| 单词 | pathetic |
| 例句 | “It’s pathetic,” said Hermione furiously, striding away from Ron as far as she could go and turning to face him with her arms folded once she had reached the wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I was almost late to get here,” I say, a pathetic attempt at a conversation starter. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Fig nudged against my leg with a pathetic “meow” and settled on top of my sock-covered feet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It’s very pretty,” I say in my best Urdu, although I know my accent sounds pathetic. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I come up with one that’s as pathetic as I feel—there was a concert I had to go to, and there was just no way to tell him ahead of time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He knew that seeing that pathetic young soldier had upset her, and he knew, too, that she was thinking that the young soldier was not the reason the crops failed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the end it’s a pathetic pile, maybe three hundred weapons in all, half of them rusted. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Too pathetic to deal with a desperate mother. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Finally I waved, kind of pathetic, and I went out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was looking down at a pathetic blond-haired kid who was no threat at all—just another defeated demigod about to become his victim. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You have a room filled with inebriated, frustrated men who were spending too much money on what really, in the end, was a pretty pathetic Plan B. Testosterone flowed like the watered-down drinks. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, about thirty of the world’s most pathetic mongrels were slinking around the immediate neighborhood with hard-ons. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was huddled in the mud like a pathetic animal, chewing slowly, tears streaming down her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The new tombs gave a festive air to the pathetic little graveyard, and they planted rows of birches so there would be shade for those who came to visit their dead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, I just bottle up all of my feelings and wait until my parents go to sleep so I can cry, which I know is totally pathetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We listened on the radio, and it was pathetic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I look like a skinny pathetic coward too afraid to jump off his dad’s shoulder into the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Winning the Cracker Barrel peg game is not pathetic. It’s a triumph of the human spirit. Come on. You invented this idea.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Erik made his remarks, and Arthur repeated them, as if nothing in their pathetic lives had changed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was such a pathetic life, she thought; they had so little. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was part of this pathetic cycle my dad was caught in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He never cares to dwell on heroic exploits; he loves best a pathetic story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long for her to select the most crooked, most pathetic, patchiest pine tree in the bunch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The answer was too obvious to admit, and too pathetic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m fifteen years old and I wish I were a better person than I am. But I’m not. Do you want to hear my pathetic story?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Antonio greeted an old woman who was standing by the fountain waiting for her pail to fill with the pathetic output of the faucet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Scooping it into his hands, he delivered the pathetic creature to the yunka man, holding it up to him like an offering to the gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I’ve told you already that I’m quite pathetic when it comes to sex. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And a pathetic knight is a dangerous knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can’t make it through the day without losing it, so I have to take crying breaks in the bathroom, which makes me feel extra pathetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The scuffling weakened, the scraping stopped, a last pathetic squeak—like a miniature champagne cork—was ejected into the darkness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “How pathetic is that? Hey, Albert,” she calls, “is that supposed to be a fashion statement?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I pick up a stone and toss it into the street, trying to mimic his bionic wrist movement and after three pathetic tries, my whole thinking flips over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Not that many people heard FitzRoy over the crowd, but those who did found him pathetic and desperate. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Benny looked between me and Joe like we were pathetic then shrugged. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “The Pet Hut website is beyond pathetic,” Levi says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I also had a piece of pathetic quilting so primitive that it looked like it had been done by Toddy Gates, Lula’s addle-brained brother. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z How pathetic that I felt safer in someone else’s house than in my own, right? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t getting a black eye on prom night be pathetic?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He was having a harder and harder time believing he’d been terrified of this guy just a day earlier—he seemed silly, even pathetic now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I said, “I’ve already been in the right place at the wrong time, you lowlife creeps. You pathetic losers. I was under the bleachers on Tuesday afternoon.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hand over his bald head and, despite the tattoos and the protruding hardware, his facade cracked, leaving him looking all pierced and pathetic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They had been standing in the traditional pose of fighters, gloves raised, ready for battle but a pathetic parody of professional fighters. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems a little pathetic to ask, doesn’t it? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She was glad Robin didn’t mention the tears or the pathetic sound of Ivy’s voice, but she couldn’t imagine eating anything right now, even Robin’s famous cookies. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Petra had wanted to murder her on the spot, but only came out with a pathetic “Don’t you wish you knew!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But why should a great warrior stoop to even notice such a pathetic creature? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While they danced, swaying like two trees in the wind, she realized she wasn’t doing a very good job of feeling pathetic. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The beast laughed again, "A paper pig is more mighty than the Green Tiger! I will take you, but leave the other for him — pathetic dog that he is." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z If the world needed someone as pathetic as me to save it, we were better off dead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Whatever they thought Thurmond was like, whatever they believed I’d gone through, it was bad enough to mark me as pathetic in their eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z So I’m not as pathetic as I feared. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t be cheeky, Jack,” remonstrated the landlord, in a melancholy and pathetic way. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Kill him. Show me you don’t mind making a mess. Show me that at least you know how to land a killing blow on such a pathetic target as this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z An attempt on his part, both sly and pathetic, to impress. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I flush the toilet and wash my hands, and return to the pathetic scene. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I knew you’d say that. Now I’m double pathetic, right? He ruins my life and I’m still crushing on him.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z As we walked, we saw kids heading in the opposite direction, from a row of pathetic wood cabins. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Just because I'm playing for the other team doesn’t mean that I’m this pathetic human being who's begging to be loved. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Now that all his good ole boy, tough bourbon talk has evaporated, I wonder if he’s this pathetic all the time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I watched Star Trek because you are always spouting off about it. The special effects are not that special. Kind of pathetic, actually. Like a first-grade puppet show.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z According to my father, Dusty Muleman was such a pathetic cheapskate that he wouldn’t pay to have the Coral Queen’s sewage hauled away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s pathetic, but I’m glad to still have the newsletter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And then he starts to walk away, a pathetic wobbly thing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sam laughs just a little until Lee Lee tells her, “It’s okay. You can laugh at me. It’s pretty pathetic, I know.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For a knight without a horse was a pathetic sight indeed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I want his display of chain-saw art and his sign for the aliens overhead to all look as stupid and pathetic as they possibly can. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The snakes Herbie began to notice shortly after he had established himself in his pathetic redolent smokehouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have my life’s savings,” he said in a pathetic voice. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The pathetic thing I wanted to say to him on the phone—but didn't—was this: When you're a little kid, you have something. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z From past experience, she'd learned that having a lemonade stand alone wasn't considered cool—it was considered pathetic. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z About ten quiet, painful minutes later, we pulled into my driveway—in her car, of course, because I was still too lazy and disorganized and pathetic to get my license. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Nothing is such a pathetic word, isn't it? But then, you are pathetic. Your clothes are rags and you have a pustulous scab on your neck. Still...” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I heard Mom’s pathetic sniffles cease as the door slammed closed behind her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Queenie comes to my feet and stares up at me with a pathetic combination of bewilderment and gratitude. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In between placing phone calls and writing long-drawn-out, pathetic, and often incoherent letters, Cabot continued his study of the very subject that had, unbeknownst to him, driven Alma away: the potential of humankind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z We smiled at the pathetic irony of it, shook hands all around, wished each other luck, and parted. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I’d had pathetic daydreams and silly fantasies and had devoted many pages in my journal to entirely forgettable people I’d known and quickly discarded over the years. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I wish I had a body like that, he thought, and he immediately felt pathetic for even allowing the moment to happen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You pathetic fool! Someday you’ll wake up from your little fantasy and learn just how good of a friend he is. Now, has! Enough of this. Give us that kite.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I just want him back,” he said, and then knew it was a pathetic thing to say. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wonder why they don’t tell us that in history class. They usually love any story that makes the Rusties sound pathetic.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Only a small fraction of its works survived, along with a few pathetic scattered fragments. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But as if he senses my pathetic attempts at bravery, his hand squeezes, and pain lances through my skull. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The stranger was broad-shouldered and thick-chested, but his demeanor made him look frail and pathetic. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I feel exactly the way I do when I wake up from the dream where I’m naked in the school cafeteria and only have those flimsy pathetic napkin squares to cover myself up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She might be broke and pathetic, but she could still scrounge up another brown paper bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The pathetic creature knelt before us, quivering as he pressed his paw against his wound. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And if one were just too pathetic, forlorn, and unremembered, one could always scrounge up some decade-old, generic canned fruit cocktail from the depths of the basement pantry. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave her father a sad, pathetic laugh. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The PSF had slowed considerably, matching my pathetic pace. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you waiting for, Frick? Get out of here, you pathetic slug.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When his screaming got too pathetic to bear, our grim-faced mother brought in his cage and set it on the floor by the window, where Methuselah continued his loud, random commentary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That pathetic holdup try by a scared young kid brandishing a toy pistol? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She waved, kind of pathetic, like I was going to yell at her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain could see the men shuffling, strange pathetic spectacle, dusty, dirty, ragged men, heads down, faces down: it reminded him of a history- book picture of impressed seamen in the last war with England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Disappointed with Ds, pleasantly satisfied with Cs, and celebratory about a B, I allowed my standards at school to become pathetic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then, when he’s onto a good thing because he knows how to get his hands on a different car, it’s the most pathetic car in the Southern Hemisphere. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z You talk about some pathetic, tortured- looking little faces. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, was I right? Are you too pathetic? Or can you endure a few minutes of disgust to save us all?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Come on, Sir Galahad. Being the only people dancing at prom is also pathetic.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z You know your life has grown pathetic when you’re thrilled to have a covered wooden platform to call your own, but there you are—we were thrilled. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Then take your punishment like the pathetic creature that you are.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The canoe, pathetic as it was, was our only hope. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t—” “Get yourself together! This is pathetic.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Before too long, though, the veterans, who’d been having a bit of fun watching us being pathetic—we were to do much the same the following summer—came out and took us in hand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know if we're exactly friends or what, or if she's taking pity on me, or how pathetic I must seem to her, being tethered to Noodle like I have been. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was something pathetic about their grandeur, as if they were dressed for a charade but not quite fitted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The satirical magazine Private Eye once printed one of the letters from Biro’s representatives, incidentally, under the memorable heading, “What a pathetic way to make a living”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Once I finally finished the lap, which may have taken fifteen minutes—pathetic—I returned to my room to find two women in it, one I recognized and one I didn’t. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "The farce of the cold war and the absurd war machine it spawned," he said, "was an ever-growing pathetic joke to me." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But I was pathetic, a blundering liability to my own team, always in the way of an opportune pass or unwittingly blocking an open lane. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, sir,” replied the rabbit, with a rather pathetic attempt to sound brisk and ready. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She isn’t the outdoorsy type, which is pretty pathetic considering our house is surrounded by fields and woods. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But to me, my voice sounded so pathetic, almost like I was crying. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The man had his back to the window and was sitting stiffly on the edge of a chair with a straight back and the pathetic air of a leaden soldier. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I sort of wished she hadn’t bothered, because I was feeling really pathetic and my forehead was still probably smacking red and I definitely didn’t have the energy to be mean anymore. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But the so-called library here is pathetic—there are barely any books, and it seems like all the internment-approved titles are by long-dead white dudes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The moment Ruth felt him lift her up she stopped crying and stared at him with a wide-eyed, pathetic stare, as though she knew that there was trouble in the house. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They looked lopsided and pathetic in the center of the table. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Observe how I treat him like he’s some kind of pathetic red-eared slider turtle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I try to scan my pathetic excuse of memory. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z My heart went out to the most pathetic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty summer day, you can’t think of anything better to do than hassle some helpless little girl? That’s flat- out pathetic, son.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z If the number of field agents expected to see that the law was carried out was pitifully small, the resources devoted to patrolling the nation’s 4,993 miles of coastline were pathetic. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was my pathetic look and pleading voice that stirred the queen’s mercy, for she called to Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad grabbed Fig’s cat carrier, a pathetic “maow” drifted out, and we followed the vet lady and her soaring curly do down the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I pulled myself up into a sitting position so I didn’t look so pathetic. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I hated myself for sounding so pathetic, but I just needed to hear what I knew he was going to say. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her long, silver hair flowed around her beautiful face, and she smiled as Celaena set down her miserably pathetic knife. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I ran faster than I ever had in my pathetic life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I can see the pathetic hairs on his upper lip, not even made darker by the rain coming down. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z My excuses were fairly pathetic, so I gave up on that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was a pathetic liar, and he knew it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But they don’t know what a pathetic mess I turn into when Leroy’s beating on me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I pointed at, How frustrating, how pathetic, how sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He decided he wouldn’t glean himself—that would be too pointless and pathetic a gesture. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Any other day of my life I could have won a fibbing contest hands down, and that, that is what I came up with: the pathetic truth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he’s looking at me makes me feel more pathetic than ever. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You guys are a pathetic excuse for a soccer team,” she told the boys, her voice breaking with anger. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Date someone who thinks you’re pathetic and then leaves you for a guy who makes art with a chain saw?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A squirrel looks up at you from the lawn, seems to shake its head, and then scampers away, and yes, you’re beginning to feel a little pathetic. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Hit him for being so cheerful and acting like I’m a star patient when I’m really just an angry, pathetic whiner. