| 单词 | self-absorbed |
| 例句 | Even in my own self-absorbed funk, I was worried about her, because as my siblings and I slowly got to our emotional feet, Mommy staggered about in an emotional stupor for nearly a year. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As a youth, I am told, I was willful, self-absorbed, intermittently reckless, moody. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands are shaking as she refastens her purse, and when it’s closed, she faces me and says, “No, excuse me for raising such a self-absorbed daughter.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer in particular had evolved; he no longer was the aloof, self-absorbed intellectual who had gone off to Los Alamos anxious to prove himself in the world beyond theoretical physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The air fairly hummed with their daybreak activity: beetles and birds and squirrels and ants, and countless other things unseen, all gentle and self-absorbed and not in the least alarming. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z So pensive and self-absorbed was Mr. Shakespeare that he walked by without even noting our presence. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Alice gestured with her tiny hands, and what Olanna had once thought to be an elegant fragility suddenly became a self-absorbed conceit, a luxurious selfishness; Alice spoke as if she alone suffered from the war. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had no intention of sharing her money or her life with that self-absorbed maniac. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Mantell was a lanky assemblage of shortcomings–he was vain, self-absorbed, priggish, neglectful of his family–but never was there a more devoted amateur paleontologist. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They were, to a degree that would have been fascinating in less trying circumstances, stupid, obnoxious, cheerfully but astonishingly self-absorbed, and not remotely acquainted with trail etiquette. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z So many people with far smaller problems are so self-absorbed, their eyes glaze over if you speak for more than thirty seconds. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have never known anyone so phony and self-absorbed,” she mutters. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Ben was such a self-absorbed idiot sometimes, and I had to remind myself why I still liked him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A fruit vender was crying his wares in the street Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “The guy is a maniac! A self-absorbed lunatic!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew her, and I had thought she was a friend, although I could see that she was self-absorbed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He has the tyrannical, self-absorbed look of American children . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Shallow and self-absorbed. The change in appearance reveals the tragic side of that mind-set. Vanity curdles into misery. They become spiteful and jealous, wallowing in wretchedness.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He has produced a bizarre, irresponsible and monstrously self-absorbed book — a Ragtime-esque “memoir” featuring a self-annotating narrator out of a Philip Roth novel and childlike hero out of “Being There.” 38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z What kind of a self-absorbed monster was I raising? ‘Too Beautiful to Be in Ruins’ 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Paul Cézanne was a stubborn, self-absorbed grouch who spent his life in a rolling revolt against urban elites. Review | The sourest, meanest mouth in the history of portraiture 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z You could argue, in fact, that in our all-tweeting age, the Notebooks' confessional, self-absorbed tone makes them even more relevant today than when they were published, three years ago. The strange allure of Tennessee Williams's Notebooks 2011-03-25T11:20:11Z The memoir catches the maladroit, self-absorbed facets of the acutely miserable. A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates ? review 2011-03-19T00:06:04Z I didn't vote for the racist, incompetent, ignorant, cowardly, self-absorbed failure that we call president. White allies, stop asking me if I'm OK. Black people are not OK 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s a song that asks us to cheer for a vengeful, self-absorbed careerist. No Grammys for old men! And don’t let these millennials win, either. