by dispassionately stating facts, and a neurotypical with tremendous certainty spews a series of incorrect takes — with perhaps a soupçon of condescension? On having others explain my autism to me 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z But Mr. Beckman defended the decision, saying that Dr. Jones had been the target of multiple student complaints about his “dismissiveness, unresponsiveness, condescension and opacity about grading.” At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Five more withering contingencies follow before she concludes, with cool condescension, “Surely this is not what you wanted to discuss.” Review: The author of a literary classic, Helen DeWitt tries a novella on for size 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But Gurnah avoids that misstep by gently vivifying the lives of a few African characters in all their rich humanity and even their comedy, without sentimentality or condescension. Review | Never read Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah? Start with ‘Afterlives’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z He also notes the way that debates about taste frequently descend into condescension and defensiveness. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Once you place your finger squarely on this, you can’t hear anything said by the league or by Cleveland Browns officials as anything other than a concerto of condescension and connivance. Perspective | Deshaun Watson is the star the NFL deserves: A cynical, empty narcissist 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z When the Amateur Athletic Union stripped Thorpe of his gold medals in 1913, it ran along these historic patterns of condescension and exploitation. Review | The incredible feats and lonely life of sports legend Jim Thorpe 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z When Mimmi and Emma lock eyes one day at the smoothie counter, there’s an awkward exchange tinged with hostility — the former’s armor of condescension crossing the latter’s open book vulnerability. Review: 'Girl Picture' invites you along on a swooning ride of teen passion 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Many young people criticized him in turn, accusing him of condescension. Why China’s Confidence Could Turn Out to Be a Weakness 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Kutcher: There’s absolutely an urban condescension towards people in rural communities. B.J. Novak and Ashton Kutcher talk ‘Vengeance,’ 'Punk'd' and a 'friend at Davos' 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z If you smell a bit of condescension here, you’re no doubt right. Review | Rodin never visited America, but he still seduced its art lovers 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z More important still, this was effectively the first moment that Americans in general were compelled to confront their condescension and lack of comprehension when it came to disabled individuals. Jimmy Carter's landmark moment: The birth of the disability rights movement 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z To equate him with a “pandemic pundit” was Fox News-level condescension. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A photo that captures beauty amid the pain 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Walking out and not acknowledging that is a slap in the face to all African American women who have for decades endured prejudice, misogyny, exploitation and condescension. Opinion | A lack of civility 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z As Darren, Williams perfectly embodies the effortless physical grace — and the graceless condescension — of the lavishly compensated player who’s better at the game than everyone else, and never lets them forget it. Review | ‘Take Me Out’ loads the Broadway bases with wit and incisive drama 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Chapman was far from alone in her racist views, and she was far from the only fellow abolitionist — Garrisonian or otherwise — to treat Douglass with condescension. Review | Lively depiction of abolition dissects its competing philosophies and strategies 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Devi and her protegee Suneeta Prajapati pursue sensitive stories about sexual violence and illegal mining, all while enduring condescension and outright hostility from their male sources and colleagues. New movies to stream this week: ‘Writing With Fire,’ ‘You Are Not My Mother’ and more 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Some climate advocates refer to the stance taken by Ms. Wood and her allies as “OK Doomer,” a riff on “OK Boomer,” the Gen Z rebuttal to condescension from older folks. ‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z There’s sometimes condescension in it; in one essay, she adopts an alien persona to show “earthlings” how to avoid totalitarianism — not cute. Review | In ‘Burning Questions,’ Margaret Atwood ponders an astonishing array of subjects 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Without condescension or sentimentality, Haigh describes people who aspire to live in a double-wide trailer, who must decide between paying the water bill and the cable bill, who feel the humiliation of using food stamps. Review | ‘Mercy Street’ may be the last novel about abortion before Roe v. Wade is dismantled 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z He also has shown flashes of irritability or condescension, including once deriding an attorney for what he said were “very stupid questions.” Take the 5th? The choice could soon be Trump’s in NY probe 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z So that’s where you start: By heeding the alarm of his cruel condescension and your capitulation to it, and standing up for yourself. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He insists on splitting bills, even amid his raises and spouse’s massive pay cut 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The need to be proactive in defending a fellow Black woman from attacks is personal for the lawmakers interviewed for this article, many of whom have faced repeated discrimination, abuse or condescension themselves. Black female lawmakers warn against pitting Supreme Court candidates against each other 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z All in all, there's manipulation, abuse and, more prevalently, a general air of condescension, of a kind. The Florida cannabis behemoth leaving Black growers behind 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z She’s particularly wise about the way successful people of color must wend their way through American culture, negotiating with neighborhood suspicion on one side and White condescension on the other. Review | Say ‘I do’ to Xochitl Gonzalez’s ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Women who worked for him felt especially marginalized, she added, in discussions that were “marked by condescension,” which in her view then had the noxious effect of encouraging other men to behave the same way. The Mayor New Yorkers Loved to Hate 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z One treated her with condescension, the other with dignity. Opinion | I am not adorable. I am accomplished and active. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z And silently enduring her condescension isn’t helping you as a trainee, her as a leader, or the clients who deserve knowledgeable care and advocacy. Perspective | Advice on dealing with a workplace bully 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Instead of punctuating sentences with new-age baseball jargon and subtle implications that he knows more than the next guy, the Los Angeles Angels’ general manager self-deprecates away any would-be air of condescension. Analysis | Shohei Ohtani wants to win. The Angels hope Noah Syndergaard can help get them there. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In March this year, an ill-tempered public session between Chinese and American negotiators in Anchorage, Alaska, saw the Chinese push back against US criticism by accusing their hosts of "condescension and hypocrisy". How China’s past shapes Xi's thinking - and his view of the world 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z She was an animated witness whose simple humanity was a striking contrast with Zuckerberg, whose past testimony has been delivered with affectless condescension. Perspective | The whistleblower came to advocate for humans over algorithms 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Say “freedom,” and you simultaneously evoke jingoistic policies and legacies of resistance, jarring opportunism and escapist tranquility, defiance and ease, protection and condescension, potential and burden. Review | Embracing the sprawling contradictions of ‘freedom’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z “Hard for me to justify the women I was into,” he sings, condescension dripping like honey, “Especially when the whole entire world wished they had you.” 'Donda' was pure psychodrama; Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' is irresistible even at its bleakest 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z When I spoke with community leaders in Brownsville early in the summer, they were put off by the condescension of what felt like exercises in gimmicky expedience, predicting they would fail. Why Not Offer a Remote Option for School? 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z When the FDA tweeted that anyone who isn’t a horse or a cow shouldn’t take ivermectin, the message was met by fierce blowback from conservatives furious about its supposed condescension. Opinion | It’s time for the GOP to dole out some tough love on vaccines 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z This ties into your book, I think — the idea that condescension is directly connected to the fact that autistic people don't have a place in the conversation. "Autism is not a disease — it's a disability": Journalist Eric Garcia debunks autism myths 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z The "new snobbery" is a form of condescension practiced by university-educated "progressives" - directed at people they consider ignorant and bigoted, David Skelton argues. David Skelton: Is a new form of snobbery reshaping British politics? 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The affection for the “Notorious RBG” acquired an edge of condescension: Ginsburg was simultaneously a powerful inspirational figure, and beyond reproach even for her ultimately disastrous decision not to resign during Barack Obama’s presidency. Opinion | The ‘Cuomosexual’ phenomenon was disgraceful. We’re politicians’ bosses, not their fans. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Liberal condescension may be a factor, but the ugly truth is that it's utterly dwarfed by the condescension — indeed, outright contempt — that conservative elites have for consumers of right-wing media. Fox News treats its viewers as fools with latest vaccine disinformation campaign 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Instead of a 911 dispatcher who treated her with condescension and disrespect, what if Moss-Sherman was provided trauma-informed support from someone trained in social work while she was in extreme distress? Is it really OK to not be OK? Richard Sherman and Naomi Osaka cases show there’s a ways to go to support mental health 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z “Young women need smart, playful films that speak to them without condescension,” Ms. Dunham said. It’s Hollywood Barbie’s Moment (and She’s Bringing Her Friends) 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Everyone deserves accurate information to be presented in an apolitical way and to be addressed with respect and not condescension. The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The unusual amount of vitriol, criticism, condescension, and condemnation from many in the VMI community regarding the investigation has been alarming. VMI has tolerated ‘racist and sexist culture’ and must change, investigation finds 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z But liberal condescension towards conservatives cannot hold a candle to the contempt that conservatives have for each other, especially when we're talking about the contempt that Republican elites have for their everyday voters. Fox News treats its viewers as fools with latest vaccine disinformation campaign 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Progress in advancing perceptions on race in this country is not linear; it’s not easy to shake off nearly 200 years of reductive images and condescension. Opinion | Lucy Liu: My success has helped move the needle. But it’ll take more to end 200 years of Asian stereotypes. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z You’ve both had to endure a great deal of misogyny and condescension. Marianne Faithfull and Courtney Love talk romantic poetry, cheating death and the joys of sober sex 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z This includes chronic illness, delayed or denied care, barriers to access, condescension, assumptions, inadequate diagnoses and overt disregard. Opinion | The health-care industry doesn’t want to talk about this single word 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z To say these are the kinds of shows that will light a fire under you in the kitchen would be an overstatement bordering on condescension for many of us. ‘Waffles + Mochi’ and ‘Nadiya Bakes’ are the cooking shows I watch even when I don’t want to cook 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Yang responded by accusing the U.S. of failing to deal with its own human rights problems and took issue with what he said was “condescension” from Blinken, Sullivan and other U.S. officials. China says ‘strong smell of gunpowder’ sensed in US talks 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He also accused the U.S. of failing to deal with its own human rights problems and took issue with what he said was “condescension” from Blinken, Sullivan and other U.S. officials. US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z He also accused the U.S. of failing to deal with its own human rights problems and took issue with what he said was “condescension” from Blinken, Sullivan and other U.S. officials. US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Yang accused Mr. Blinken of “condescension” and said Beijing firmly opposes what he called U.S. interference in “internal affairs” of China in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan. ‘No way to strangle China’: Fiery rhetoric, clashes besiege U.S., Beijing at Alaska meeting 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Tribalism transforms disagreement into mutual hatred, mild condescension into utter contempt. Our moral fate: Allen Buchanan on escaping tribalism 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z On joining the Court, as it happens, Gorsuch acquired a reputation for condescension toward his colleagues and dismissive invective in his written opinions. Column: Neera Tanden and the 'civility' scam 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z City officials — who have sometimes been treated with condescension by federal leaders — said they had saved the building when the feds had failed. How the U.S. Capitol Police were overrun in a ‘monumental’ security failure 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z It exemplifies an unspecified atmosphere of mostly unknowing condescension. Feedback: 'Walk in our shoes, Sia.' The call to use actors with autism 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z This was often how Ferguson’s United would start against smaller teams in Europe: the lightning start, the pure expression, the teamsheet itself dripping with disdain and condescension. Solskjær takes the handbrake off but can he do it when it really matters? | Jonathan Liew 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z "The issue is how overseas territories get treated. There's contempt, distance, condescension, lack of respect." The Caribbean islands poisoned by a carcinogenic pesticide 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The line is thin between resolve and recalcitrance, conviction and condescension. How a Human Rights Angel Lost Her Halo 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z As the great Irish commentator Fintan O’Toole has written, that carries “an unpardonable snigger of elite condescension.” Perspective | Notre Dame’s president lacked self-control. Its student body is merely following his example. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z As Jani said: “The condescension from very loud and aggressive Trump critics has contributed big time toward conservatives feeling sympathy for him.” Opinion | The Friendships Trump Pulled Apart 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Women who insist that they actually want other things are treated with pity and condescension, as if they don't know their own minds. Why are Republicans obsessed with Amy Coney Barrett's kids? To troll feminists 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Sorta, if you skip the label-throwing—the political knifing was a little quieter—and a bit too much condescension for my taste. The Veeps played better than their bosses, but that's not saying much 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Jena Malone walks an expert line between razored, genteel condescension and hateful resentment as a poisonous Southern belle named Elizabeth, arguably the film’s most fearsome character. Review: Janelle Monáe can't save 'Antebellum' from its hollow, high-concept horrors 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z If someone who dislikes this notion has changed someone’s mind through contempt and condescension, I’d love to hear about it. How is arguing with Trump voters working out for you? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z That helped transform it into a racial slur by reflecting and feeding public “attitudes of contempt and condescension” toward American Indians. Opinion | How The Post helped create a racial slur 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Yet skeptics say that what seems like empathy often may be another form of presumption, condescension or domination. Opinion | The Trouble With Empathy 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z The Social Dilemma discounts the notion of using social networks creatively or critically, sometimes to the point of condescension. Telling people to delete Facebook won’t fix the internet 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z It's tempting to sneer and make accusations of pandering because, truth be told, most things that are marketed to women tend to be wrapped in maximum condescension. Ladies Night at the DNC: Kamala Harris takes center stage 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “The preaching, self-righteousness, the condescension, the shameless lying, the strange mixture of guilt and aggression - it probably all felt refreshingly familiar to you,” Carlson said. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z He bristles at perceived condescension from academics or activists who benefit from what he describes as an industry built around the plight of refugees. Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z A little more than two months ago, in the aftermath of Memorial Day weekend, New Yorkers of a certain caste indulged rounds of condescension directed at a set of anonymous partygoers in the Ozarks. Lifestyles of the Rich and Reckless: Posh Pandemic Parties 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z To this day, some Black residents speak of a kind of subtle racism, a sense of condescension. Portland, America's 'whitest' big city, is an unlikely hub of Black Lives Matter 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z But now I think it can be too easily cast as condescension. Carl Bergstrom: 'People are using data to bullshit' 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z The latter staffer voiced feelings of "isolation, condescension and scrutiny" as a Black woman. 'MacGyver' actor Lucas Till claims he was suicidal due to showrunner Peter Lenkov's abuse 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z In less antiseptic language, it is a piratical power whose crudeness, born of cultural condescension toward others, includes special contempt for an America distracted domestically by various hysterias, and choosing retreat abroad. Opinion | China extends its reign of random fear 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z He said authorities often treat black gun owners with "condescension and sarcasm." Black gun owners in Oklahoma to hold pro-Second Amendment walk 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Beckett’s condescension wasn’t the only obstacle she faced. Deirdre Bair, author of acclaimed biographies, dies at 84 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z I pat my husband’s thigh with a touch of condescension. Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't) 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “Black Like Me” carries forward the country tradition of resisting classist condescension and connects it to her life experience. Is country music finally ready for Mickey Guyton? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z On the other hand, there is a sort of moral condescension that happens when you think you are going to manage the salvation of a person. Julia Alvarez discusses her radically different novel, 'Afterlife' (and defends 'American Dirt') 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Of course, declining the world’s unwelcome concern only invites its condescension, at least for a woman. Deep re-listening: Fiona Apple's 'Extraordinary Machine' 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But for some reason, the insurgencies don’t find this condescension persuasive. Opinion | Why so many people think the world is rigged 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But in “The Cave,” Ballour faces distrust and condescension from male patients who tell her that “women should stay at home, not work.” Feras Fayyad almost couldn't visit the U.S. because he's Syrian. Now he's going to the Oscars 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z "I want to thank our friends, the Democrats, for taking off their masks and exposing their hate, their condescension and their disgust for the rest of us." Judge Jeanine Pirro: I want to thank Democrats for 'exposing their hate' 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z She said she experienced cruelty and condescension, but she also met her husband of over 20 years while dancing. Is visiting a strip club anti-feminist? 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Judging TV commercials by their artistic content is often an exercise in condescension, but there’s no denying that Ridley Scott’s product is a marvel of concise storytelling. Column: Time again to remember that there's been only one great Super Bowl ad (Apple, 1984) 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z "It's the smugness and condescension that we see from so many people in this business." Joe Concha on mockery of Trump supporters by CNN panel: This is why Trump won 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The allegations range from the chief blaming officers and firefighters for not completing projects and asking them to be honest and open about their feelings and then reacting to that honesty with belittling and condescension. Vermont fire chief suspended for ‘bullying’ behavior 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z As in the 20th century, these new spiritual movements are often met with condescension and fear. My journey into the dark, hypnotic world of a millennial guru 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps the best part about this youth activist movement is that it seems remarkably resistant to efforts from older people to use the typical tools to tame rebellious youth: Shame, intimidation, condescension and co-option. A new generational conflict: Will the 2020s be the "OK boomer" decade? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z This blame-casting is unhelpful for winning back a majority and represents, in a way, the latest manifestation of longstanding middle-class condescension toward the white working class. Britain may be completely different to the US – but we can still learn from its election | Geoffrey Kabaservice 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The air between generations has been arrowed with condescension and dismissive tweets for a while. Best of 2019 culture: OK Gen Z, the boomers were listening this year, sort of 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z I can never decide, in these encounters, where the line falls between humouring, pandering and drawing someone out to see how they think, nor to what extent my condescension is readable. The life lessons I learned over breakfast with a Trump supporter | Emma Brockes 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z At the same time, she was subjected to withering condescension by both critics and other female musicians, who either labeled her an unhinged “banshee” or a varnished sellout. Alanis Morissette Isn’t Angry Anymore. But ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Rages On. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Her speech was a thorough articulation of the sentiment captured by "OK boomer": Young people can see the laziness, selfishness and condescension their elders. A new generational conflict: Will the 2020s be the "OK boomer" decade? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z And Britain under Margaret Thatcher was described as "an ugly, racist, rancorous little place... a mean, peevish little country... with its acid rain of criticism and condescension." Obituary: Jonathan Miller 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Hello, Mr. President,” Mr. Biden said, in a voice dripping with condescension. Why Pete Buttigieg Annoys His Democratic Rivals 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom. Opinion | OK, boomer. The kids are fighting back. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z And in either case, their pity involves a form of condescension, to which you object. Can I Quit Trying to Teach Ethics to Ill-Behaved Children? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It was hardly an inspiring assertion, especially considering that Buttegieg delivered it with sneering condescension, apparently impressed with his own callous brand of pragmatism. Elizabeth Warren was attacked from all sides in debate – and she barely bat an eye | Moira Donegan 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Intolerant condescension is rarely a winning political strategy. Opinion | Warren had a good zinger on gay marriage. It was bad politics. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z When she was in graduate school, in the early eighties, a teacher told her, with racial condescension, that she might find doctoral work too rigorous. My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z In less than three minutes, she succeeds in mocking both the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, the U.S. political system, and the ignorance and condescension of the average Democratic operative. For Russia, talk of Trump impeachment is the gift that keeps on giving 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z There’s a condescension towards women who are “outwardly sexual”, she thinks. 'We need to normalise sexual desire': can a rope bondage show empower women? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z EP Thompson talked about history rescuing the past from the “enormous condescension of posterity”. Clive James: ‘The most overrated books almost all emerged from a single genre – magic realism’ 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Such a blind spot is born of a great, even colonial condescension. Peace in Ireland is precious. Brexit has made us forget that | Jonathan Freedland 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z "If you read the seven-page Nancy Drew novel for the whistle-blower put together," Miller said, "it drips with condescension, righteous indignation and contempt for the president. It's also ludicrous on its face." Stephen Miller calls whistleblower complaint a "Nancy Drew novel" written by "deep state operative" 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z He also called the whistleblower’s formal complaint a “seven-page, little Nancy Drew novel that … drips with condescension, righteous indignation and contempt for the president”. Giuliani leads Trump counter-attack over Ukraine and impeachment 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The new elitism is a deadly form of condescension. End front-page falsehoods and regain the public’s trust | Alan Rusbridger 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Appearing at intervals, they guide us through “the secret life of money,” maintaining an aura of genial condescension. Villains Hog the Spotlight in “The Laundromat” 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z For the past two decades, American Jews watched anti-Semitism re-emerge around the world with concern, but perhaps also a bit of condescension. Opinion | To Fight Anti-Semitism, Be a Proud Jew 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Macron hit back on Monday with condescension. Dispute Over Amazon Gets Personal for Bolsonaro and Macron 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z I’m grateful that my Tibetan friends responded to my misguided questions with understanding instead of condescension. Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students can't understand the Hong Kong protests 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z What Spano really objected to was the condescension the true believers direct at those who share his view and are willing to say they don’t know or doubt. Florida editorial roundup 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z If Clare recruits the audience’s sympathy as a victim of sexism at its most vicious and objectifying, she loses it almost as fast when she treats Billy with hostility and condescension. Review | ‘The Nightingale’ is a classic revenge tale that interrogates the genre 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z African Americans still suffer inferior access to education, healthcare and housing as well as a climate of casual racism and condescension. 'It's a political civil war': Trump's racist tirades set tone for 2020 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z If I am not mistaken, that elegiac note is often accompanied by a certain condescension: If a bunch of Bennington coeds and homosexuals have to give up and go get real jobs, tant pis! Can Modern Dance Be Preserved? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z This was in light of my previous criticisms of Biden's apparent condescension towards girls and women, and his pockmarked history on gender relations in general. Trump's 2020 campaign strategy is familiar: Troll the libs! It might work on Biden 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The immediate reaction among the media was incredulity mixed with smug condescension. Four years ago this week: Trump's escalator ride and the Charleston shooting. It's not a coincidence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s at its best when it strips Black Mirror’s tough social commentary of its misanthropic condescension, balancing a critique of technology with real sympathy for the people who use it. In "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too," Black Mirror does teen comedy 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s an assumption that’s often tinged with condescension, a passing of judgment on the millennial work ethic, as if weekend and summer jobs could make even a small dent in the cost of college. Editorials from around New England 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z She doesn’t issue opaque decrees, with the implicit condescension of “Trust me, I’m an expert.” Parenting by the Numbers 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Dear Thankful Adult: So, the condescension is what bothers you, and not that she asks the woman instead of her own son? How should I respond to people who pity me for not having kids? 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Pelosi is also a master of the art of quiet condescension. 'Queen of shade': five times Nancy Pelosi got the better of Trump 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z She was cautious about publicly expressing feminist beliefs, but, during a stint as a Washington Post editorial writer in 1974, she wrote an essay highlighting the daily acts of male condescension that professional women face. Alice Rivlin, budget maestro who ‘helped save Washington’ in fiscal crisis, dies at 88 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It would be a parody of middle-aged condescension to say “these young people don’t know how lucky they are!” Why we must not let Europe break apart 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Not as a Fox-induced boogeyman on the bar TV, one of those “coastal elites” dripping with contempt and condescension toward Middle America. Opinion | Can Bar-Stool Democracy Save America? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Such condescension makes pets out of older women. Shunned, seized and now celebrated: the porn paintings of Betty Tompkins 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z I once viewed that with filial condescension: Look at the immigrant, trying to prove how patriotic he is! From John Dean to Michael Cohen: A crisis of American politics, and American meaning 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The young mayor totally gets, without any condescension, why the city’s older residents yearn for the old days. Review | Can a Midwestern mayor prove he’s ready for the presidency? 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Symptoms include bouts of extreme condescension, an inability to stop sputtering the word “socialist”, and overwhelming anger that a young woman of colour is unapologetically succeeding. Ocasio-Cortez's critics babble and bluster … but can't ignore her | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z “Folks handling the failed deal treated community w/condescension+disdain for their legitimate concerns,” she argued. Ocasio-Cortez goes on tear defending role in Amazon’s New York exit 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s easy to forget the condescension and amusement that greeted him when he announced his first campaign for president, on May 26, 2015. Can Bernie Sanders repeat his surprising success this time around? | Robert Reich 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Voters rarely take well to repression and condescension, no matter what the source. Once again, a Balkan tinderbox awaits a spark 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Written with sneering condescension, and featuring racially inflammatory chapter headings such as “The Strange Case of the Obama Mama,” the book never came close to proving its thesis—that Obama was born in Kenya. Roger Stone’s and Jerome Corsi’s Time in the Barrel 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z He was self-assured enough to respond to his loss without condescension: “She beat me, so she’s doing something right.” At N.H.L.’s All-Star Weekend, Female Players Prove Their Excellence, but NBC Can’t Keep Up 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Instead, it’s the condescension he directs toward the Tanzanian people as he sees himself and his tourism dollars as the savior of the country’s residents and its economy. Review: Doc ‘King of Beasts’ takes an unfocused look into the eyes of the hunter 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z |
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