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Please, Alby,” Ben pleaded, his shaky voice so pathetic that Thomas couldn’t believe it was the same guy who’d tried to bite his throat off the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I never saw anything so pathetic as her patience and her thankfulness,” Charles wrote to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate myself for crying, it’s so pathetic. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s a pathetic one: “Here goes a good offer, Lord. If that bird on that tree over there flies away within ten seconds, Jeffrey is cured.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spare me, ” he cried, “I’m sorry—” But Jose only sneered, To see such a frightened copper, So full of pathetic fear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When I drew the picture, I assumed he had gone off somewhere hidden, alone and pathetic, and committed suicide. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hazel sucked in breath in little pathetic gasps. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Reynard, you pathetic fellow, did you honestly think you were smarter than I? Did you truly believe you could guess my code? ‘ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It hadn’t worked, and he had dismissed the attempt when he could no longer ignore that it felt like a pathetic falsehood. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Even as I speak, I hear how pathetic I sound and hate myself for it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “People are doing that pathetic kind of thing all the time,” said Beverly. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He followed up with, "Now look at them. It's okay. That way the pathetic legless elephant can disappear, and we can get the hell on with it." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Pefta lay down his pathetic key ring, picked up the phone, and dialed headquarters in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s lost the pathetic, luckless expression on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “All on your own? Oh, you pathetic, lost soul.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He went to her and brought her, still tied hand and foot, so that she could watch the final pathetic struggle of the man in black three hundred feet below. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If I couldn’t manage to speak English, which I’m fluent in, on a stage, how would I possibly make out Arabic words in my pathetic accent? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When kids did stage desperate, pathetic breakouts, it had been in small groups of Reds, Oranges, and Yellows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was true that she hadn’t made it easy; she knows from experience that tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable, and she wears her Goth persona like armor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, here we go again. You always act like you have all these emotional problems. It's pathetic. Do you think it's cool? Is that why you act this way?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “So you won’t mind proving my accusations are totally pathetic by emptying your bag. Imagine how stupid this shop assistant will look when there are no earrings in it!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Which I will be paying for, to make things more pathetic.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Huddled in the hallways and making the most of our pathetic French, my fellow students and I engaged in the sort of conversation commonly overheard in refugee camps. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She pulled me in to her and we were a doggone pathetic sight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Dude. Taking a girl out for a night on the town with your rock-star earnings is like the least pathetic thing ever.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "I swear, Tiny, sometimes ..." I stop myself from saying something pathetic and start over. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I slipped into the parlor and picked up my project, a pathetic pair of socks I’d started back in October when Charlie enlisted. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “This is pathetic,” I say out loud, pushing back from my computer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z This lie was so pathetic that people were actually laughing about him behind his back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And as soon as I’d written the first couple of sentences, I reread them and they sounded so pathetic and lost that I just tore the page from my notebook and threw it away. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m going back to Berlin. I applied for a transfer weeks ago, when we started interrogating her and that pathetic French kid. God.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah, then we’re entering postfood, performance art territory. Which is not pathetic. I appreciate the thought, but please, follow my lead tonight.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Fang did attempt to make contact, and for a while there he tried to get in my way at my locker after school, looking all pathetic and confused, asking me if I was okay. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s a juvenile display, the whole act, and pathetic; but it’s something I understand. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lee of a boulder no larger than a dishwasher, the climbers hunkered in a pathetic row on a patch of gale-scoured ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His skin became ragged and dry, sagged into pathetic folds on top of itself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “See? He can't even get in touch with his own kids. It's so pathetic.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All that came out was a strangled and pathetic sound, like the spit had curdled in her mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z No example of his actions could be more pathetic or more extraordinary than this. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But he wanted to think it was more sweet than pathetic. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It sucks. My mom spends all her time on this website LostConnections writing him notes he’s never even going to see. Totally pathetic.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Eventually, when it became unsustainably pathetic to watch, three of us pushed him home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “We could just keep going,” Bobby Gene said, his voice a mix of pathetic and hopeful. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She tells me that before the revolution Cuba was a pathetic place, a parody of a country. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was insane, pathetic, almost criminal for a man pushing forty to feel so inept, so ashamed of his body, his heart, his work ethics, his Tinkertoy soul. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He blew his nose on a corner of the filthy pillowcase he wore, looking so pathetic that Harry felt his anger ebb away in spite of himself. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I’m sorry if this sounds pathetic, but you know it’s true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He looked so pathetic, crammed in behind the counter with the board of keys poking into his back, that for a second I actually felt for him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I grab my laptop off my bedside table and open YouTube, clicking solemnly on a suggested video of Stella’s that I’ve already seen, because I am just that pathetic right now. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They’re also computer geniuses who like to brag that they could “hack into this pathetic excuse for a secure network” anytime to change their grades. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Look me in the eyes and tell me that isn’t objectively the world’s most pathetic meal I ordered us,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Well, you wouldn’t be able to tell if you were there today. It was kinda pathetic.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One very small splash, and the pathetic little tale that was his life would soon be done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If we attempt to silence this talk, we only lend it credence. Better to treat it with contempt, like the pathetic lie it is. And meantime, fight fire with fire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You and your Korean food and your Korean friends and studying Korean in school. It’s pathetic. Don’t you get it, Little Brother? You’re just like everybody else.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z A pathetic mewling sound rises in my throat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The whole day could have been a blackout dream I spun for myself because admitting that I spent the whole day in bed is pathetic. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In fact, it would have seemed funny except that it was rather pathetic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I looked over toward the cage, and there on the other side of the window was a pathetic tabby face looking in. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z They got into the chicken coops and ate the chickens alive, leaving behind a whirl of feathers and a pile of pathetic little bones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I wouldn't do”—Pixie sounded dangerous now—“if I were a shop assistant, is throw around totally pathetic accusations.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “The pathetic little waif is Talented, did you know that?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z On the Ryan Dean West Stimulus-Satisfaction scale of things, it was without a doubt one of the best physical sensations of my entire, pathetic life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If I just stopped there, turned around, and followed along with her, that would make me look pathetic and wimpy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her desolation was pathetic as she sat with her tempestuous, proud, lovely head bowed, her shoulders sagging, her spirit melting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It looked ugly and pathetic and scared him to death—no way that’d keep the Grievers out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There was no way I’d go downstairs by myself and make some kind of pathetic entrance like a freak in a sideshow. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I think I said something pathetic like: “It’s all right, I didn’t see anything much,” which hung stupidly in the air. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, good talk,” I mumbled, feeling even more pathetic than ever. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After I had explained the whole Renee Albert tutorial fiasco, he had felt sorry for his pathetic eldest boy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, I know that’s pathetic in just about its purest form, but there’s no way I can deal with this kind of thing so early I need experience with this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Riker seemed suddenly pathetic, clinging with all his might to her ankle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Pathetic, pathetic,” and gently, fiercely, he beats his fist on the wheel. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Or was it just my own pathetic loneliness that made me grab the scissors? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s so pathetic. She cannot sit with us at lunch anymore.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Upon entering that house, I discovered a pathetic scene that moved my heart: The room now was filled with merrymakers and roustabouts upon the trestle-benches, calling toasts to one another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Nguyen was late, and the pathetic patch of shade provided by the umbrella was doing little to improve Artemis’s mood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Which I know makes me pathetic because she basically led me on and then picked him over me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z There was still that sensible and pathetic part of my mind that kept telling me Annie Altman only thought I was a little kid and nothing else. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Theirs was a pathetic goodbye, cut short by the whip of the trader. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Without meaning to, the woman looked at José Arcadio and examined his magnificent animal in repose with a kind of pathetic fervor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “No, I’m sure of it. You are too pathetic. You’d let us die first.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Stuart said softly, a pathetic voice, “General Lee, if you please ...” But Lee went on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, I suppose, my best friend, which is a less pathetic way of saying he was my only friend. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a pathetic source of comfort, that he could not know what she had seen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Pathetic Prom. We set out to intentionally have the most pathetic prom night imaginable.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I comforted myself with the idea that any high school senior who still takes the bus home is a pathetic loser. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This Mr. Dreher has already been a great nuisance to Father, and I’ve always admired the saintly patience with which he handled this pathetic old man on the phone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It is the shadow of pain which touches the young face with such pathetic patience, but Beth seldom complains and always speaks hopefully of ‘being better soon’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn hid Miss Peregrine inside her coat while Emma leapt off the wagon and did her best impression of a pathetic orphan. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She pulled off her clothes and danced desperately, her thin limbs pale and shaking, her movements pathetic and jerky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She felt even more pathetic reaching out after how Poppy had snubbed her, but Seven really needed a friend right now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The Internet version of you becomes enshrined so that pathetic people like me can visit occasionally and try to pretend you’re not really gone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was a pathetic sight: we were all so debilitated that it took the group an incredibly long time just to descend the few hundred feet to the snow slope immediately below. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z This time the words were on a pathetic rising note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After the pathetic back-alley drama, I headed to Burton’s pharmacy, which had been the real purpose of the trip downtown. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Alice Evans was trying to make fire hydrants out of clay, which so far just looked like pathetic lumps. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “No. I never have the neck to even turn onto the street—I’m pathetic.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Like last night, the transition from pervert to pathetic was quick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Our little backyard was dominated by my childhood swing set, which was looking pretty waterlogged and pathetic. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I can never forget the first time I saw one of these pathetic infants for sale in the tourist market of a Central African town. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “What a liar! You couldn’t even admit the truth, so you had to break the lamp? That’s pathetic.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She hit the cue ball in such a way that it gave a pathetic half roll to the side, gently knocking into a colored ball with a faint click. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But his colleague from Georgia need not dally over the credentials of these pathetic eccentrics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I feel a bit pathetic, to tell you the truth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It must have been designed by a committee because it’s a fairly pathetic barrier. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I tried to look as pathetic as I knew how. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d always been a pathetic drunk, which was why I totally preferred drugs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Neighbors would drop by while Hugh was off at the hardware store, and I'd struggle to entertain them with a pathetic series of simple nouns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Like shipwrecked people, we huddled together in a warmth and courtesy that was pure and pathetic. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A very pathetic, ill-prepared army, Thomas thought, but an army all the same. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Thinking about Maddie made me feel pathetic and unwanted all over again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One day, after hearing another of my pathetic stories, Shabani took me aside. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It was here the men had stood; here upon this Green they had formed a thin pathetic fine, a handful of farmers to resist the march of seven hundred British regulars. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something rather sincere and pathetic about her going off to a shop in London and buying me these books because she knew I was fond of painting. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, How about this—you know your mom’s last question? Are you happy? I told her that earlier today was the happiest I’ve ever seen you. That’s a little pathetic, honestly.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Was she so pathetic that she would ramble on, offering bits of her own story, bits of herself, like some second-rate Scheherazade? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You caught some pathetic reporter, and Potter’s Dumbledore’s favorite boy again. Big deal.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “For the world’s greatest assassin, this is pathetic,” said Dorian, stepping from the doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Have I mentioned I have become so pathetic that I have resorted to standing near doors when I know he's going to walk through them? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "Look at the silly hippies! Look at their pathetic attempts to simulate a complex global ecosystem in their backyard." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean those particular cops were so dumb it was pathetic. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I mean, there’s a line between pathetic and dangerous, right? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Miss Ohio! This is not about you sleeping your way up the pathetic ladder of D-list celebrity. We have a situation here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called him "pathetic" and "unpatriotic," Depardieu penned an open letter in mid-December saying he was handing in his passport and social security card. Depardieu: 'I'm French' despite Russian passport 2013-01-07T21:22:08Z Uday, a pathetic and dangerous weakling beneath his playboy strut, presents an interesting case study in the psychopathology of unchecked privilege. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z This ongoing spectacle of the entertainment industry censuring certain artists over their private misdeeds while ignoring or rehabilitating equally troublesome characters is pathetic. "The Hangover 2's" Mel Gibson hypocrisy 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z The Philharmonic opted for the Scherzo first, which in the context of Ms. Young’s interpretation made the joyous ending of the first movement all the more pathetic by plunging immediately back into a minor key. Review: Absent 20 Years, a Conductor Rescues the Philharmonic 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z An extended sequence observes a Bastille Day parade with a pathetic marching band and a troop of clumsy majorettes. ‘Li’l Quinquin,’ a New Mystery by Bruno Dumont 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to sound pathetic,” he added. With ‘We Are Who We Are,’ Luca Guadagnino Wants You to Question Yourself 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In “Night Safari,” first performed in January 2018, Wilson plays Gary, the sad sack leader of what may be the most pathetic animal tour ever. Review: Tracy Letts Brings Out the Long Knives in Short Plays 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z His descent into the gutter is presumably meant to be a thrilling wallow in bad behavior, but it’s just pathetic and adolescent. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Adventures of Richie and Ernst 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z But it's no less pathetic to yap on and on about how hilarious it is that some people, somewhere, have grown older. Glastonbury: the casual ageism directed at the Rolling Stones is really decrepit 2013-07-02T16:35:16Z The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, described Depardieu's behaviour as pathetic and unpatriotic at a time when the French are being asked to pay higher taxes to reduce a bloated national debt. Gérard Depardieu says he will give up French passport over tax rises 2012-12-16T10:12:42Z Thornton infuses his grouch with sparks of comedy and a hint of the pathetic that slowly grow on us, so that the slightest of smiles is all that's needed for the film's graceful ending. Minimalist drama "Here and There" right on target 2010-05-15T01:32:00Z You posture all day long about what a “rebel” you are or how “angry” you were to the pathetic point of protesting far too much. Richard Marx hates my guts 2013-01-19T00:30:00Z Or you could think it was tragic, or grim or pathetic ... Book Talk: Frank Bascombe bears witness in new Richard Ford novel 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z And I just found her character to be so annoying and pathetic and drivelly and just no kind of positive thing to it at all. The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Tabatha Coffey 2012-02-09T17:57:39Z When Zach is performing for the cameras, he’s hammy verging on pathetic, as if he’s starring not in a reality show but a sketch-comedy show about someone with deep feelings of inadequacy. Television Review: ‘Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,’ With Bo Burnham on MTV 2013-05-01T22:08:15Z Lewis Milestone’s 1939 film, starring Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr., still has considerable power; in it you feel the pathetic fragility of hope of a nation only beginning to recover from disastrous financial hardship. Theater Review: James Franco and Chris O’Dowd in ‘Of Mice and Men’ 2014-04-17T02:00:12Z He finally encounters a pathetic man playing a hurdy-gurdy and asks to join him. Matthias Goerne Sings Kentridge’s Version of ‘Winterreise’ 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z One takeaway from these jokes, perhaps, is reassurance that though we are all pathetic and life is ridiculous, cringing together in public helps remove the sting. Lots of Love for Garry Shandling 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Annie is a bit better drawn, but barely, and the show mostly tries to build audience’s connection with her mainly by showing that she’s at least not as pathetic as Nikki. TV Tonight: I Hate My Teenage Daughter 2011-11-30T14:33:42Z When Caroline punctures his eggshell defenses, she discovers a pathetic, quivering wreck. | 'Daydream Nation': Picking Up Extra Credit, and Teacher, After School 2011-05-06T05:30:05Z Atkinson’s review called the musical “a profoundly moving show that is as ugly as the city jungles and also pathetic, tender and forgiving.” ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Verson digs in the other direction; she is somehow radiantly pathetic as a woman who can’t find herself under her skin. Review: ‘Collective Rage’ Is ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Times 5 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z That pathetic line, from the second debate, served as a reminder of just how thin Trump’s skin is, just how bad he is at coming up with a comeback. The Much-Needed Humor of the Women’s March 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z “You want our business but you do not want to actually represent our bodies. This is pathetic and embarrassing.” Plus-size brand slammed for using thin models to sell lingerie: 'Pathetic and embarrassing' 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z These poor, rich, pathetic patrons of the trendy Brooklyn restaurants wringing their hands that their dollars might be expended at some business that may have violated the rights or dignity of some employee. After the Apologies, Restaurants Struggle to Change 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z But Killgrave is too pathetic, too undeveloped a character to be entirely convincing as a villain and the most fascinating element of Jessica Jones is the struggle around agency. How to watch Netflix as a feminist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Screaming children, cake gone wrong, and that pathetic, gnawing feeling that, wait, didn't I used to be cooler than this? "Shrek" returns to form 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z Although no tape exists online, Robinson allegedly questioned why Janay Rice did not leave after the abusive incident, and called her “pathetic” for marrying her abuser, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The 49ers Debacle Proves the NFL Still Doesn't Get It 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z I didn't want to be a pathetic psycho prancing around on stage, desperate for love. Amanda Palmer: 'Thank God my best friend's a therapist' 2012-08-19T18:59:01Z She looks like a mess — pathetic, really, with her smeared black eye makeup and the tears that just keep pooling and dribbling. Review: Elisabeth Moss at All Angles in ‘Queen of Earth’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z In the film, Ailes is pathetic, yearning — and, we learn, flaccid. The cathartic laughs of "Bombshell": Why dark comedy speaks to us in the #MeToo era 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The woman involved in Julian’s betrayal is self-contradictory, even pathetic. Double the Trouble in a Novel of Hollywood Marriages 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z It was his eyes: with their curiously pathetic puppy-dog quality to them, these unerringly human bits of the person behind the mask. Fears of a clown: why the original It will always be the best 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Conrad's co-workers may find them pathetic, but these creations supply the film with some redeeming moments of soul. Cast rises above indignities of "Dinner" 2010-07-16T21:38:00Z Arnett is just brilliant in this, both hilarious and pathetic, and even though it is just as plot-heavy as any of the other episodes, it feels as if the show is settling down a little. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 6-10 2013-05-27T13:36:17Z His solution: Do absolutely nothing, which backfired when he was eviscerated by a woman pointing out just how lazy and pathetic it is to not be an active participant in one’s own life. “Louie” gets a male crush 2012-07-13T16:10:00Z “I’m law enforcement too” he says to the agents who are investigating him as a potential terrorist, with an earnestness that is both comical and pathetic. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “The characters are rich and changing,” Ms. Wolf said, “but the characters are also pathetic.” The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The Explainers are very sure of this, nodding in unison while smiling in bemusement at the pathetic delusions of the Trump people. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z But as portrayed by Ms. Jones, Anna never seems saccharine or pathetic. The New Season Film: The Breakthrough Performances of the Fall 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z And thanks to shows like "Entourage" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," there's no dearth of roles for the once-rich and no-longer famous to play obnoxious, pathetic or just plain mean-spirited caricatures of their own public image. "You know nothing of my work": Five great self-aware cameos 2011-08-01T18:02:00Z All they end up doing is revealing how much of a pathetic closer she is, loudly exclaiming: “Every night this woman goes home to nothing – and NOTHING!” Saturday Night Live: RuPaul teaches the art of drag but episode can't slay 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Susan, the antique object of his devotion, remains a vague, pathetic presence in the novel. Review | If Flaubert reimagined ‘Cougar Town,’ this is the novel we might get 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The world is chock full of pathetic bullies whose chief pastime is picking apart people who are different. Gabourey Sidibe shuts down the trolls 2014-01-15T15:48:00Z His response to critics, according to Oliver, has been pathetic. John Oliver’s glorious Dr. Oz takedown: “You are the worst person in scrubs who has ever been on television — including Katherine Heigl” 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z "We hate the smell and spatter of omelets. We despise hollandaise, home fries, those pathetic fruit garnishes, and all the other cliché accompaniments designed to induce a credulous public into paying $12.95 for two eggs." Kids, your mom deserves better than brunch 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z In another context these down-at-heel people who live on their illusions might be pathetic. | 'La Cage aux Folles': Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge on Broadway 2010-04-19T04:59:00Z The experience of art is the virtual encounter with artists, and going to look for them is like going to look for friends—impossible or pathetic. Last Film, Best Film? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z We pride ourselves on being 'of the people' and it's pathetic. Richard Klein on why BBC4 is the corporation's best-loved channel 2010-10-11T06:00:00Z Opposition to the restaurant on Korean social media erupted over the weekend, with one user calling the management “pathetic” for “featuring portraits of war criminals and dictators,” per the South China Morning Post. North Korean-themed restaurant in Seoul removes images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il after backlash 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z "There's no reason for me to give my pathetic opinion." Jenny Holzer: drawn to the dark side 2012-06-04T17:36:01Z Mr. Pryce pours himself into every cranny of his character’s contradictions: sometimes snappish, sometimes pathetic, always transparent. Review: In ‘The Height of the Storm,’ Two Stars and an Enigma 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Yet the quiet story remains engrossing, by turns gently humorous and pathetic, mundane and poignant. Portrait of the Artist as a Complete Jerk 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The pool was small and overchlorinated, pathetic after the grandeur of Hamilton Fish. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The perfunctory dead mother — which is by far the majority of the tribe — is swept away tidily in the first few pages, leaving her oddly unmoved but handily pathetic child on the road to adventure. There’s a glut of bunnies and dead moms in children’s books 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “California rolls” are a joke among the Japanese, a pathetic sop to Americans who can’t get their brains around raw fish, which is what sushi is. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: You can’t make me eat these foods 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Jones is a superbly variable Havisham — by turns girlish, fearful, nasty, pathetic. Review: Dickens classic done up in trademark Book-It style 2011-02-17T21:32:05Z Ken’s longing for respect makes him a ridiculous, even pathetic figure; but he has a dogged, shabby sense of honor that the film views as a joke and repeatedly undermines. ‘Queenpins’ Review: Suburban Scammers 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The long, pathetic spectacle brought joy only to the jackals of the British tabloids, which sneered in big headlines at each new downturn. An Appraisal: Breakout Album Became Winehouse?s Only Song 2011-07-24T03:34:27Z I had my first real, grown-up kiss at 22 – how pathetic is that? A letter to… a universe that keeps sending me the wrong man 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Critics savaged the book, one Berlin professor decrying these ancient tales of child-murder as “the most pathetic and tasteless material imaginable.” Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Their self-destructive exploits are pathetic token gestures of defiance by entitled rebels without a cause who fill up their empty hours by getting drunk and smoking pot. Critic’s Notebook: The Tribeca Film Festival Begins Its 13th Season 2014-04-15T16:18:57Z Her exes, including a puppeteer who is shown in an amusing flashback bringing his puppet into bed with Ally as a third party, are a mostly pathetic lot. | 'What?s Your Number?': ?What?s Your Number?? With Anna Faris - Review 2011-09-30T04:23:03Z “There are so many guys — and I’m one of them — who are good about working out and eating healthy, but when it comes to our bathroom routine, it’s kind of pathetic.” When You’re Ready to Move Beyond Irish Spring 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z I mumbled something pathetic, and got back in line. Weingarten: Good grief. Gene goes to Ben Bradlee’s funeral Any work therein must match that scale, otherwise it looks pathetic. Open letter to Redmoon: What to get right next time 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z "Madison outside her parents' home" photo is pathetic. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z As that all-too-accurate plot summary suggests, Frank is more destructive and pathetic than heroic. 'Super': A silly, skull-splitting way to save the day 2011-04-14T22:09:46Z I often see them in the park, making a pathetic flutey noise that their dogs can easily pretend not to hear. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The pathetic fallacy hardly intrudes, so acute are the observations. Poem of the week: Night and Morning by Robert Browning 2013-04-22T09:10:03Z Not pathetic or twinkly-eyed, as older people are generally depicted in the movies, Chelton, in the antipathetic title role, is on screen most of the time, not seeking understanding, though somehow managing to elicit it. Tsilla Chelton obituary 2012-07-22T16:24:34Z They are lovably cute, ugly and pathetic, like clowns. Why Roz Chast Makes Fun of White Middle-Class New Yorkers 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z For all their laddish talk, when they actually have to deal with real women, as opposed to the ones on their FHM posters, they are pathetic. Your next box set: Men Behaving Badly 2012-11-15T15:30:02Z Now Hannah's the one who feels like things are looking up, and Marnie's the one who is feeling pathetic and helpless all the time. Girls season two premiere review: 'These people are not meant to be loved' 2013-01-14T16:19:00Z It refuses to portray Afghans as frightening terrorists, pathetic victims, corrupt leaders or hapless opioid addicts. Matthew Heineman’s documentary "Retrograde": A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z "My life is pathetic," Alan moaned on an episode this season. Can Kutcher man up and keep 'Men' a hit series? 2011-05-14T11:49:08Z The French prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, called Depardieu's decision to seek Belgian residency "pathetic" and unpatriotic, prompting an angry response from the actor. Gérard Depardieu meets Vladimir Putin and gets his Russian passport 2013-01-06T10:23:31Z Huntsman 3: Christ, I know it's a panto, but that's pathetic. The G2 panto: Snow White and the wiki witch 2010-12-22T08:00:03Z And I will say: "Could you please do a revival of my play?"How pathetic is that? Nora Ephron: Flops, I've had a few 2011-02-10T10:18:11Z Yet the Basterds treat him no differently than the other Nazis who they disfigured by carving swastikas into their foreheads... and Landa's screams are just as pathetic as their own. Watching Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" in the Trump era 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z “It’s really the most pathetic reason of all,” she says, rolling her eyes. ‘I don’t regret being messy and imperfect’ – Constance Wu on Crazy Rich Asians, Twitter storms and acting with J-Lo 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The experience taught her that “men are pathetic,” as Rue described it, and Kat brought her online dominatrix persona offline as well. ‘Euphoria’ Is Back. Here’s Where It Left Off. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Granted, at the time many women simply considered wannabe P.U.A.s a pathetic annoyance. Would the Pickup Artist Stand a Chance in the #MeToo Era? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The friendship is all but shattered with the publication of Zola’s novel “L’Oeuvre,” whose barely disguised portrait of Cézanne as a “castrated, defeated, pathetic loser,” in the painter’s words, hurts him to the quick. Review: In ‘Cézanne et Moi,’ Zola and the Artist Are Pals. However ... 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Rendered by later artists in ways more self-consciously surreal—or, sometimes, deliberately “poetic,” not to say pathetic—the scenes from Alice become less uncanny. Who Can Be Finished With Alice? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z They were a pathetic sight but my parents thought I ought to see everything. Spanish Civil War artists go on show 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The second Mrs. de Winter also started out pathetic and weak, but we cheered for her by the time Manderley burned to the ground. Review | ‘Mrs. March’ is a stylish suspense tale that’s both darkly alluring and just plain dark 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Mills reports that the first five episodes of a second season of “Awkward Embraces” are in postproduction and will go online beginning in February, with Jessica in a more pathetic state than ever. Watchlist: Boxers, Trekkies, Lilliputians and Other Favorites 2010-12-11T23:20:00Z The first five episodes of “Baskets” are, satisfyingly, a combination of all of those moods—pathetic, absurd, jerk-comedy with weirdly compelling meditation on the fundamental nature of being a comedian. Zach Galifianakis’ sad-clown comedy “Baskets” isn’t funny — but its oddball charm works in mysterious ways 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Helping the musicians is easier — but considering the pathetic rates that today’s streaming services currently pay to recording artists, listening alone won’t help. Perspective | Live music is on hold. Life goes on. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “It’s a little bit pathetic,” Ms. Simon allowed. Studied: Study: Breakups Hurt Young Men More Than Women 2010-07-22T22:13:00Z What a poor, pathetic thing Allen is in this story! Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen’s strange charm offensive: An enigma wrapped in scandal 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z This dream, at once pathetic and highly damaging, is subscribed to alike by global capitalists, religious fundamentalists and the high priests of modern science. The Silence of Animals by John Gray – review 2013-02-15T10:20:01Z From them, I started writing really small, pathetic things. ArtsBeat: A Filmmaker?s Path From Rwanda to Tribeca 2011-04-20T12:08:33Z Bruce Helford, one of “The Conners” executive producers, said writers had not wanted to write out the family’s fierce matriarch is a way that seemed “pathetic or debased.” Roseanne calls TV death 'morbid,' audience slumps for 'The Conners' 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “By perpetuating the idea that Asian women are a ‘free for all’ for predatory men, he is encouraging other pathetic men to abuse them.” Is This The Most Hated Man in the World? 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Clark told The Times that Richardson's claim is "pathetic", and that his book has just a couple of pages that take issue with biography as a way of understanding Picasso. Picasso – separating truth and fiction 2013-07-10T14:32:55Z Mr. Pheiffer’s companions bounce his squatting body like a basketball, and all three dancers, lying on their backs like upended beetles, kick to get briefly airborne — a motion at once farcical, pathetic and heroic. Dance Review: Yvonne Meier’s ‘This Is Not a Pink Pony,’ at the Abrons Arts Center 2013-06-02T21:24:55Z Yet here he is needy, pathetic, though the impression of danger and imminent violence is still great. James Gandolfini's film career: much more than just another wiseguy 2013-06-20T17:00:00Z Clelia, an uncommitted career woman who is too realistic to pursue romance, and the pathetic Rosetta take opposite paths in a world where men have feet of clay. The Week Ahead: June 13 ? 19 2010-06-11T13:31:00Z When Cleveland police union president Jeff Follmer demanded an apology, calling the t-shirt “pathetic,” he, too, joined police across the country in outrage over what they view as undeserved attacks. “Justice shouldn’t warrant an apology”: NFL player Andrew Hawkins’ powerful statement 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z But when Mr. Maestri’s gigantic Falstaff finally stands up, he’s a scraggly, pathetic sight in his grimy long johns. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z That pathetic holiday scene is nearly the first one in “The Jacksonian,” set in 1964 at a hotel by the same name. Arts & Leisure: In ?The Jacksonian,? Beth Henley Confronts Violence 2012-01-13T04:47:33Z Phil Redmond, who chairs National Museums Liverpool, said: "It's pathetic for people in London not to appreciate the severity of the problem outside London." Row over minister's 'pathetic' jibe 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead of thinking of the possibilities of “the boundless art,” writers “were satisfied to keep the characters moving through a thin plot, insipid in conception, and pathetic in sentiment.” Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z I think everyone's got so pathetic and is petrified of opening their mouths because they think it might put an end to their career - they've all been gripped by their short and curlies. Maxine Peake brings the Pendle Witches to Preston library 2012-12-19T15:07:50Z Or Claire Messud’s heroine muses about the pathetic lives of women whose days hit their peak when the Garnet Hill catalog arrives. | Jennifer Weiner: An Avid Reader Scribbles a Wardrobe 2013-08-02T22:51:50Z The person who took the napalm to the face doesn’t see it as naked or pathetic, of course; they just see what I wrote as nasty. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z That doesn't make you lazy or pathetic or otherwise morally lacking. Why Facebook’s “struggle meal” groups are most wholesome place on the internet 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But on the other, it never leaves my head, the image of it, the stink of it, and he never leaves me, he is always there, the loathsome, pathetic man. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The emphasis is on getting the landscape to echo, very precisely, the mood; Caron uses the phrase “pathetic fallacy”. Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z But Hollywood’s addiction to normative whiteness looks particularly pathetic compared with the visual and symbolic narrative that we’ve all watched unspool over the Obama presidency. Has there been an ‘Obama effect’ in Hollywood? 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z I'm rather pathetic: I'll eat whatever will be served to me by someone who will let me sit down at their establishment. Five-minute festival: Sandi Toksvig 2012-08-20T14:16:05Z That her brave, pathetic loneliness nevertheless came through clearly was the work of the soprano Yunah Lee, an assertive, mature Butterfly. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z But the Smith story also illuminates how utterly pathetic the mainstream media's mania for headlines has become. How celebrity gossip destroys journalism's credibility 2011-08-24T17:25:00Z Her own mother is a vain, over-Botoxed handful with a pathetic attraction to young men. Isabelle Huppert's rape non-victim makes Elle a perversely compulsive film 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Before coming to Washington, Mr. Landesman called the agency’s budget “pathetic.” Rocco Landesman, N.E.A. Chief, Storms Washington 2010-04-07T20:20:00Z "It was a pathetic little rendition of what actually happened." Woody Allen wants to make a Louis CK comedy 2013-07-23T13:45:17Z Specifically we are in the late 70s B.C. in the ancient city of Capua at a Roman gladiatorial campus where dorm life leaves the shenanigans at the Big Ten looking fairly pathetic. | 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena': The Adventures of Spartacus Sixpack 2011-01-20T22:57:54Z Ross also posed all the questions about England's pathetic World Cup performance that needed to be asked. Jonathan Ross's final Friday Night: an insider review of his last big BBC show 2010-07-16T06:30:00Z They’re endearing and pathetic, the desperate pleas of the runt of the litter. ‘Richard Nixon,’ Portrait of a Thin-Skinned, Media-Hating President 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The hybrid creature stares from the page, at once pathetic and powerful—she is young and hunted, but charged with ancestral eloquence. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Swift concludes, “All you are is mean — and a liar and pathetic and alone in life.” If you think Taylor Swift sings only about her exes, then you don’t get Taylor Swift 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Also, you discover that certain ordinary walking distances are suddenly insuperable, and adopt a pathetic type of resourcefulness to avoid them. Gene Weingarten: Bending, the truth Mr. Lipsyte, through the shambling, highly articulate and pathetic persona of Milo Burke, has announced the onset of the Generation X midlife crisis. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z But, in reality, a Twitter rant about your ex is usually more pathetic and off-putting than touching or convincing. How Social Media Makes Breakups Uglier for Everyone 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But what Orwell found pathetic in Comstock and repulsive in Kingsley Martin, he found murderous in Barcelona. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z I feel like a lot of that bad effect is just projected onto single people, and that condition is rendered pathetic and sad and depressing. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z How pathetic for him to go on the programme he says inspired him and use it as a platform to corrupt the young. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z But you know the really sad, pathetic thing? Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Is Halloween's True Queen 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Alas, my terrible form mirrored my pathetic golf game almost too precisely. Frugal Traveler: Budget Fun on the California Coast 2014-04-02T18:18:48Z Your friend is pathetic, and needs sympathy more than ridicule. Perspective | Miss Manners: Friend ‘reinvents’ herself with tall tales 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z But aside from a haunting musical interlude, in which Mr. Rourke, with pathetic ineptitude, mimes playing a trumpet, “Passion Play” is barely palatable. | 'Passion Play': Blow the Trumpet, Palooka, Life Is but a Carny Dream 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z At times his wounded masculinity borders on the pathetic, particularly when he bickers with Maya, who exudes the infinite patience that only comes with a long, loving companionship. ‘Africa’ Review: Aging and its Discontents 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z How pathetic would it be for their mothers to be so embarrassed of their own hormonal shifts? Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z But in this production, we can definitely understand why and how he’s reached this pathetic moment of communion. Review: A Minimalist Version of ‘Peer Gynt’ Still Provokes 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z I started to feel that something was wrong with me, and that the whole situation was getting a bit pathetic. How the British changed their minds about sex 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z They set out, “pathetic and senseless, in a boat that is far too small,” to see if there really is an abyss. Werner Herzog, chicken hypnotist 2012-08-28T20:54:00Z The more ludicrous gags, as when little Helen stumbles and bellows in her pathetic act, score big laughs — and big winces. Dan Savage's campy 'Miracle!': a delight to some, drag for others 2012-07-19T03:56:53Z We saw the effects on a wing when a prisoner takes his own life, and then watched as his few pathetic possessions were gathered from his cell. Wormwood Scrubs 2010-05-18T10:04:00Z Now and then someone on EastEnders remembers the concept of pathetic fallacy and turns on a bloody big hose. Grace Dent's world of lather 2010-06-25T23:10:00Z The singer’s estate labelled it “an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson” while fans have reportedly levelled threats against the film’s director, Bafta winner Dan Reed. 'Secrets will eat you up' – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The character risked being unlikable and pathetic, so we had to make sure there was an inherent sympathy in whoever played him.” Fledgling Filmmaker Casts Against Type 2011-05-06T20:53:01Z You have now started to read an essay about boredom, in open defiance of the pathetic fallacy, not to mention Jesus' famous comeback to Satan: "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z Those flaws are manifold, pathetic and sometimes painful, though also wincingly comic. ‘Afire’ Review: His Flaws Are Petty, Pathetic and Funny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z See it here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/11/30/chris-christie-the-drug-war-has-failed/ Called-out comment Reply maninnh I find most uneducated Journalistic responses concerning Dr. Paul to be quite pathetic in substance and fact. Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot 2012-01-26T20:33:59Z The prime minister's new epithet for Depardieu - "pathetic" - set the actor off again. No show for Depardieu in drunk driving charges 2013-01-08T13:01:11Z Mavis is electrified with a new project: she will return to her hometown, with all its pathetic contemptible losers, and break up her ex’s marriage – because they are clearly fated to be together. Charlize Theron's 20 best film roles – ranked! 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Each time, the user would belittle R.J., calling him pathetic and a loser. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z A lot of artists, including many male artists, have used art to deconstruct masculinity or reveal its pathetic nature, most often using tropes of abjection or self-destruction. The Re-Enchantment of Carolee Schneemann 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “She brings supreme comic obtuseness to Meg, the pathetic proprietor of a shabby seaside boarding house,” Frank Rich of The New York Times wrote of Ms. Stapleton’s performance in “The Birthday Party.” Jean Stapleton, Who Played Archie’s Better Angel, Dies at 90 2013-06-01T21:08:35Z He is a pitiable and pathetic human being. We can’t look away: The joy of Donald Trump and political rubbernecking 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z In this alternately pathetic and creepy scene, it couldn’t be clearer who the real aggressor is. Perspective | A new era of incivility in Congress brings ‘The Birth of a Nation’ full circle 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z His similar facial features and dead-on vocal imitation make him singularly perfect in the role, as does his innate ability to switch between hostile and sympathetic, manic and pathetic. Saturday Night Live: the most memorable cameos of the Trump era 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “You want to know how pathetic my life is?” she asked. Peggy Siegal, Best Hostess in a Supporting Role 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Palin rushed to the defense of her little brother, responding, “I wish I knew who you were, hope you don’t happen to be a nurse with any child with Down syndrome. You are pathetic.” “You are pathetic”: Bristol Palin backhands Insta-troll who insulted Down Syndrome-afflicted brother, Trig 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The open bathrobe, the hotel hot tubs, the syringes of erectile-dysfunction drugs delivered by cowed assistants, the transparent requests for “a massage,” the ejaculatory exhibitions — it’s not just indictable, it’s … ick, simultaneously pathological and pathetic. ‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Fleck dreams of being a successful standup comedian but earns minimum wage as a pathetic party clown named Carnival. Joker strives to capture our cultural moment – but it’s smug and banal at heart 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z And while Mr. Carell bounces and sags persuasively, the characterization is finally so soft that Bobby comes off as more needy and pathetic than threatening. Review: Advantage, Bobby, but Game, Set, Match, Billie Jean 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But fat women were sexless mothers, pathetic punch lines or gruesome villains. The ‘perfect body’ is a lie. I believed it for a long time and let it shrink my life 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z That made him stand out in a publishing industry that had a “somewhat pathetic” attitude toward fiction not written in English, she added. How a Tiny British Publisher Became the Home of Nobel Laureates 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In a voice both witty and pathetic, she narrates her own implosion: “Recently, I’d felt like a punctured balloon darting about at a party I wasn’t even invited to, making a slightly embarrassing sound.” Newly Released Books 2011-07-20T21:21:46Z The Romantics were distinguished by their "keen and pathetic sense of time". Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature by Jorge Luis Borges – review 2013-05-30T11:00:01Z He was everyone’s friend and, because an Adonis body in the villa is so common as to become cheap, he became a symbol of pathetic singledom, a millennial male Cathy cartoon. Lena Dunham on Love Island: ‘I'm asking the same question they do – can you love after hurt?’ 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z “You kind of feel sorry for the dog, because it’s pathetic.” R.V.s and Stolen Kidneys: Life on the Fringes in ‘Justified’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Certainly not the makers of “Effie Gray,” a serviceable British costume drama about the pathetic affair. Review: ‘Effie Gray’ Stars Dakota Fanning as a Rejected Wife 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Depardieu, a political conservative, months ago got into a public war of words with Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who presented a new epithet for the actor: "pathetic." Depardieu a no-show in court over drunk driving 2013-04-05T11:05:17Z It didn’t take long for a torrent of other equally pathetic material to emerge. Even without Shane Gillis, "SNL" has always been a conservative show 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z It seems President Donald Trump has yet to see the news of De Niro's insults, but it's likely that sometime today, a "pathetic De Niro, whose movies no one watches" tweet is coming. Robert De Niro says "F**k Trump" at Tony Awards 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z However, there are intriguingly loud notes of dissent among the garlands, including the LA Times' indifference or dance critic Apollinaire Scherr's dismissal of the film as "odious" and "pathetic". In praise of the Black Swan controversy 2010-12-10T13:08:00Z In fact, of course, Smiley is the finest secret agent in the world; his pathetic demeanor conceals a brilliant mind and stout heart. Revisiting George Smiley and the British Secret Service 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “From the hat I was wearing to my complete ignorance of the technical jargon,” he writes, “I was a pathetic joke.” Books of The Times: John Moynihan?s ?Voyage of the Rose City? ? Review 2011-09-29T22:01:35Z There, under what passes for journalism and among the pathetic, jokey pleas for the woman “lcome to me,” are several reasonably disgusted responses to the Mirror and reporter Natalie Evans’ reporting. Teacher: Sex with students was “casual” and “warm” 2012-06-25T21:15:00Z It’s a pathetic role, largely because she’s a sad piñata made for the whacking simply because, it seems, the only thing worse than making kids cry is being a journalist. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z For one thing, much of what they have to say is both achingly funny and so pathetic it verges on tragic. Review: Chris Evans and Michael Cera Tell Lies to Live by in ‘Lobby Hero’ 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The boys will make pathetic jokes about what two girls do together, as though your feelings are somehow made up or invalid. 'Don’t pretend to be something you’re not': a letter to my teenage self 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z In its scenes that focus on Stanley, “Kalamity” offers a clinical portrait of a pathetic man-child in full flail with nothing under the blustering surface. | 'Kalamity': Young Men Are Adrift; A Girlfriend Is Missing 2010-10-21T23:12:00Z “Promising Young Woman” isn’t a revenge fantasy so much as a sad tale of warped grief and blazing fury: Cassandra may despise her pathetic victims, but she loathes herself most of all. ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “Sentimental” novels, brimming with tender and pathetic scenes, gave readers an occasion to exercise their “finer feelings.” The Meaning of Writerly Tears 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Shane said Amy was particularly upset because the guests were supposed to arrive soon, and she did not want to serve the “pathetic” cake. 'Pathetic' frog birthday cake from supermarket leaves parents 'mortified': 'It was a disgrace' 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Listening to Jarvis made these fears seem rather pathetic and I'm not sure being so private was a smart move – I could have done with some reassurance at the time. SXSW 2011: Jeff Jarvis on prostate cancer and privacy 2011-03-15T16:24:24Z Her forced re-entry into white society - she was treated as if she were a pathetic oddity - was yet another tragic event in her life. New book 'The Searchers' exposes roots of a legend 2013-02-19T17:37:09Z These especially unpopular people seemed to me neither heroic nor pathetic but simply stupid because they willingly, even willfully, brought such hateful attention upon themselves. The high school musical that might have saved me: Watching a high school production of “A Chorus Line” in middle age showed me how much I missed 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It is an outcome that has a strange and sad kind of justice, a terrible termination to the compounded tragedy of Ethan’s pathetic life and his devastating deeds. The Sad Lessons of the “Affluenza” Teen 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Each episode runs between eight and ten minutes, and, within that span, tells a small story about Ruby’s increasingly desperate, and aggressively pathetic, attempts to score with women. “Lonely and Horny” and Little Comedy 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Even with a character who seems pathetic and unhinged, Vaughn can deliver a gag with the best of them, and he, James and Latifah rescue some of the overwrought comic setups here through sheer brio. "The Dilemma": Vince Vaughn's psycho-stalker breakdown 2011-01-14T20:30:00Z “Nukular is macho and athletic/While nuclear is feminine, weak and far too gentle/Nuclear is passive and pathetic” he argued in cheerful speech-song while plucking the bass. 2010-01-15T04:21:00Z The tweet drew a swift response from the Twitter community, who called it “pathetic” and asked for a clarification. Is sexual assault “always avoidable”? 2014-05-02T13:43:00Z This week Building Design magazine reported that millions of pounds of public money was being used to bail out housing projects whose design quality had achieved pathetic scores in ratings decided by government agencies. Robin Hood Gardens: You're making a big mistake... 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z It began with a truly pathetic spit-take from Noah and joke about “this being up there?!” Watch the best moments from the first-ever “Daily Show with Trevor Noah” 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z “David Brent was a darker and more pathetic character,” Mr. Krasinski said. ‘The Office’ Finale 2013-05-01T12:00:01Z He’s both pathetic and heroic in his vacillation, rather like a certain prince of Denmark. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z But Ms. Miller brings something more subtle and pathetic to Sally. ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Hedwig’ Get Tougher Onstage 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The dog is a small, stuffed toy, pathetic and adorable all at once. ‘Endgame’ Review: A Laugh at the Apocalypse? 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But the heart of the show is their steadfast if pathetic friendship, and arguments like the one about the holy grail of metal detecting — a Saxon hoard? Review: ‘Detectorists’ on BBC and Acorntv Hope to Unearth a Fortune 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Bachelors in comedies tend to party in groups that are alternately festive and comically, even flat-out pathetic. FILM: Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men 2011-07-27T12:00:10Z As I trudged along, my hope gave way to despair and no small bit of bewildered resentment toward the endless cast that participated in this pathetic wreck of a project. Video Game Review: 14 Years of Waiting Have Come to an End 2011-06-17T22:56:13Z But I see this as much more poignant or pathetic, with a lot of paranoia and mistrust.” Carpetbagger Blog: Canada and Mexico Aim for an Oscar Nomination Repeat 2011-12-14T18:14:55Z "I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called `pathetic," Depardieu wrote in his response. Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenship 2013-01-03T12:28:09Z Great; exactly what the world needs, more pathetic gothic romance! Skulduggery Pleasant: The DeathBringer by Derek Landy - review 2012-05-17T08:00:00Z Amir learns early that to be homeless is to be considered both pathetic and suspect. Review | ‘What Strange Paradise’ is a visceral account of a refugee’s desperation 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Country sweetheart Taylor Swift, sporting a banjo, won a standing ovation after taking on critics of her off-key vocal stylings in her new single "Mean," a tune that labels her detractors as "pathetic." Miranda Lambert wins three prizes at country awards 2011-04-04T01:45:01Z A lawyer for the estate called the fresh accusation “outrageous and pathetic.” Scene Stealers: Prince Jackson Steps Into the Spotlight — Scene Stealers 2013-05-17T22:00:57Z Neither path feels particularly triumphant—each is its own kind of pathetic failure—but we, the audience, do get our pick. “Mad Men” finale recap: “Someday, people are going to brag that they worked with you” 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z By turns regal, arrogant, pathetic and haunted, Geer charts the familiar waypoints of Lear’s descent — mistaking flattery for loyalty and deluding herself that stature remains with a hollow title. 'Lear' at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Shteyngart presents himself as a pathetic dweeb but also offers an astute examination of the immigrant experience and the process of turning misery into art. 50 notable works of nonfiction Particularly funny are Chris Redd and Gad’s growing discomfort throughout the number, as well as Beck Bennett’s gloriously pathetic solo about letting guys drink alone. Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 45th season 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z "It was pathetic, revolting," she was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview. London Police Are Looking Into New Sexual Assault Claims Against Harvey Weinstein 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Marcus ends up on the floor with Sam's knee on his throat, while Sam tells him he's weak, pathetic, and has terrible hair, but he's going to let Marcus live with that. "True Blood" 4x11: The witch is dead? 2011-09-05T12:06:00Z Obviously, Styles — singing about his most pathetic self in his most dignified voice — has never been more cool than he is in this moment, quietly spilling his guts onto the hotel carpet. Review | How Harry Styles solved the post-boy-band reinvention riddle 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The first-ever Peanuts special was this surprisingly muted tale of Charles Schulz’s neurotic kid hero and his pathetic little tree. 10 Greatest Christmas TV Specials From Your Childhood 2013-12-12T10:45:46Z Her works make us question not just her motives for looking at what the critic Susan Sontag – with typical hauteur – called "people who are pathetic, pitiable, as well as repulsive", but also our own. Diane Arbus: humanist or voyeur? 2011-07-26T10:56:29Z That Nana is haunted by the memory — and that each of the other actors has a pathetic trait as well — helps give texture to the relentless shenanigans. Review: Flying High and Falling Hard in ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z He said the allegations were an insult to everyone who worked on the films and that PETA's attempts to get publicity at the premiere were "pretty pathetic." 'Hobbit' director aims for magical film experience 2012-11-28T04:33:08Z On the cusp of turning the big three-oh, I was about to accessorize my cranium into the realm of pathetic middle-aged man. My horrible toupee nightmare: I needed self-confidence, and got a head full of roadkill instead 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Timberlake's pathetic antics are not the first time a white or non-Black celebrity has cosplayed as a Black person to get ahead in their careers — and it certainly won't be the last either. Why do celebrities like Justin Timberlake exploit Blackness to get ahead? 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z These suitors — pathetic and middle-aged — await Penelope’s attentions in a drained-out swimming pool. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z Ms. Gong’s hauteur and great blank beauty — perfect for scheming queens and tragic concubines — don’t generate much sympathy, and Yi-Long ends up seeming cold and more than a little pathetic. | 'What Women Want': A Faithful but Strained Adaptation 2011-02-05T00:35:12Z Phoenix is withdrawn, awkward and pathetic, while the film, shot mostly on 65mm, looks glorious. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-09T06:00:09Z I would look weird and pathetic if my nails were unadorned. The Mirror: Jenny Allen, an Off Broadway Actress, on Gel Nail Polish 2012-03-15T22:17:07Z Sadly, it is ironic that in the same edition of the magazine, you published Gene Weingarten’s pathetic attempt at jokes at the expense of Jews. Reader reactions to Weingarten, refugees in Canada, perch fishing 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z “Using a tragedy for likes on Instagram and an opportunity to post a bikini picture. Classy. So pathetic and insensitive,” a follower commented. Bikini pics in Hurricane Dorian posts? Instagram influencers criticized for tone-deaf 'self-promotion' 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z It leads Ivy across the Styx into an exaggerated Southern elite culture in which the self-proclaimed toast of Mardi Gras society is more pathetic than grand, and is ready made for Ms. Semple’s skewering. Maria Semple’s ‘Today Will Be Different’ Serves Up Screwball With Soul 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The pathetic is achieved when the protagonist is, by virtue of his witlessness, his insensitivity or the very air he gives off, incapable of grappling with a much superior force. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z Where the work was once aggressive, it is now muffled, pathetic. Artist Bruce Nauman's carnage-littered carousel will blow your mind 2013-01-30T18:12:43Z Nick is sad and pathetic and leaning dangerously into real-life creep territory with all this talk of how Andi led him on. The Bachelorette Finale Is Terrifying If You Know Nothing About the Show 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Is it a pathetic attempt to turn yourself into a "character"? Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z The difference now isn’t just that the Tehran orchestra playing a pathetic Peace and Friendship Symphony is such a far cry from Emil Gilels playing Beethoven’s Emperor concerto. 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z On Wednesday he said he should either be executed or acquitted, calling the prospect of a prison sentence "pathetic". Norwegian killer used computer wargames to plan attack 2012-04-19T12:09:00Z I’ll admit I felt less like a weekend warrior and more like a pathetic peripatetic parent. How to Travel Car-Free With a Family 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Fielder seems melancholy and even pathetic, looking desperately for connection. ‘Drunk History’ and ‘Nathan for You’ Begin Season 2 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z This older, end-of-the-line gangster, Gandolfini says, completes an arc for him of mafia men, a kind of epilogue of the "last, most pathetic one in the end." In bite-sized roles, Gandolfini ubiquitous again 2012-12-24T16:26:08Z But wouldn’t it be more accurate to claim the opposite, that certainty in the sense of brazen, untenable affirmation is much more pathetic? Carsten H??ller: Experience at the New Museum 2011-10-26T19:10:57Z A pathetic soul, Max raises a ruckus at a bank where he goes to take out money and discovers his account has been emptied. Haitian Diaspora in ‘Stones in the Sun’ 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Who among us has not delivered or received that pathetic message? Anne Enright draws a rich, Irish family saga in ‘The Green Road’ 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z With each report, if you maintain your ordinary weight and pathetic lifestyle, you will become way thinner than the average American. Perspective | He’s not writing about Trump this week. And if you believe that, try this no-diet diet. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z I once felt the same about the pathetic criticism of Clive James, but then he was nice about my daughter. Distant Intimacy by Frederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein – digested read 2013-03-18T08:00:27Z This war is not about my own personal opinion, which may be wrong or pathetic. Israel’s Other War 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It's a rather pathetic bid to get Baxter's attention, and as with all his schemes, it ends in humiliation. 'Downton Abbey' recap: An indecent proposal 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “Harassment is always a sexual demand, but it also carries a more sinister and pathetic injunction: ‘You will think about me,’” she writes. A New Book Thinks Clearly and Creatively About Violence Against Women 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The slow, fateful, lonely finale was not pathetic but patient. London Philharmonic Orchestra's Jurowski a hypnotic force 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Instead of neurotic, he is pathetic; the woman isn’t his romantic foil but his saving grace. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z “I thought it was a bit pathetic to resist,” Mr. Penny said in a telephone interview. Frederick Wiseman Turns to National Gallery in London for His Latest Documentary 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z But they do have one thing in common: the portrayal of hapless, pathetic single women as the victims of predatory online catfishing. The pathetic plight of TV's catfished women 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z It was my pathetic version of trying to imagine what the future might be like! Q. & A.: Adrian Tomine’s Comics 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z These coping mechanisms, such as they are, feel as flimsy and pathetic as keys jammed between clammy fingers. Review | ‘Whistleblower’ and ‘Uncanny Valley’ offer a chilling look at life in Silicon Valley 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z He is such a great character – insane and pathetic in turn – that he's turned up over the years and even resurrected as the Emperor Dalek. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z Siobhan seemed to be trying to inspire the audience with her song, but it came off as more pathetic than uplifting. "American Idol" recap: Crystal Bowersox saves 2010-04-21T13:22:00Z The big change that occurred over the last 25 years is that gay characters are no longer portrayed as tragic and pathetic and destined for suicide or the odd quirky best friends. "The Real L Word": Will TV ever get lesbianism right? 2010-07-16T17:40:00Z Get real, said hundreds of American artists, who countered the pathetic, condescending four-year postponement of “Philip Guston Now” with a ringing public call for true accountability. The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z I'm aware I have a pathetic tolerance of politicians. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z And it is the glimpse of this brighter possibility that raises sadness out of the pathetic toward the tragic. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z She’s pathetic, absurd, complaining about being broke one minute and explaining why she flew first class the next. Movie Review: Cate Blanchett Stars in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ 2013-07-25T16:13:31Z She said it was a “pathetic, revolting” attack that had left her “disgusted and embarrassed”. Hollyoaks actor Lysette Anthony accuses Weinstein of rape as abuse claims stack up 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z That pathetic line echoed in my head, which is why I’m writing this. Donald Trump is always the victim, but never to blame 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Jackson's odd, sometimes pathetic demeanor -- largely forgotten in the worldwide grief over his death but on display again during Murray's televised trial -- may make him even more beloved by his fans. Michael Jackson's legacy survives odd trial revelations 2011-10-10T12:00:13Z “I actually hate singing this song because I kind of hate that I was this pathetic — but it’s true,” she said with a nervous giggle. Seinabo Sey Unfurls Soul-Pop Vocals at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Her thin shoulder in its T-shirt was exposed; it looked both winsome and pathetic … This would be cute, he thought, if they were anywhere between eighteen and twenty-five. Mary Gaitskill broke my heart: “The Mare” stuns — in all the wrong ways 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z "Drunken rumbling on about how I can't sing/ But all you are is mean/ And a liar/ And pathetic/ And alone in life," the usually charming Swift sings. Taylor Swift sings revenge; John Mayer among targets? 2010-10-19T22:48:00Z I felt like a god the first time I got another post banned by provoking him to break the rules – a pathetic, metal-mouthed, pimply-faced, oily-skinned god but a god none the less. I was a troll on the white dude-bro Internet: The dark side of gaming, libertarianism, and guns 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Never be seen with a pathetic top-heavy bouquet again, since here’s your guide to flower arrangements by vase. 5 Celebrities Who Want to Tell You How to Live 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z If you squint, you might see pathetic, grotesque versions of characters Mr. Cunningham has already conjured with great tenderness in his previous novels. Review: ‘A Wild Swan,’ Michael Cunningham’s Scabrous Antidote to Happily Ever After 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Malvolio stands before us in his dirty smalls, a comical and pathetic figure desperate to hang on to his dignity. I, Malvolio ? review 2011-08-24T17:24:35Z In other words, please take this notion of “two sides” to every story and let it die like the harmful, pathetic delusion it is. Bill Nye: Creationism is not science 2012-09-25T16:16:00Z Except for Dewey, who is pathetic and hysterical but not rotten to the core, they are so repellent that almost everyone outside the movie’s fetid hothouse will want to flee to fresher air. | 'Boogie Woogie': ?Boogie Woogie? With Alan Cumming and Gillian Anderson 2010-04-22T23:32:00Z Ugh this article distorts the facts so much it is beyond pathetic. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Yet the mad, pathetic scramble to expose the tragedy of movie star families keeps sinking to new depths. Leave Sage and Suri alone 2012-07-16T20:10:00Z With a haircut like the third Klaxon, a teen wails about his pathetic life. 2012: a bumper year for homegrown TV 2012-12-29T00:07:11Z Matt: I did appreciate the way the show makes Dice obnoxious and pathetic, and very much the author of his own irrelevance. "Entourage" recap: 8x2 2011-08-01T06:01:00Z How do you construct your characters and make them both authentic/realistic, but also funny and pathetic? Todd Solondz’s comedy of despair: “I am always trying to navigate a line that is not too far, and not too soft” 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Stabbing one's palm while learning to shuck an oyster is one thing: avocado injuries are pathetic. How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Tedros is such a dark, complicated, scary, pathetic human — I had to just distance myself from who I am. ‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’ 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z “Say, ‘Look, I don’t want you to treat me like I’m dying, or I don’t want you to treat me like I’m pathetic,’” Wasserman said. Should cancer be kept secret? 2012-07-25T16:46:00Z But Sweet’s pictures are neither sentimental nor pathetic. An Elegy for the Jewish Retirees of Miami Beach 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z By the end of the series, Claudine is over it: Against the Willy character’s wishes, she moves in with a woman and leaves him a pathetic, aging shell. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Or it’s the gateway to a harmless hedonism and a yearning, both poignant and slightly pathetic, to experience and be included in everything. Television: Ted Danson of ?Damages?: Humble Egotist 2010-03-20T03:20:00Z “This is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson.” Jackson estate slams as 'pathetic' abuse claims in new documentary 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z And, of course, he gets to win because I’m pathetic and he’s very, very good. J. J. Sempé’s “Our Sunday-Morning Outings” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z When he moans “four score and seven years ago” and “it’s got to get better” into his Dictaphone and asks for copies of his older, inspirational calls-to-arms, it’s pointedly pathetic. 'Mad Men' Recap: Don Draper's Gettysburg Address 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z As Don’s life has grown more and more pathetic, his arrogance has gone on the ascent. 'Mad Men' Watch: Lost Weekend 2010-08-30T15:25:00Z It's pathetic, I know; that's what actors do, they play different parts, sometimes even different types of characters. TV review: The Nativity; Come Rain Come Shine 2010-12-21T08:00:01Z "This is really pathetic, but it was when I was parting from my girlfriend the other day and I got a bit choked up." Neil Hannon 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z And near its end, the book opens up and becomes a warmer character study of a flawed, even pathetic man. Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.,’ Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘F’ and More 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z “Being vulnerable and asking someone to reconsider can be pathetic,” she said. Trying to Stop Brexit, Using Catchy Songs and Washboard Abs 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Rather than seek his fans’ approval with the actorly equivalent of ingratiating winks, Williams was willing to completely inhabit a character who was somehow terrifying, pathetic, creepy and vulnerable all at once. Robin Williams: Frenetic, often fearless actor brought brutal honesty to best roles At street level, it seemed like a pretty pathetic showing. 24 hours in Vancouver, B.C.: A newcomer gets a fascinating glimpse of a complicated city 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z She laughed at her memory of “some pathetic guy trying to look and sing like Bob Dylan” — who, of course, turned out to be Bob Dylan. Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Writers’ Catalyst, Dies at 63 2012-05-30T04:03:13Z Indeed, Hunt and Liddy are portrayed as being slightly pathetic, but also sympathetic, if in a bumbling kind of way. ‘White House Plumbers’ Revisits the Fringes of Watergate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But at the time “we heard the word ‘pathetic’ a lot,” Mr. Resnick said, recalling the notes from executives. ‘Get a Life,’ Now on DVD, With Chris Elliott 2012-10-21T03:17:16Z Those first few attempts were all pathetic, really. How running cured my anxiety – and a broken heart 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Ralphie in season four of "The Sopranos", even though the combatants were unskilled and the fight itself was more pathetic than horrifying. "Breaking Bad" 4x9, "Bug" 2011-09-12T01:12:00Z "There's something so pathetic about that type of stance and it's almost like the Ben Sasses of the world are more dangerous than even the Lindsey Grahams," Behar claims. “The View” calls Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse's hypocritical stance against KBJ "pathetic" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Though his Evan is no carbon copy of his predecessors in the role, he shares many pathetic mannerisms with them: the twitchy picking at himself, the cul-de-sac speech patterns, the upturned, outstretched, suppliant right hand. Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ With a Real Teenage Evan 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z I recognised the pathetic, delusory nature of bourgeois freedom. Tate Modern's waste of space: why won't interactive art leave me alone? 2012-08-16T14:06:12Z An inane, pathetic mission, but a mission nonetheless. 7 Hours of Travel, 2 Hours on the Ground: Worth It for the Rewards Points 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It was pathetic and uncomfortable because of the naked irony it revealed. Perspective | How should we talk about Stephen Miller’s hair? 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z I am not sure I am winning, and in some ways quite pathetic — demons that in some way should have found an accommodation with each other after decades of fierce fighting.” A “peaceaholic” and haunted soul, Padraig O’Malley is the subject of “Peacemaker” 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Talk of the action converging there is a bit of a red herring, as is the monster’s pathetic attempted courtship of Maud, the one woman who has shown him any kindness. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Falstaff, pathetic in his grubby underwear, needs his red hunting coat and tweeds as much as he needs food and drink. Last Chance: ‘Falstaff’ at Metropolitan Opera, a Bundle of Energy 2013-12-26T21:36:22Z Sometimes, tearing off your clothes is just a pathetic attempt at taking control of the uncontrollable: love. Flowers, for me?! 2012-10-07T01:00:00Z But Westing himself, the capitalist king, is a dark, strange, even pathetic Wizard of Oz figure: an old man playing a series of tricks to multiply his presence into the illusion of something more. “The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z As “I, Tonya” skips here and there and thickens the plot, it becomes increasingly baffling why the filmmakers decided to put a comic spin on this pathetic, dispiriting story. Review: ‘I, Tonya.’ I, Punching Bag. I, Punch Line. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z What remained inconceivable was a positive image of gay life and love in the mainstream media: in those rare instances when homosexuals appeared in movies or on television, they were pathetic, ridiculous, or frightening. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z If you thought the men in “Sideways” were too schlubby, too pathetic, and the women too inexplicably accommodating, “Under the Eiffel Tower” is here to say, “Hold my Bordeaux.” ‘Under the Eiffel Tower’ Review: In Whine, Truth 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It's hard to think of a more pathetic celebrity scuffle. Bloom v Bieber: history's most pathetic celebrity scuffle 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But in a letter last month to the French prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, who labelled the actor "pathetic", Depardieu said he was leaving because success was now being punished in France. Depardieu denies being tax exile 2013-01-08T00:14:00Z Dicky and Boo Boo continue throwing punches that don’t land, a pitiful burlesque that Mr. Russell cross-cuts with clips from the Leonard-Eklund match, a juxtaposition that makes the crack-house scene more pathetic. The Oscars: Christian Bale Summons a Fallen Man?s Delusions 2010-12-31T18:45:24Z When a woman is single, the assumption is generally that she’s pathetic, miserable, and broken—probably spending her free time sobbing into her ice cream while watching old romantic films. 4 reasons you should never ask a woman why she’s single 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z That pathetic sock does find a partner — though whether it’s a live or dead piece of footwear is unclear. Kyle Loven: A miniature world of loss and hope | Performance review 2012-12-06T21:58:25Z The statue, he said, "caters to cheap titillation that is in itself pathetic". Marilyn Monroe sculpture puts the wind up Chicago art critics 2011-07-20T16:28:00Z If I wanted to hear pathetic old people whimper about other pathetic old people, I'd attend more neighborhood zoning meetings. "Survivor's" stunning comeback 2010-11-21T00:01:00Z How did a man described as a “half-insane rascal” and “pathetic dunderhead” rise to power in the land of Goethe and Beethoven? The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z What made the jokes about Richter so gently absurd is that no one has more persuasively countered the popular image of the sidekick as a pathetic sycophant. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Those are the actions of an insatiable egotist, an emotionally stunted, overly intellectual man-child who cannot quite see other people as real and defaults to pathetic teenage yearbook nostrums: “The heart wants what it wants.” How do we watch Woody’s movies now? 2014-02-08T17:00:00Z It’s another dark comedy about funny people, but instead of an emotionally broken comic, the focus is on a pathetic clown who studied comedy theory in France. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “Every morning I tell myself I’m going to stop drinking,” I said to a woman on the phone one night, hating the sound of my own pathetic voice. My relapse years 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z We are for example more than a third of the way through before we encounter the sometimes pathetic, sometimes tragic figure of Mikhail Kalashnikov and his eponymous rifle. Books of The Times: The Flesh and Blood Behind the AK-47 2010-12-02T22:57:00Z “I decided that they were so pathetic,” she said, “that I shaved my head.” Sinead O’Connor’s Life in Pictures 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Conscious of his strange appearance, he called himself the most pathetic poet of the 20th century. Edoardo Sanguineti obituary 2010-05-26T17:23:00Z It’s also off-putting because there’s something slightly comic and borderline pathetic about a man who is, for all intents and purposes, wrestling with himself. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s mandatory, it’s a crutch, it’s a reward, it’s kind of pathetic. John Cuneo’s “Santa’s Little Helpers” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z After all, her “30 Rock” character straddles a fine line between role model and pathetic stereotype of single womanhood. Cultural Studies: Tina Fey and Me 2011-04-08T19:18:59Z But unlike Mr. Hurst’s story, in which Doodle is pathetic, here Doodle fights back. ‘The Scarlet Ibis’ Blends Opera With Puppetry 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “It’s pathetic,” said a nurse who had flown in from Boston and spoke on the condition of anonymity because she was not authorized by her employer to speak to the media. What if Republicans had a party and Trump wasn’t there? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Celia, who believes pre-Castro Cuba was “a pathetic place, a parody of a country,” supported the revolution and its promise for change. 3 Books That Help Explain American-Cuban Relations 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In this case, it’s the pathetic Jelly, who is not the pretty young thing she pretends to be on the phone, but a lonely, fat middle-aged woman. Review: Dana Spiotta’s ‘Innocents and Others’ Explores the Dynamics Between Life and Art 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Beyond that, he's a mess, and from certain angles rather pathetic. "Breaking Bad" 4x6, "Cornered" 2011-08-22T09:23:00Z Maybe the producers can get Michael Lewis to write the rest of the season because episode one was pathetic. ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z There are few sights more pathetic than watching one of pop's great chameleons tepidly dancing to the beat of Timbland's drum. Readers' panel: What we think about Madonna 2012-02-10T15:51:39Z Do you have to watch a show for five episodes in a row rather than three to be a serious binger and not a pathetic dabbler? I Was Misinformed: A ‘House of Cards’ Binge Takes Its Toll 2014-02-21T23:08:59Z Thiel has also been tarred and feathered online, called everything from “a traitor and a disgusting pig” to “an atrocity” and just plain “pathetic.” LGBT and GOP? 12 percent of the community supports Trump. 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The best of them involve an ostensible savior, an American explorer who turns out to be a pathetic neophyte, but the humor and invention are leached out by Jonathan Levine’s inert direction. Amy Schumer’s Comedy Deserves Better Than “Snatched” 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z In the bathroom mirror I see only a pathetic nerd, but in my hidden heart I’m a glamorous star in the movies — or, at least, on the CW. The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Teen Angel's Dreamy Angst 2012-09-13T17:38:52Z In the title story, the narrator hires an actor to pose as Finn, the friend he invented to convince his new boyfriend he’s not a pathetic loner. Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Pete is a man who will bleed for his jokes — quite literally, as is shown in a pathetic, farcical mugging — but who seems to gain very little for his loyalty. With “Crashing,” Pete Holmes makes a good comedy about a decent man who’s a bad comic 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z To return early from my big adventure would be a pathetic failure. The Kisses That Paid My Rent 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z "This is a pathetic last-ditch effort that will not prevail. The Montgomery County's D.A.'s fixation with Mr. Cosby is troubling to say the least." Prosecutor requests Supreme Court to review ruling that overturned Bill Cosby's conviction 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “You can’t make your mark living the life of a shameless, pathetic idiot.” Critic?s Notebook: Fanfare and Ridicule for Japan?s Common Man 2011-01-26T00:21:19Z One way is to understand that her threat was actually a pathetic gasp. Perspective | Ask Amy: In-law troubles threaten to explode 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The show’s Jimmy is a much-needed note of dissonance: the actually pathetic antihero. The best antihero now isn’t a badass: “Better Call Saul” is the brilliant, pathetic counterpart to prestige TV’s bold angry men 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z From this point, the narrative turns even more disturbing and pathetic. Ill Doctrine 2012-06-11T15:44:00Z That phrase “at least be aware of” strikes a rather pathetic note, as if the good professors recognized the hopelessness of their task. Review | The tale of the ‘lost’ Gutenberg Bible and other books about. . .books 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them. Tom Stoppard: 'I'm the crank in the bus queue' 2010-04-14T20:30:00Z “It’s pathetic that I cared at my age – but I did. To start with she told me it was fine, but I kept pushing and, eventually, she just told me: his was bigger.” ‘I wanted a truncheon in my pants’: the rise of the penis extension 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Cosby in his statement accused A.I.G. of trying to “destroy” him and his family, and he urged other policyholders to “drop this pathetic insurance company quickly.” Insurer Settles Suit with Another Cosby Accuser, Drawing His Wrath 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Is there anything more pathetic than sinking so low that you’re willing to play on The Bachelor and then getting bumped? The Bachelor Watch: The Girls Played Roller Derby. Sean Gets Played 2013-01-29T14:29:39Z The idea of finding confidence and peace in an overpriced exercise class may sound like a pathetic cliché, and that’s why I’m so hesitant to cop to it. Addicted to my cycling class 2014-02-20T00:00:00Z "They are three pathetic men in a village full of people that all hate them," agrees Thomas. Chickens: What The Inbetweeners did next 2011-08-29T21:00:00Z But it’s definitely not pathetic or weak-willed; it’s far more tough-minded than the low-effort option of just writing off the opposition. Moderates are the real tough guys 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z I want to write my memoirs, too, which are kind of crazy and pathetic and, I think, interesting, and maybe even funny. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Of the five characters in Killer Joe he's the sickest and the most comfortable in his role: whispering master to the family's wailing, pathetic slaves. Crazy Cops in Toronto: McConaughey and Harrelson Go Splendidly Sicko 2011-09-14T14:25:00Z And I thought, you know, this is pathetic. PETA founder: Animals need ‘somebody to stick up for them. No matter if it’s uncomfortable.’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z As Patrick grows up, and his father grows more erratic, their few interactions become venomous and mutually pathetic. Review: In ‘Three Kings,’ Hot Priest Sheds His Cassock 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “The orcs were bullies as a bunch and pathetic as individuals, but the problem was that they became wallpaper in the back of a shot.” Clothes and Character: 'Theory,' 'Selma' and 'Hobbit' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z His more than 40 novels were populated by pathetic schemers, clever conmen and casual killers. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:32:52Z This inability brings two terrifying people into his life and into the movie: one is Julian's mother Crystal, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, enraged at Julian's pathetic disloyalty. Cannes 2013: Only God Forgives 2013-05-22T09:45:00Z And Rimington said literary critics who knock the Booker are being "pathetic." Literary lion Barnes leads Booker Prize finalists 2011-10-18T12:04:09Z Women, particularly the more mature, tend to dismiss the whole phenomenon as a pathetic fantasy generated by the male menopause. Whatever Works: could Woody Allen's age-gap plots help prolong life? 2010-06-28T11:34:00Z How strange to think that, despite being dismissed as a "cowboy" actor, and celebrated as a tough guy, Reagan's screen career was most famous for two roles in which he was a pathetic invalid. The strange screen life of Ronald Reagan 2011-02-09T14:26:55Z I knew things were better for many European mothers, but it wasn’t until I read the statistics in Ms. Badinter’s book that I saw how pathetic the comparison really was. Motherlode Blog: The Depressing Lot of the Conflicted American Mother 2012-04-23T23:55:37Z Berlioz' great improvement upon Virgil was to empower the women, and Sunday they made powerful mockery of masters and commanders with their pathetic piety. S.F. Opera makes an epic effort with 'Les Troyens' 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z “Why am I so pathetic?” he sings, on a track called “Anxious.” In 2016, How to Dress Well Gets Happy 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z This storm, as well as providing political journalists with the most obvious pathetic fallacy and metaphor since Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights, is both practically and historically awkward for Romney. Riven by factionalism, the Republican party looks hell-bent on self-destruction 2012-08-28T19:08:50Z That somewhat pathetic job is now threatened by new owners, who want to refresh the format to make it more youthful and digital-friendly. Movie Review: ‘Alan Partridge,’ Starring Steve Coogan 2014-04-03T22:44:42Z Their college educations are wasted, their résumés are pathetic. '99 Layoffs' lays on a lot of laughs 2012-08-10T19:51:06Z "But...And this is pathetic as it is true: What would you have had us do? Who were we to tell?" ‘Everybody F--king Knew.’ Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg Unleashes on Harvey Weinstein 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z And if you call yourself “avid outdoorsmen” when you’re really just picking off the weak in a theme park for geriatric mammals, you’re just pathetic. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z My quibble with “French Exit” is that it fails to commit in its last act: as true nullity beckons, the tone shifts, becoming more tender and pathetic. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Final thoughts Is the American witchcraft community a bit pathetic, to be scared of a few puny Mu … sorry, No-Majs? Five things we learned about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Farrell's intelligence and maturity as an actor is why he can make this not-too-bright man sympathetic and pathetic. Colin Farrell's best, most quietly smoldering roles, from "Banshees of Inisherin" to "Phone Booth" 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “It’s amazing. You see so many people on the street that are so sad, so pathetic, but Concepcion was not pathetic. She was infuriating, but she was not pathetic.” Pennsylvania Ave. activist Concepcion Picciotto’s vigil lives on after her death — with some changes 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z But Walter resisted the reflex to play Evelyn as a B-movie banshee, or a pathetic patsy of the feminist movement the film caricatures so floridly. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Before the New York Post declared that speech her “pathetic excuses for Joe’s endless failures.” Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z In the documentary, Weiner comes across as many things: egotistical, funny, dishonest, cocky, self-effacing, charismatic and pathetic, among other descriptors. Can a new film make Anthony Weiner more than just a punch line? 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z "When I asked my manager if it would be OK if I changed to flats she replied saying 'what girl can't wear heels?' and continued to tell me I was being pathetic," she wrote. Wear high heels or go home - British report finds sexist dress codes rife 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z I’ve written things that, at the time, I thought were so clever, so funny, so smart, but in hindsight just seem naked and pathetic. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Shultz beams with maternal warmth at some points, and acts endearingly pathetic and dotty at others. | 'Panic! Euphoria! Blackout': Wall Street: 60 Goats and a Soft Shoe 2010-10-14T22:43:00Z Was it an enactment of the decline of the West, a pathetic display of our collective loss of moral fiber? Terror in the Alps: Behind the dark allure of the Germanwings disaster 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z When characters are always and only at their worst, it’s hard to relate to their pathetic mewlings for spoonings, sucklings or even just basic empathy. ‘Blunt Talk’: Patrick Stewart gets dirty, with mixed results 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z He acknowledges the time wasted "fiddle-faddling" and, with pathetic bravery, declares that he "will not cling to her falsely." Poem of the week: Amours de Voyage by Arthur Hugh Clough 2011-08-29T12:49:42Z Mr. Morgan and his family's selfish, pretentious, senseless squandering of resources on empty luxury is pathetic and the opposite of what any truly spiritual, thinking person should be doing in the 21st century. Tracy Morgan Is a Survivor. And ‘a Better Man Now.’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The doctor knocked on the curtain, a most pathetic attempt at formality. Plastic surgery after the baby 2013-04-27T22:00:00Z Maybe it's because of the remorseful way he fondles the dog's lifeless paws, or the pathetic manner in which Joseph hides out in a Christian charity shop. 'Tyrannosaur': 2 troubled souls to pray for 2011-12-08T22:04:31Z He called Downton Abbey a "pathetic little thing", set beside, say, The Jewel in the Crown, which was indeed his jewel in the crown. Denis Forman democratised television 2013-02-25T13:59:31Z For all his paeans to violence, Stern cut a rather pathetic figure. Making of a martyr 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Somebody actually took their time to write this...absolutely pathetic. The Many Meanings of Black Panther’s Mask 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z "Cheap and pathetic," he told Gaunt, adding that he had always put his hands up to this transgression and understood that it would appear in the British newspapers. Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan join war over 'cheap and pathetic' red tops 2011-07-09T19:35:46Z He fears that the only identity he now has is that of the pathetic kid in the wheelchair. Surviving, and Thriving, in Middle School Hell? Three New Novels Say It’s Possible 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Underneath it all is the assumption, with a weary shrug, that Melania's marriage was more a mercenary act than a romance, which renders it a pathetic sham, without any honor to besmirch. Sympathy for Melania? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Elliott Carter, it was kind of pathetic what he was doing after 80 or 90 years.” In life’s coda, master composer George Walker has a symphony in mind 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z As an actor, Daniels makes Harris a character who is equally irascible and pathetic and renders him loveable even if he is unlikable. Jeff Daniels on theater vs. film and the man who never forgave him for making "Dumb & Dumber" 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes you just need to get into that full-femme battle rattle and ride the night down to its pathetic, wheezing last. Sexy dresses that barely fit 2013-01-02T00:30:00Z “I don’t want to be the pathetic old guy talking about movies made for teenagers.” After 40 years on the air in Washington, Arch Campbell says goodbye — sort of “Gary and Selina cohabit a dysfunctional not-quite-romance: brutal, abusive, pathetic and unbalanced, but, at the same time, almost in spite of itself, soulful and affectionate,” writes Sam Anderson. 'Veep' Recap: Gary Antoinette 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Jesus is a wacko or a charlatan, a prodigious or pathetic lover. A Norwegian Novel Complicates the Canon of New Testament Fiction 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He’s pathetic, he’s pitiful – but there’s something glorious about him too. The show the military couldn't stop: Luca Guadagnino on We Are Who We Are 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Immediately afterward, another black girl calls Bubbly a “pathetic Oreo” and worse. Review: ‘Bubbly Black Girl’ Lets a Smile Be Her Camouflage 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z One of the men, calling himself Captain Standish, is in fact an unholy trinity, consisting of the bogus officer, a failed poet and a pathetic tramp named Tommy. Author, author: Paul Bailey 2011-01-15T00:05:47Z Nor is it the show's smiley-faced misanthropy, which pictures every character as somewhat trivial and pathetic. Something's amiss in "Suburgatory" 2011-09-28T22:29:00Z In Mr. Hawke’s extraordinary performance, this glamorous enigma becomes a credible, if pathetic character who lives for only two things: to play the trumpet and to shoot heroin. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Skirts were short; middle age was seen as pathetic. Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z I think the fact that it's a man playing it definitely helps: Olivia IS ridiculous, but normally she's just played as being a bit pathetic and annoying. Twelfth Night and Jesus Christ Superstar – reader reviews 2012-09-28T14:43:44Z Okay, I might have used a simplified version of my pathetic story. How an old passport gave me the chance to recall a lifetime of adventures 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Simon said, “She’s telling a pathetic story and making it nice.” Carly Simon and Her Family, on Martha’s Vineyard 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Kendall's pathetic blindness his own hypocrisy reminds us of one of his tweets that Sophie had highlighted previously: "We must overthrow the culture of corruption that silences women." Succession's Kendall Roy is the perfect #Girlboss caricature 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Single women are often reluctant to admit the challenges of living alone for fear they will be slapped with darker adjectives—“desperate,” “pathetic.” Stop telling single women they’re fabulous! 2014-02-05T13:00:00Z I realize these less-than-giddy examples may conjure up those deadly words: “desperate” and “pathetic.” Modern Love: The Hard-Won Lessons of the Solitary Years 2014-01-02T21:25:22Z The attorney for Jackson's estate said Robson's claim "is outrageous and pathetic." New accuser says Michael Jackson trained him to lie about abuse 2013-05-16T20:17:27Z Throwing a full-blown tantrum, she starts ranting about the superiority of math over human language, the puniness of consciousness and the pathetic inability of Althea to perceive “the curvature of spacetime,” whatever exactly that is. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Jamie meets the Blackfish at his drawbridge, and has a less pathetic interaction than the Freys had. “Game of Thrones”: Start Choppin’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, back in the colonies, it's not deceptive advertising that's been the problem lately, but advertisers' pathetic attempts at keepin' it real. Today in hastily withdrawn ad campaigns 2011-07-28T21:30:00Z Something can be very frightening and very pathetic. Alex Garland on birth as horror in "Men" 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Todd Phillips’ Joker spins the tale of a pathetic loser who ends up a winner, the low-class upstart who upsets the applecart and explodes the establishment. Send in the crowns: in trumping Venice competition, Joker begins grand slam | Xan Brooks 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Though Verdi’s Falstaff clings to the trappings of aristocracy, he is a deluded, debt-ridden and comically pathetic character. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z His actual crime, however, was pathetic, inept, and thwarted. 'Lost Memory of Skin': a pariah in purgatory 2011-09-28T23:50:05Z It seems very sad, lonely, and pathetic to me. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z “After all, they won the Nobel,” she says, a comment that says more about the filmmakers’ desire to puncture the pretensions of their bourgeois targets than it does about this pathetic woman. Movie Review: ‘Child’s Pose,’ a Family Drama Set in Romania 2014-02-18T22:25:20Z It has extremely pathetic moments, fantasy, unrealistic expectations—everything. Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z But she inadvertently sends those requests to Ben, an echo of Dan’s pathetic attempt last week to quit his job via text. ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 2: Dangerous Recount Liaisons 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z If a guy has to pull a line like that to get sex, he’s pretty pathetic. Ellen Burstyn Honors a Friendship With a Futurist 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z That’s what happens to sitcoms; the characters become a little less pathetic, and as a result, a whole lot more boring. “Find your team”: The last hurrah of Leslie Knope, America’s last great public servant 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Lodge's Wells is a monster, too, but a lovable and sometimes pathetic one. A Man of Parts by David Lodge ? review 2011-04-10T02:30:01Z Most people are freaks like me – and this rallying mantra is not even a pathetic attempt at comradeship. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z In the dining room, as the pathetic residents hobble in to slurp their soup and munch their gristle, the overhead fresco depicts an indomitable Alexander the Great inflicting bloody carnage on his enemies. ‘Harlequin’s Millions,’ by Bohumil Hrabal "Posting up pathetic pictures: 'This is me, 25 years ago, when I was hot. Like me!'" "This was real and raw": Fans weigh in on Chris Rock's special, from trans jokes to Slap clapback 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z All of a sudden he’s pathetic, and for the first time strikes us as a possible object of sympathy. Trump, Jobs, Zuckerberg: We idolize jerks 2012-08-12T12:00:00Z If ever there was a louder, needier, more obnoxiously pathetic host in the American late-night genre, then I’m glad to have missed it. Is there anything worse than taking a karaoke ride with James Corden? 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z I don’t want society to see HIV as something pathetic. HIV and me: 'I decided to fight: I always wanted the body of a wrestler' 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Some might find slightly pathetic the fact that, when asked to name the song that makes me cry, my first thought was how to whittle it down to just one. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z For what I really saw was hundreds of thousands of women trudging through the streets at dawn, raking away perhaps an inch of snow with pathetic brooms of cord-bound twigs. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z This is the type of character Lipsyte excels at portraying — equal parts pathetic and ruthless — and the novel is at its best when it focuses on Fraz’s struggles, including his conflicted relationship with Hark. Review | In ‘Hark,’ a lifestyle guru isn’t even buying his own shtick 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z They can be sympathetic, or at least pathetic. The Morning After: Back Into The Thick of It 2012-09-10T11:32:30Z For Toby Young et al to pretend not to understand perfectly clear English in the academics' letter to Gove is pathetic. Is good grammar still important? 2013-05-11T23:06:18Z Certainly there was a design to it all, to keep the species going, but to me it seemed pathetic. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s so pathetic that it’s sad, but it’s also hilarious. Rob Delaney on Writing While Grieving and the Real Work of Comedy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Barnes’s view of Shostakovich conforms in every detail to the sentimental Cold War fable of a passive, pathetic yet saintly figure buffeted by an obtuse, implacable force. Was Shostakovich a Martyr? Or Is That Just Fiction? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The UK's trains might be a pathetic joke when compared with their Swiss counterparts, but I far preferred previous series, when Portillo was confined to their idiosyncratic timetable – delays and all. TV review: The Secret Life of Rubbish; Falcón; Great Continental Railway Journeys 2012-11-29T23:00:03Z Mr. Ortega conveys this awakening with a perfect, pathetic mix of anger and helplessness. ‘Let the Right One In,’ a Stark Vampire Love Story 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z She’s fascinated with the grotesquerie and garishness of new money, watching from a clinical remove as her subjects expose the most tacky, contemptible, pathetic sides of themselves. 'She's an unreliable narrator': Lauren Greenfield on her Imelda Marcos documentary 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Actually, maybe that was my most pathetic moment. Gene Weingarten: Bending, the truth The pathetic inventiveness of my addiction is taking up so much of my brain that I’m surprised when other things work, such as that I’m still able to read. Smoked out: why me and a million other people have given up nicotine in 2020 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Well — full miserable disclosure — I am exactly that type of pathetic loser. Books of The Times: Friends Who Didn?t Mince Words 2010-12-09T22:30:00Z That message hits, even though a new, less pathetic ending for Echo is not quite dramatically persuasive. ‘Narcissus’ Review: Remember Echo Too (and Don’t Forget Their Fate) 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The factions, the vendettas, the Machiavellian jockeying for pathetic scraps of power as a dying Labour government wastes its last days in office. Out of The Thick of It: has the humour left British politics? 2011-02-18T17:08:42Z “Dre Day” is one of the most vicious dismantlings in history, complete with an immortal video featuring a pathetic Eazy-E caricature and Dre flashing a laser scope on Heller, then assassinating him. Perspective | 25 years later, Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ remains rap’s world-building masterpiece 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z And real, for them, means weak, pathetic, a scab that will bleed time and again while its victim squirms. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z I would not be as pathetic as that insect. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z Nélisse and Dern grapple for control of The Tale, the naive girl finally glaring at the lens: “You want me to be some pathetic victim. Well, you know what, I’m not.” ‘Suffering is nothing to be afraid of’: Jennifer Fox on turning her childhood abuse into devastating drama 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The moors are almost too wild, too dramatic, too naturally Wagnerian to handle, and pathetic fallacy needs to be avoided at every turn. Author, author: Joanna Briscoe 2011-07-08T21:55:25Z I felt pathetic and alone, isolated from the very thing I was helping people find. Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App) 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Michael Dunn would actually be a comic or pathetic figure if he hadn’t taken a human life for no reason, and destroyed his own life in the process. “Young black men are human beings”: This murdered black teen’s parents have a message for America 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “It’s sort of pathetic to be a fan of anything these days because nothing is really sacred,” Mr. Stern said. Scratching the Celebrity Itch 2011-10-05T22:36:26Z A man that falls in love with you – pathetic, flawed old clumsy you – because the very smell of you, of your blood, intoxicates him. Vampires, blood and chastity: how Twilight turned teens on | Eva Wiseman 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Week 1456 we asked for insult jokes roughly in the form of “Is that your ___, or ___?” The Empress is perhaps relieved that so many of you are really quite pathetic when it comes to trash-talking. Style Invitational Week 1460: These new words are on fleek 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z She says she was “a lost pathetic child” who, at 20, “still had a childlike view of people” and who didn’t have as good a command of Italian as she liked to think. Books of The Times: Amanda Knox’s Memoir, ‘Waiting to Be Heard’ 2013-04-21T21:44:27Z She adds, "Daniels and Carrey give it their all, as does most of the aging cast. And there's something oddly brave about that. And pathetic. Apparently, outrageously crassness knows no age limits." 'Dumb and Dumber To' lives down to its title, reviews say 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z When I was younger, I thought it vaguely pathetic to fixate on the past, humming "Glory Days" and exalting the joys of high school or college, of all depraved and undeserving times. "Terriers": One of this fall's only gems 2010-10-27T18:45:00Z Part of me has absorbed the messages our society has emitted for years: That 40 means boring, sad, old, undesirable, spinsterly, pathetic, waiting to die. Women at 40: The hysteria that won't die 2011-07-27T19:49:00Z His shtick was the interplay of two distinct types: bashful, vaguely pathetic one moment, utterly rabid the next. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z On screen, Julien is many things — morally weak, terribly compromised, sometimes violent, often pathetic — but he’s never less than human. Mathieu Amalric Takes On ‘The Blue Room’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z We looked into each other’s eyes — into each other, I believe — for a brief, but lingering moment, until a tremendously sad, pathetic thing happened. “The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Generally when reading books I don't like the female characters as they are often portrayed as flawless, ridiculously stupid and pathetic. Torn by Cat Clarke - review 2012-08-02T14:00:00Z “For a movie star to look pathetic, it takes a lot,” Ms. Lebowitz said. Formal-Wear Tips From Men?s Fashion Experts 2012-02-22T21:48:18Z I have a good feeling about Richard E Grant as Jack Hock, the somewhat pathetic friend and enabler of Melissa McCarthy’s literary forger in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Golden Globes 2019: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z It would be a corny moment in many TV shows, a classic example of the pathetic fallacy. Enlightened: The Best New Show No One But You, If You Are Bothering to Read This Post, Is Watching 2011-11-08T15:44:38Z In the mid 1800s, clockmakers in America were making great strides in alarm-clock technology, which led to a pathetic effort to extend the technology a bit further. Perspective | How to turn your writing into an obstacle course 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In this world, playboys are pathetic and pitiable, which reads like a plea for modern audiences to cut maligned men more slack. ‘Casanova, Last Love’ Review: Reappraising a Philanderer 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “This guy is a just a pathetic human being, and an embarrassment to every police officer who ever puts on a uniform,” Andrew Pollack told WPBF-TV shortly after the arrest. Is cowardice a crime? Scot Peterson’s failure leaves us with complicated questions. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps partly because of the star’s well-publicized record of arrests, substance abuse and rehab, the show’s writers have steadily painted his character’s drinking in harsher colors; he was a peacock, now he is mostly pathetic. The TV Watch: Where Alcoholism Drinks in the Laughs 2010-12-02T23:21:00Z Behind the imposing facade of the Harry S. Truman Building, the furniture in the bosom of international power was pathetic, he recalls. 'Veep' taps deeper into D.C.'s dysfunction for third season 2014-04-02T11:09:51Z Leonard’s books were populated by pathetic schemers, clever con men and casual killers. Best-selling Author Elmore Leonard Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:09:09Z Alongside the strained pathetic fallacies, you'll notice that the above also carries the whiff of creative writing course in that modish present tense. Not the Booker prize: Advice for Strays 2010-09-27T12:49:00Z With fearless acuity, and pitch-perfect performances in the key of scream, Spacek and Laurie played the melodrama as high tragedy, of a diseased couple whose enmity is trumped only by their pathetic love. Carrie: A Remake Not Worth the Blood or Bother 2013-10-18T21:34:26Z His zeal for problem solving and organization, his indefatigable good cheer in the face of adversity, and his almost maternal pride in the company are sweet, pathetic and comical all at once. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 4: Irrepressible Genius 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z He found help in a great shrink who dealt “with my pathetic ego.” Bret Easton Ellis, the political outrage machine who has never voted for president 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z By the end of the series, Claudine: Against the Willy character’s wishes, she moves in with a woman and leaves him a pathetic, aging shell. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z She will hear: “My mother thinks ‘single and 41’ = desperate and pathetic.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom should choose words wisely to support bride-to-be daughter 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z It takes a long time in “Simon Killer” before anyone uses the word “pathetic” to describe the film’s titular psychopath. ‘Simon Killer’: Psychopath’s life takes a dark turn 2013-05-02T21:20:37Z That is funny and interesting and relatable and sympathetic and pathetic. Simon Rex on playing a washed-up porn star in "Red Rocket": "He's an aging narcissist " 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Thank Zeus they clipped Bubo's wings – Ray Harryhausen's pathetic mechanical owl from the original movie only gets a tiny cameo here. Clash of the Titans rules US box office | Jeremy Kay 2010-04-05T10:08:00Z Or was I revising my erotic trajectory with a less pathetic ending? A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Tonally, I thought within this subject matter, some parts of it are really, really frightening and really sinister, and dark, and some of them are pathetic and even laughably pathetic and have comedy within them. Alex Garland on birth as horror in "Men" 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Less Like Me” constitutes Paul’s pathetic anthem, a song he sings to his wistfully absent son about how much he hopes the kid doesn’t grow up in his image. ‘Cake Off’: Signature’s new musical is lively, but not fully baked 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z When you recognize that someone is willing to risk looking stupid, how do you see him — as pathetic and stupid, or brave? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If you had all the answers, you wouldn’t need to go back to school 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z But when we see the pure, childlike joy it produces in Ms. Payne, a stay-at-home mother from Grand Prairie, Tex., the event feels gloriously silly instead of pathetic. Break Out the Chewbacca Mask and You Won’t Laugh Alone 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It would take swallowing a ton of plant material for a pathetic buzz. Here is your ultimate beginner's guide to cooking with cannabis 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Soon after news of Troyer’s death appeared on Twitter, the pathetic and vile jokes began. Verne Troyer’s tragic death underlines the harm Mini-Me caused people with dwarfism | Eugene Grant 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Sometimes today I have pathetic fantasies of regret that I have not achieved more than to be a light entertainer, a moderate practitioner of comedy, yet this is self-aggrandising delusion. Digested read: The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 2010-09-20T20:00:00Z One of the costs of racism, xenophobia, or any form of pathetic provincialism is that freezes the prejudicial person in a permanent state of mediocrity. The case for open borders 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z It was possibly the most pathetic trust of all time. If this is my final tweet 2012-06-29T23:30:00Z Ugh this article distorts the facts so much it is beyond pathetic. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The number, granting Charlotte a richness that she lacks on Nabokov’s page and in Shelley Winters’s performance in Kubrick’s film, gives real pathos to a character who is otherwise a pathetic figure of fun. A Restaging of “Lolita, My Love,” the Musical “Too Dark to Live” 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z In the age of the bleakquel, imagine the pathetic lives they will all have lived in the interim, and the sheer magnitude of personal tragedy they’ll be forced to endure in the films themselves. Rise of the 'bleakquel': your favourite heroes are back – and more miserable than ever 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z In a pathetic attempt at redemption, Tiffany enters a community dance competition in aid of a police charity, but it is now her misfortune to become enamoured of a local guy called Pat. Silver Linings Playbook – review 2012-11-22T10:24:01Z But Ms. Harnetiaux is following her own System, which involves dismantling our pathetic trust in all systems. Review: ‘Tin Cat Shoes,’ a Commentary on the Silliness of the System 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z On the one hand, two men fighting over their favourite records is comically pathetic. Astonishing Archie – review 2012-11-21T18:15:47Z This stuff is small-minded, catty, humiliating and pathetic. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z Onstage, the flesh-and-blood actor in front, you can only see a pathetic villain, and you retreat to the real world with a sense of relief. A Restaging of “Lolita, My Love,” the Musical “Too Dark to Live” 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Plaza is a whiz with timing and does a deft job of shifting viewers’ sympathy; her character can be loathsome or pathetic depending on the scene. Review: ‘Ingrid Goes West,’ and Social Media Is Her Road Map 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s impossible to tarry with these spirits — some comic, some tragic, all grotesquely distorted — without reflecting on the pathetic concerns, desires or offenses that each of us allows to eclipse our time on Earth. ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ arises from a tragic footnote in American history 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “This is a pathetic last-ditch effort that will not prevail.” Prosecutors ask Supreme Court to review ruling that freed Bill Cosby 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z It provides a revealing glimpse into how pathetic that world may actually be. | Partying, Not Just Posing 2010-09-16T17:38:00Z Obviously this crusty old pathetic, Anglican church – the most joke-ish church of all jokey churches – of course they don't want to have queens getting married. Rupert Everett: the queen of mean 2012-09-28T22:01:28Z Should I pretend to be a pathetic helpless female who needs a man to save her? I'm 50 and disillusioned about love. How should I be in my next relationship? | Leading questions 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s pathetic when I think about my ancestors. A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan 2012-12-14T17:13:34Z That’s the substance of numerous mini-monologues directed at Don in tonight’s episode, “The Forecast”—an episode where people tell him he’s pathetic, and he doesn’t really argue. “Mad Men” recap: “Why don’t you just write down all of your dreams so I can s**t on them?” 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The stars of the schedule are sitcoms, whose pathetic acting and bargain basement scripts bely the gusts of canned laughter over every other line. Javier P?rez de Alb?niz on Spain's TV 2011-04-01T10:03:42Z I was a particularly pathetic devil that day. Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Get Your Harry Potter References 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Among the many things he’s been called — “blunt,” “pathetic,” “calculating” — the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring. Michael Wolff tells a juicy tale in his new Trump book. But should we believe it? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z A pathetic alter ego of Mr. Shaw, Billy lives through most of the crazes that percolated through the American sociocultural matrix during the 1960s and ’70s, the time of Mr. Shaw’s own adolescence. Jim Shaw at the New Museum: A Kaleidoscope of Giddy Delirium 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z After telling her relatives that she was voting for Clinton, Jackie was told that she was “disrespectful”, “pathetic” and that her grandfather was crying in heaven because of her vote. Family feud, election edition: Americans brace for Thanksgiving discord 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z I would love to believe that there’s something not just pathetic but noble about Jeb’s self-immolation, and that he’s either deliberately or unconsciously choosing to stage the Bush family’s Götterdämmerung on a grand scale. Jeb! Agonistes: Being the sad and gruesome history of a frontrunner who never was and the GOP’s zombie apocalypse 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z "Is there anything more pathetic than this Kevin McCarthy, who is beholden to the dumbest wing in his party?" "The View" host Joy Behar says Kevin McCarthy is "beholden to the dumbest wing in his party" 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z That is pathetic and sick at the same time. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Still, it’s the footage of Divine’s performances – from shock queen Dawn Davenport to the sincerely pathetic Francine Fishpaw – that prove both his talent as a comedic actor and his singularity as a symbol. My streaming gem: why you should watch I Am Divine 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Its tragic emptiness was a perfect match for my pathetic, Eeyore state of mind. My hot, rowdy Indian summers at Hindu youth camp 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z And sometimes, Beck’s show is what it was a couple of decades ago, a morning zoo, five guys sprawled out on couches, guffawing over other people’s pathetic lives. Glenn Beck wants to heal the America he divided — one hug at a time 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps Bill’s anger at Frank — deriding him as a “pathetic clown” and asking what kind of man would forgive their monster of a father — represents denial in its purest form of pathological repression. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: I Will Fix You 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z “This is so nuts. I mean, listen. . . listen to what you’re saying! It’s paranoid delusion. It’s really sad! It’s pathetic.” Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z "I lost a relationship, I lost self-esteem. It would all be sad and pathetic if I wasn’t making this movie, which has surprisingly made it all OK!" Comic-Con: Legendary unveils 'Crimson Peak,' 'Krampus,' 'Warcraft' 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z A character appears, reveals her tearful past, then brightly adds, “They made a Lifetime movie about me” — the credential of an absurdly pathetic story with a redemptive payoff. ‘Beethoven,’ by Jan Swafford 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z With Willis, and his legitimate acting chops, nearby, it only makes Stallone seem pathetic: a failed star hoping for a comeback and pulling favors from his cooler, more successful friends. "The Expendables": Death of the old-school action hero 2010-08-13T11:01:00Z The show is stuck between treating them as the main characters and recognizing that most of America thinks they're dull at best, pathetic at worst. Can Will Ferrell's cruelty save "The Office?" 2011-04-22T12:01:00Z “Hey now” is a catchphrase schemed up for its own sake, a meaningless noise invented by a pathetic man whose only goal was to have a catchphrase. From Homer Simpson to Hank Kingsley: TV's greatest catchphrases ranked 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Chasing makes you look desperate, pathetic and obsessed. Modern Love: GPS on a Path to the Heart 2011-02-11T01:08:11Z “It’s pathetic, Helen, we both like dresses so we’re just going to have to buck up and do the right thing,” Betty says. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Jumping Into an Ice Cold Lake 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z In the film, violent crime is portrayed as comic and lurid but also, finally, as pathetic: the grandest plans end with a suitcase of cash buried deep beneath the snow, never to be found again. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z As the band wrote: “It is a horrifying and gross reality when one sees the true nature of corporations and their pathetic attempts to achieve relevance with millennials.” McDonald’s (and everyone else), listen up: Stop asking artists to perform for free 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Another chapter is devoted to a faintly pathetic attempt to convince progressives they shouldn’t lose hope and can still make a difference. Al Franken Has Been Sitting on Jokes for a Decade. Now He’s Ready to Tell Them. 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Patrons remember him not as violent but kind of pathetic, a gloomy character prone to long rants about his father—that is, when he wasn’t offering to buy other men drinks. Coming out saves lives: The deadly potential of internalized homophobia is all too real 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Norah – surely named with a nod to Ibsen's A Doll's House – finds her bullying father now pathetic, an ageing glutton tormented by memories of childhood hunger. Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye – review 2012-07-06T21:55:12Z And if there was something rather excessive — even, to my mind, schoolgirlish — about her attachment to her young servant, it was perhaps only a late and pathetic extension of the maternal instinct. When the Empress of India Met Her Muslim Teacher 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z There is plenty of drama, and some hard feelings — mostly courtesy of Derrek, who is jealous, anxious and altogether pathetic — but not a lot of intrigue or honest emotion. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z His participation in the process amounts to a pathetic “hey!” at the TV screen while the thing on TV goes on ignoring him. Sports fandom doesn’t have to be miserable 2013-04-15T16:45:00Z It soars by letting them be as naughty and gross and pathetic as women are. "Bridesmaids": A triumph for vomit, and feminism 2011-05-10T20:11:00Z I can understand that people want to feel special and important and so on, but that self-obsession seems a bit pathetic somehow. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z The president branded Schwarzenegger a “total disaster” and “pathetic” as host of Celebrity Apprentice, which he used to host himself. He'll be back: why old age can't keep Arnold Schwarzenegger down 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The tyrant is pathetic, wishing to see only his own reflection wherever he goes. The Devil's Double ? review 2011-08-11T20:40:01Z With pathetic gratitude you sign them with a flourish, announce limply "must get on", and slink away. On the perks and pitfalls of signing books 2012-07-31T08:55:34Z “By the end he’s pathetic, sort of like a crumpled man.” Josh O’Connor Didn’t Care About the Crown Until He Became a Prince 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Key is an apologetic expression: Bring the eyebrows together while making a pathetic little smile. Perspective | Miss Manners: Must we return to shaking hands? 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The central male figure in their lives was “useless, controlling and arrogant”, and the brothers say they now see overtly masculine figures as “pathetic”. ‘We didn’t recognise that he was dangerous’: our father killed our mother and sister 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z It doesn’t happen, and the sight of Pete Campbell sitting alone is a hotel room with a bottle of champagne is one of the more pathetic images this season. Mad Men Watch: Phone Booths and Lies 2012-05-07T10:45:43Z He’s both affected and pathetic, but there’s supposed to be something about him we like. “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend 2012-07-25T00:01:00Z But Rimington said literary critics who knock the Booker are being "pathetic." Julian Barnes leads Booker Prize finalists 2011-10-18T11:01:07Z What was interesting was that second time around I was aware how pathetic it was trying to recapture this night from when I was a teenager. Pub crawl pals reunite for premiere 2013-07-09T14:37:55Z A pathetic desire to revert to childhood bliss? Perspective | Why our art critic can’t get enough of Fellini’s ‘8 1/2,’ and the dream scene that unlocks the secret to all human creativity 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z I jammed my pathetic, swollen feet back into my shoes, which were nothing less than torture chambers at this point. I ran an overnight ultramarathon on blistered, bloody feet 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Andrew Wyatt, a spokesman for Cosby, called the petition a "pathetic last-ditch effort" and claimed that the district attorney's "fixation" with Mr. Cosby was "troubling to say the least." Cosby remains free after Supreme Court declines to revisit decision that overturned his conviction 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Fisher characterizes her memoir as just one more “pathetic bid” for the attention she did not receive as a young child. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, a Mother-Daughter Act for the Ages 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z She was presenting herself as a glamorous movie star gamely playing a comically pathetic woman, and it didn’t work. The TV Watch: Guests Overstaying Their Welcome 2010-09-24T22:51:00Z Anderson’s character was somewhat pathetic, and yet Anderson played her with bone-deep sympathy. Here’s Who Will—and Should—Win Emmys This Year 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z “The only way that tweet would sound more pathetic is if it started with, ‘Mommy.’” Seth Meyers Slams Republican for Violent Response to Reporter 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The humble spread was called “pathetic” in a series of critical comments, stating the food looked more like a toddler’s birthday party than a wedding reception. Couple shamed for 'pathetic' wedding catering: 'This makes more sense for toddlers' 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z But intentionally trying to make your partner jealous is a pathetic power trip used by the most insecure. 18 hilariously terrible sex tips that all men should ignore 2014-02-21T13:05:00Z "I think it's something to do with my childish wish that magic and fantasy existed, and then the contrasting crushing pathetic reality," she says. Sightseers: Alice Lowe and the secret terrors of caravanning 2012-11-23T14:00:00Z This pathetic state is usually achieved by an over-indulgence of emasculating products and/or ideologies. "Dairy Pride" and "soy boys": The heated identity politics of non-dairy milk 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z And I’m sure you won’t lose sight of the fact that, entertaining as these stories are, Jack the Ripper was a pathetic and loathsome human being. More than 125 years after his last crime, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Yet as Katie veers from pathetic to vicious, “White Lie” observes her shameless behavior without attempting to elucidate. ‘White Lie’ Review: In Sickness and in Stealth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z In truth, her gifts “were thoughtfully chosen — a lamp, a nice print — and not pathetic at all.” The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z Gerry, who at first seems merely pathetic, gradually reveals layers of guile, pride, gentleness and fury, and Mr. Mendelsohn shows himself, once again, to be an almost infinitely resourceful actor. Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’ Keeps Its Cards Close 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z I don’t mean simply that the character Mr. Hawke plays — an initially enigmatic, eventually pathetic, finally endearing musician named Tucker Crowe — is the begetter of a begetter. Review: Ethan Hawke Is Just Right as a ’90s Indie-Rocker in ‘Juliet, Naked’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z This is a confession about my most pathetic career moment ever. Gene Weingarten’s most pathetic career moment? This column idea. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Cutler deodorized a lot of bad things, but even Cutler was pounded by a pathetic offensive line cobbled together by Angelo as if he was dropping acid. Bears announce departure of GM Jerry Angelo 2012-01-03T16:34:00Z Motion has added a lofty moral mission that transcends mere greed: the liberation of a pathetic group of slaves who are victims of the marooned pirates' debauchery and brutality. 'Silver': courage and terror in the sequel to Treasure Island 2012-08-01T20:01:03Z In Book One, he’s a young man dealing with the pathetic alcoholic decline and death of his father. ‘My Struggle’: Book four of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s monumental memoir 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Understandably enough, this claim has been derided as a pathetic attempt to accord respectability to a straightforward exercise in sensationalist depravity. A Serbian Film: when allegory gets nasty 2010-12-13T12:36:00Z “Until recently Polish film has been very serious and pathetic, only populated by flawless heroes,” Mr. Lankosz said recently, sitting in a darkly lit Warsaw cafe calculated to look like a film set. Polish Film's Amoral New Wave 2010-06-14T12:30:00Z That's a fantastic achievement, in a few short decades, and it's pathetic that Gray sees it as a problem to be decried, not a success to be celebrated. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z For a moment, panicked, I tried to work out the pathetic mechanics of wedging myself behind the seat in front of me. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: What I learned during the pandemic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z God, what kind of pathetic male fantasy is this? Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Timothy Spall: Somewhere At Sea 2010-05-06T07:00:00Z "The Old Man and the Sea" is pathetic, infantile, hokey, almost self-parody. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Joe Queenan on Books Classic, Trashy and Otherwise 2012-11-30T15:00:16Z Mostly, however, it is pathetic farce, a band designed to incite reactions no matter how idiotic the cost. Pitchfork Festival Day 3: Tree, Foxygen, Killer Mike kick things off 2013-07-22T00:56:00Z At least, this pathetic concession to comparatism is an unintended cause for additional amusement. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z This savage Lear becomes pathetic without ever truly being heartbreaking. A tale of two Lears: Glenda Jackson and Antony Sher scale Shakespeare's mightiest tragedy 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Brown and Sarah Paulson made “O.J.” interesting in a way that was totally unexpected, humanizing and adding depth and identity to people who had been previously turned into pathetic caricatures. What Happened at the 2016 Emmy Awards 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z His tears were real and pathetic as he gave up this important part of himself. The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z There has always been a risky tension in “Louie” between politically correct liberalism and the depiction, if not celebration, of the coarsest, most pathetic male notions about women and relationships. Watching the Season 4 Finale of ‘Louie’ 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z He lingers in the collective memory as Tracy’s foil, a flawed fellow whose modest aspirations and pathetic lapses are all but obliterated by the locomotive of her ambition. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z But from another point of view: Wow, what a pathetic situation! Perspective | Great art isn’t always made by good people, but this is getting ridiculous 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Maybe viewers, enlightened by Sheen's continuing misbehavior, will decide that a boozy Lothario isn't so funny after all, and instead maybe pathetic. What can we learn from Charlie Sheen's missteps? 2011-02-25T17:55:46Z So far, the only pathetic thing about him is his hair. ‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’ 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z One finishes this novel feeling taken by Valerie, but, even more, moved by the author’s love for her, the generosity that allows a potentially pathetic figure to become heroic, a guardian spirit. “Valerie” Is an Extraordinary Love Letter to a Radical Feminist 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Criminals’ sweeter and more pathetic sides can emerge in objects for sale. Antiques: Gangsters, Outlaws and Artifacts of Their Crime Sprees 2012-09-13T21:02:45Z What’s cool about Joel is he’s a fabulous actor but he’s great at playing people who you empathize with, who you care for, but he’s not pathetic. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z I am so afraid of people not liking me, that they think I am pathetic, I am afraid that I will always feel like a loser. Must I be the ghostly girl? 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z At some point in my life it might be pathetic to see me jumping around onstage in a costume. Grammys 2015: Weird Al Yankovic isn't just the comeback kid anymore 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Hartford Stage’s recent revival of George Bernard Shaw’s “Heartbreak House” dressed that play’s pathetic bully character in a bright yellow wig. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The associations were clear: hairlessness suggests powerlessness, a comically pathetic quality. Breaking bald 2012-07-24T18:30:00Z They like handing over control by transferring money to me, and being told they are worthless, pathetic pigs. My life in sex: ‘My clients like being told they are worthless, pathetic pigs’ 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But for a Superchunk record to make it to No. 85 on Billboard is mostly a reflection of the pathetic nature of the music industry right now. Can an indie label with great taste save the music industry? 2011-09-29T15:30:00Z It's a movie that succeeds, often beautifully, not by forcing its characters to be as naughty and gross and pathetic as men are. "Bridesmaids": A triumph for vomit, and feminism 2011-05-10T20:11:00Z He's a classic Pinter interloper, whose mere presence disrupts his host's bleak household and pathetic decline. 'No Man's Land' at ACT: Pinter without a map 2012-08-23T17:55:05Z Of the play’s five characters, Joe is the sickest and the most comfortable in his role: the whispering master to the family’s wailing, pathetic slaves. Killer Joe: Matthew McConaughey as the Creepiest Cop in Texas 2012-07-26T12:00:44Z Nolan Mack, his alter ego in “Boulevard,” is a benign but pathetic milquetoast who goes through the motions of a comfortable middle-class life without enthusiasm. Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in ‘Boulevard’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z She walks away with dignity and he is a deluded, pathetic man never able to grasp the gravity of his deplorable actions. “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” central love story illustrates the pitfalls of interracial dating 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z This concept of women in distress, so passive and weak … it’s just pathetic. Delhi gang rape trial sparks Indian media frenzy 2013-03-28T15:29:00Z How poignant that one of the supreme composers of the Western world should end “Winterreise” with this pathetic beggar, at whom the dogs growl. Ian Bostridge’s ‘Schubert’s Winter Journey’ examines the composer’s melancholy work 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Later, he creeps back to the house and posts a bundle of £20 notes through the letterbox, a pathetic attempt at atonement. Succession recap: season two, episode seven – deliciously twisted as ever 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z "As somebody interested in literary criticism, it's pathetic that so-called literary critics are abusing my judges and me," she told the Guardian newspaper. Author Barnes backed for Booker amid literary spat 2011-10-17T14:41:11Z To get a cheap laugh, the most pathetic of them will readily forfeit their privacy and their dignity. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: He was searching for a column idea. He found a third nipple. 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z For "Life on the Road" we just thought of that classic entertainer: that pathetic, whining, "how hard is life" kind of rock star. Interview with Adult Swim's Tim Heidecker and Davin Wood 2011-03-21T12:21:00Z You have this poem full of sweeping geography and bright colours and heroic quests – and then this pathetic group of conniving guys. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z This house is a reflection of me — Modern, graceful, easy, simple … synthetic So free In everything I see — my reflection Do I really look so simply pathetic? Beyond ‘Rent’: 4 Glimpses of the Unheard Jonathan Larson 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z There was something deeply pathetic about the vice president protesting a panel of plexiglass. Perspective | The dullness is the point 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In short, he brought a sense of China that was at once inviting, puzzling and pathetic. Critic?s Notebook: An Artist Takes Role of China?s Conscience 2011-04-05T22:31:29Z The film’s centerpiece sequence is a long tracking shot across an epic traffic jam, dotted with pathetic rage and punctuated by stomach-turning gore. 9 Great Godard Films to Stream Now 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Thanks to The Beaver, people eventually forget about all of Mel Gibson's pathetic indiscretions as a man, and start talking about him as a star again. Mel Gibson leaves it to The Beaver 2010-12-08T11:44:00Z I mean, what phony exhibitionism, what pathetic rituals of synthetic ultra-violence! An initiation into Iggy Pop – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-04-30T14:30:19Z People with any kind of mental illness, Solomon tells us, were considered dangerous, crazy, unreliable, pathetic. “The Great God of Depression,” An Insightful Podcast About William Styron, Writing, and Mental Health 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “I thought it was pathetic if not borderline repulsive,” Gober said of this omission. Her Views From Close Up Are on Everyone’s Radar 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Few of us can be monsters like the Underwoods, but we all have it in us to be as pathetic as the Meyer staff. ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Echo Our Politics, as Farce and Tragedy 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Presented with a hobby that some might dismiss as pathetic, Jamison’s empathy engine begins to rev, to seek “beauty in what other people found absurd.” Leslie Jamison and the Anxiety of Authorship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z In the episode’s most emotional scene, Laurie sits on the porch with Kevin Jr., and the two of them share some of their more pathetic secrets. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 3, Episode 6: The End Is Near 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z So long as you are confident that your corporate heavy will either remain firm — or at least unreachably offstage — this is a more effective approach than bargaining over whose cause is the more pathetic. Perspective | Miss Manners: Respectfully returning a refund 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Conservative columnist Jennifer Rudin, also at the Post, believes that the governor’s political career is ruined, calling him “an isolated, pathetic object of scorn.” Chris Christie’s year in space: His frozen look of horror eclipses an astronaut’s safe return to Earth 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z There are few activities more predictable and pathetic than old people lamenting the loss of virtue, the weakness or the incompetence of young people. My college students aren’t “snowflakes” — they’re tougher than their critics could imagine 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z |
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