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, there are limited LOLZ, but what might seem self-absorbed and melancholic on paper, is a dream-like and strangely haunting experience on record. New music: Perfume Genius ? Your Drum 2010-08-10T11:08:00Z Eight years into her remarkable run, “Shake It Off” presents an artist gunning for sly transgression but instead landing on tone-deaf, self-absorbed teen regression, with music to match the vibe. Critic's Notebook: Taylor Swift's catchy, tone-deaf 'Shake It Off' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The other half will perhaps sense a melody beneath all the foul-mouthed diatribes and self-absorbed whining. Showtime’s ‘Happyish’: A dark, profane dramedy without any heart 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Willems depicts himself walking to work in a self-absorbed haze. Mo Willems and the Art of the Children’s Book 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z There was one that referred to her as "wretchedly self-absorbed." "Barry" star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: "Make her a monster. I'm all for it" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Re: Fiance: I was best man for my best friend’s ill-advised wedding to a horrible woman as self-absorbed as this fiance sounds. Carolyn Hax: She’s not a fan of her best friend’s fiance 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Instead of the music’s earnestness, the dance — with many incidental signs of accomplishment — exudes a kind of self-absorbed preciosity. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z Her dreams of literary success have curdled into a job ghostwriting the Waverly Prep series of “young adult” romances, whose self-absorbed heroine, Kimberly Sutherland, might be Mavis in her long-ago glory days. Young Adult: Charlize Theron Finds Life After High School 2011-12-08T18:18:01Z The "And Just Like That" child band is self-absorbed, inconsiderate, psychologically draining little Bling Ring goblins. "And Just Like That" demonstrates the mother of all downers: spoiled rich kids 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Harry and Stella and their friends may be part of an important social and demographic trend, but they’re also kids: shy, smart, silly, thoughtful and self-absorbed. Review: ‘Maineland’ Considers America With Help From Chinese Students 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “She wanted to engage me,” said Ms. Betts, who described herself at the time as “unfocused and self-absorbed.” Encounters : Maggie Betts: Socialite Turned Filmmaker 2014-04-02T21:19:25Z “Why did you survive and I did not?” she asks the two self-absorbed artists in this finely wrought exploration of the role of art in times of grave crisis. UrbanArias visits Baker, Stein and Picasso in Paris, and beyond 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Merle Good’s play shows some early promise, but fixates on Connie’s self-absorbed grievances to the exclusion of better material and, in the process, wastes Dee Hoty as the psychiatrist of the title. Theater Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-13T18:23:32Z A month later, a Manhattan judge sided with Ms. Farrow, awarding her custody of their children and calling Mr. Allen “self-absorbed, untrustworthy and insensitive.” New Book About Woody Allen Alleges Abusive Parenting by Mia Farrow 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Two self-absorbed twentysomething Brooklynite women take a day trip to the beach and begin to realize uncomfortable truths about their lives. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z As the self-absorbed title character, he falls almost irrationally for Charlotte, the eldest daughter of a widowed estate overseer. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 28-March 6 2014-02-27T23:00:40Z “Troubadours” dredges up the silly skirmishes between East Coast rock critics who reviled a genre they routinely dismissed as self-absorbed navel-gazing and the practitioners of that laid-back style. | 'Troubadours': Recalling the Reign of Taylor and King 2011-02-01T23:08:01Z To be clear, she absolutely loves playing Ava, diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan and Willard R. Abbott Elementary School outrageously self-absorbed principal. Why do we love "Abbott Elementary" star Janelle James for being bad? It's simple: "I'm hilarious" 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z While she is loving with me and my siblings, she tends to be extremely self-absorbed and unaware during conversation. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s nature over nurture when it comes to changing your mother 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Writing in MarketWatch, Al Lewis went even further, calling them “a symbol of all that is wrong with America… self-indulgence for the self-absorbed… the perfect treat for narcissists and psychopaths.” Cupcakes not dead! 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z A self-absorbed and melancholic young man, the character falls for Charlotte, the daughter of a widowed estate overseer. Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:51:05Z The young guys give us self-absorbed characters, too, but they know they’re self-absorbed. Men in books 2012-06-30T14:00:00Z Mead, played by Anne Harley, a strong soprano, is a self-absorbed boor who spends her time promoting her own achievements. Music Review: Moved by Music of the Tropics, A Composer Moves to Them 2010-10-16T01:00:00Z As much as I want to be supportive and so happy for her, I just can’t muster it, as I find her fiance to be an obnoxious, self-absorbed, manipulative glasshat. Carolyn Hax: She’s not a fan of her best friend’s fiance 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Oversized, self-absorbed, impervious to insult or pain, Melissa McCarthy is our comic superwoman. All hail Melissa McCarthy, Hollywood's indestructible comic superwoman 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z When he has children, he undergoes a transformation: he becomes warm and reflective and far less self-absorbed. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z Speculation: He has “no desire to be in contact,” “no interest in communication,” and is “self-absorbed,” and sees you as an “obligation.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Aunt unfriends niece for not inviting her to her baby shower 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z I told myself that I bore no relation to that puerile, self-absorbed dough-face. My online impostor: When that Facebook profile isn’t you 2014-04-01T23:00:00Z The self-contained vignettes in which Alexander recalls his panting encounters with Mrs Gray are brilliant; Banville excels in his brightly lit descriptions of self-absorbed teenage lust. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z No one would be tempted to describe him as a “master of psychological manipulation,” as Newsweek did Jobs; he’s arrogant, self-absorbed, and insensitive to the point of near-autism. Trump, Jobs, Zuckerberg: We idolize jerks 2012-08-12T12:00:00Z Written in 1905, shortly after what would become known as Bloody Sunday, when peaceful protesters were shot down by the tsar's troops, this rarely seen play offers a tragicomic picture of a self-absorbed intelligentsia. Children of the Sun – review 2013-04-17T13:13:58Z But Adrienne is also dangerously self-absorbed, a tension Diaz plays nicely. The apocalypse comes to the Lower East Side in the new musical ‘Soon’ 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The super-wealthy, self-absorbed "housewife" with four nannies and a stream in cutting remarks. Camille Grammer has last laugh on "$#*! My Dad Says" 2011-02-17T13:06:39Z As someone who typically is the first to complain about self-absorbed, affluent white-people stories taking center stage, it’s amazing how little I agreed with her point of view. If you’re not watching “Togetherness,” you’re missing some of the best TV of the year 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z "You may think that I'm a materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed misanthrope," Black muses in a voiceover in the trailer below. Louise Linton, wife of Steven Mnuchin, is a cannibalistic killer in a trailer for her campy new film 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Watch an unwitting idiot have a nervous breakdown in real time in this embarrassing and self-absorbed memoir. How Rekindling a Love for Tennis Turned Into a Raging Fire 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “It made me at times vulnerable and self-absorbed, needy and standoffish, knotted up inside, even punitive.” Books of The Times: Tales of Lives Extinguished All Too Soon 2011-04-12T23:52:00Z Emily is self-absorbed, lazy and rude, but also so lacking in true meanness or guile and so dogged in her pursuit of shallow pleasures that she’s kind of fun to be around. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z He is so self-absorbed that, like the vacuum cleaner beast in the Beatles’ movie “Yellow Submarine,” he nearly suctions himself and everything else off the face of the planet, leaving only reverberating white space behind. Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z Jack Riley, a character actor who portrayed the grumpy, self-absorbed Mr. Carlin on “The Bob Newhart Show” and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon’s animated “Rugrats,” died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles. Jack Riley, character actor in TV and film comedies, dies at 80 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z I hope USA has more patience with your self-absorbed showing off than I do. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “If not, here’s a couple hints: He’s a famous, self-absorbed rapper who thinks homeboy Donald Trump is the cat’s meow, and she’s got a keester that knocks cans off grocery store shelves.” Kanye, Out West 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Gayle is persuasive as the self-absorbed teenager who jumps between the usual modes of feeling, resentment and boredom. | 'Family Week': Beth Henley Revival Opens at Lucille Lortel 2010-05-05T02:26:00Z The moral is clear, yet while everyone deserves a second chance, it is debatable whether Nicholson's prickly, self-absorbed Jack warrants the seventh, eighth and ninth chances he is presented with. No Wise Men ? review 2010-12-10T22:30:00Z It seems fitting that this Emma is allowed to be a little nastier, at a time when unlikable, self-absorbed, privileged women are being celebrated onscreen. This Millennial ‘Emma’ Respects Its Elders 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The self-absorbed, emotionally distant Hirschfeld resisted the role of a dad. Always Leave Them Smiling: The Art of Al Hirschfeld 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Living that dream blinds her to the reality that she's repeating prior patterns of abuse; also, success makes her even more self-absorbed and insufferable than she was before. "Barry" returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z And as long as your dad keeps making it easy for you to disengage from his self-absorbed sense of grievance, you keep accepting his gift of distance. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A new father has questions about when to discipline . . . his parents 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Tim Adams in the Observer called it a "strangely compulsive, wildly self-absorbed exchange" and "an exceptional, and enjoyable" addition to the French "tradition of memorable after-dinner conversation". JM Coetzee and Paul Auster letters to be published next spring 2012-12-21T15:33:23Z Could this lovely but often self-absorbed soloist become an exemplar of classical style? Bringing It All Back Home: City Ballet Begins Again With Balanchine 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z I wondered how anyone could hear this music as a self-absorbed retreat to the mind. Ambient Music Isn’t a Backdrop. It’s an Invitation to Suspend Time. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z No matter how self-absorbed, callous, or just generally gross with women Louie was, he always beat you to the punch. In season four of “Louie,” Louis C.K. cares too much about what we think 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z We say "formed": there are, as far as we know, no other members, making For Shadows the sort of dreamily self-absorbed affair whose solipsist navel-gazing totally rings bells with us. Oh Minnows (No 1,071) 2011-07-27T15:45:44Z Set in 2022, the grim “Submission” unfolds in self-absorbed narration and ineffectual nattering about politics. Review | Extremism rules ‘Submission,’ but soul swings ‘Three Sistahs’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z I’m happy to report, though, that Noah remained essentially unchanged — quiet and perhaps a bit chastened, but still self-absorbed and self-pitying and largely oblivious to the feelings of others. ‘The Affair’ Season 3 Premiere: Tough Times for Noah 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z At one point, Daisy gives Aza hell — doesn’t she see how her mental illness has made her self-absorbed? — and it’s awful. In John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down,’ a Teenager’s Mind Is at War With Itself 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z As a husband, he could be self-absorbed and thoughtless. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But at its worst, it can feel self-destructive – the Mail’s Liz Jones has written bleakly about how mining her life for material destroyed relationships – and self-absorbed. Bridget Jones: how to turn a female character into half a billion dollars 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Honnold is volatile, dorky and self-absorbed; he eschews helmets, reads New Yorker articles while driving and harasses climbing partners about how much salt they put on their food. Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z We haven’t become so self-absorbed that we don’t care about other people. Styles Q&A: Eric Klinenberg on the Trend of Living Alone 2012-02-11T01:12:42Z If you're not teetering around town like a self-absorbed fictional television character, you can find yourself greeted warmly there. Dear France: I'm sorry about "Emily in Paris" 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Or it can be the result of the safe or self-absorbed choices from someone in the restaurant. Annoyed by Restaurant Playlists, a Master Musician Made His Own 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z That’s easy because the other guests are extraordinarily wealthy and wholly self-absorbed. Review | Elif Shafak’s new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z He was, Mr. Suhl said, “infuriatingly stubborn and self-absorbed, yet extraordinarily sensitive, kind and generous.” A Designer’s Suicide and the Clothes He Left Behind 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Slender and hip-slung, he looks as self-absorbed as an iPod listener doing a cha-cha. At the Rubin Museum, the Future Has Arrived. And It’s Fluid. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Watching her struggle on screen, and looking back at the naive, self-absorbed version of me in my Ms. days, I see a young woman incapable of properly supporting someone who deserved a stronger protector. There are many Gloria Steinems in ‘The Glorias.’ One of them was my boss. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Today's cartographers reverse that trend, putting us front and centre and helping us to scurry self-absorbed through landscapes we don't deign to explore. Simon Garfield: a life in books 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z Kyle, we find, is a self-absorbed jerk who runs for student council on the platform that he's very, very good-looking. 'Beastly': Fairy-tale misfits who look like models 2011-03-03T01:00:09Z Rather he realised I was too self-absorbed to talk to him and left. Digested read: Great House by Nicole Krauss 2011-02-21T21:00:00Z But Ms. Mitchell’s perspective rises above the narrowly personal; she’s not writing confessionals or self-absorbed reveries. Playlist: New Work From White Rabbits and Magic Youth 2012-03-11T03:09:07Z As the perpetually self-absorbed Hannah Horvath, Dunham found herself both hailed and pilloried as the “voice of a generation” – a line she has now spent years pointing out was intended as a joke. Nuns and Patti Smith: what Lena Dunham and the Girls will do next 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z As actors and storytellers, the women are fully committed to resurrecting every self-absorbed tic and teardrop of being ordinary 13-year-olds. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z He’s glibly self-absorbed; she’s enraptured, possessed by a drive beyond her control. Obsession, Unspoken and Unacknowledged: ‘Letter From an Unknown Woman’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The second season will follow the gang as Burd’s character continues his path toward possible stardom, or at least acceptance, in his own often self-absorbed way. Vulgar, awkward and heartfelt: How Lil Dicky made ‘Dave’ a pandemic-era hit 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z A self-absorbed socialite gets a new perspective on life when she’s forced to work at a family homeless shelter. Michael Bublé, Charlie Brown among TV’s holiday headliners 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z But he speaks of saints and seekers and counts himself among them — even as he acknowledges that every saint and seeker is, in some fundamental way, a self-absorbed jerk. ‘Beast’ cements Paul Kingsnorth’s reputation as a furiously gifted writer 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Eurydice loves Orpheus but gets impatient with his self-absorbed fixation on music. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Most are self-absorbed and boring, and that's not him at all. James D'Arcy: 'I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins burst out laughing' 2013-02-01T07:00:09Z Do you find yourself recoiling at the late-night genre’s tendency to elevate the fawning, the self-absorbed? David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won. 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Being heard was a new experience: my dad talked at me, and my mother was too self-absorbed to hear what I was saying unless it involved her. The sex-talking therapist I went to as a teen: “Do you want to learn how to be a woman, not a scared little girl?” 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The often self-absorbed Sheldon followed with his own heartfelt speech about the importance of friendship in the series’ emotional conclusion. An emotional send-off for lovable geeks of ‘Big Bang Theory’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z These specialists, unfortunately, arrive with several question marks, like the team’s sickly, retired engineer and a self-absorbed turncoat. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Millions of viewers knew the actor as the self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In Perry’s “Listen Up Philip,” which opens Friday, Jason Schwartzman stars as a similarly self-absorbed, misanthropic figure, a Philip Roth-like author who spends the entire movie verbally and emotionally abusing his friends and colleagues. Critic’s notebook: ‘Interstellar’s’ sonic soup or: How auteurs diss their audiences Still, the film nicely captures the grad-student vibe: beer-fueled bull sessions about science, religion, probability and destiny; fragile, self-absorbed egos preening even as confidence wavers. | 'Watching TV With the Red Chinese': Gillian Jacobs in ?Watching TV With the Red Chinese? ? Review 2012-01-20T01:46:56Z Their husbands may be blinkered and colourless, their children relentlessly self-absorbed, but they abide. Profile: Anne Tyler 2011-03-30T14:12:34Z The woman's free and esoteric nature clashes with Jamie's acidic, self-absorbed personality as they head into the desert for a mescaline-fueled psychedelic trip. The Carpetbagger: From Sundance, a Competition Slate That Could Be Called Accessible 2012-11-28T21:00:48Z A political nail-gnawer about a self-absorbed populist and the men who conspire to impeach him one knife wound at a time, “Julius Caesar” is practically bespoke for 2019 America. Review: In ‘The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,’ the Political Thrill Is Gone 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Those who watch cooking competition shows and reality shows about restaurants on television probably think of a professional kitchen as a place where arrogant, self-absorbed chefs terrorize line cooks with abusive language and impossible demands. The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Regardless, his never being available means you don’t see him anyway, which means there’s little immediate, practical difference between calling it quits and giving him room to be a self-absorbed snot. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend thinks it’s all about who you know, not what he knows 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z In a town full of very smart, deeply ambitious but ultimately self-absorbed people, Jordan had a unique ability to make anyone he met feel seen, understood and valued — and they adored him for it. How Vernon Jordan became a one-of-a-kind Washington presence 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z They emit speech bubbles expressing dopey, angry, politically irritated and self-absorbed thoughts. Art Review: 5 Artists in ‘Energy That Is All Around: Mission School’ 2014-04-24T21:50:22Z Life in the digital era leaves girls isolated, fragile, self-absorbed and ill-prepared for life on their own. Reviving today’s Ophelias: Mary Pipher on girls and mental health in the digital age 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z He rubs his elbows together like a courting cricket; she twirls her Spanish skirt, self-absorbed. Dance Review: Misnomer Dance Theater at Joyce SoHo 2011-12-12T23:21:34Z Around 30% of Generation Xers — those ages 35 and 50 — said their own generation was self-absorbed and wasteful, and 20% of the baby boomers said the same about their age cohort. Millennials see themselves as greedy, self-absorbed and wasteful, study finds 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z We see artificial, snappy battles that might call to mind the screwball comedies of the ’30s and ’40s, if they weren’t so resolutely cute in a 21st century, self-absorbed kind of way. Apatow’s This Is 40: Way Too Many Scenes From a Marriage 2012-12-19T15:00:17Z Between masterful guitar bursts, the artist born Annie Clark described the self-absorbed population surrounding her. Coachella 2015: Digital witnesses and the tyranny of the smartphone 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Baumbach would probably argue that that is the point: his alter ego is a self-absorbed self-deceiver and deserves what he gets. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 3 – Marriage Story 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z "Young Adult" was praised by critics, but Charlize Theron's central character, Mavis, a self-absorbed writer who's clinging to her high school days, was branded as resolutely unlikable. Women who aren't 'likable' still a tough sell in films 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In the first movie, her job was to show the evolution of Tree from a self-absorbed and manipulative jerk into an empathetic, genuine person. "Happy Death Day 2U": A rare movie sequel that surpasses the original 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z And Smokey Robinson, accepting a lifetime achievement award, practically took the crowd to church with a stirring, sermon-like speech in which he warned his fellow celebrities of the dangers in becoming "self-absorbed and haughty." BET Awards keep it real, keep it relevant 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Much like Anaïs herself, the contours of that journey at first seem transparently obvious: She’s young, self-absorbed, exceedingly restless, and she just needs to get her act together. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It finds success, paradoxically, when its writer, self-absorbed enough in life to believe her story worth telling, is humble and curious on the page. ‘I Hear She’s a Real Bitch’: A Swaggering, Feminist Restaurant Memoir 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Instead, this novel for adults is filled with a variety of people like Harry's aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley: self-absorbed, small-minded, snobbish and judgmental folks, whose stories neither engage nor transport us. Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book 2012-09-27T10:23:32Z And we can be very self-absorbed, like some of the characters who couldn’t imagine changing their own sexual habits. Life Lessons in ?Normal Heart? 2011-06-23T22:42:48Z My mother surprised me by admitting she’d been self-absorbed, only seeing me as an extension of herself. Mom’s girly presents to me 2013-12-24T23:00:00Z “I was quite seriously ill, and I was very self-absorbed in my self-pity.” Harry Potter Brought Him to Broadway. Now His Work is Everywhere. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Each is utterly self-absorbed, none more so than a busybody named Duncan Yeardon who lives in a nearby building. Books of The Times: Two Refreshing Splashes of Summertime Homicide 2011-07-03T21:37:35Z The self-absorbed American, for his part, is always looking for the monetary angle. Paris isn't enough of a diversion in weak 'My Old Lady' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z To assume that ours is the only one that hosts living things seems a tad self-absorbed, doesn’t it? These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z A professional model taking a pause from posing, she is in a different reality from these self-absorbed men. Manet: the Inventor of Modernity ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:37Z But he’s also deeply, well, human: self-absorbed, self-destructive, but self-aware enough to know that he wants to be better than he is, even as he fails. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Returns for a Hilarious and Hallucinatory Season 3 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z A self-absorbed — if supernaturally talented — musician, Orpheus doesn’t share her passion for books and words. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z As the title character, an aimless, self-absorbed and melancholic young man, he falls almost irrationally for Charlotte, the eldest daughter of a widowed estate overseer. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:06:12Z The delicious irony, of course, is that they’re a bunch of brats, and Matilda, the precocious four-year-old who outshines them all, has been sentenced to the two most neglectful, self-absorbed parents on earth. Matilda: The Best Musical Since The Lion King 2013-04-12T03:00:16Z “If you win for ’12 Years a Slave’ and don’t say anything about racism, then you just look like a self-absorbed jerk.” This Life: Speechmaking Lessons From the Oscars 2014-02-28T20:07:57Z Secondly, it perpetuates the “selfish” chestnut by assuming that people who opt out of parenthood are therefore choosing to live self-absorbed, materialistic lives. Not Getting with the Program: An Interview with Meghan Daum 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The signal being sent at Coagula Curatorial is sardonic – an elaborate engagement with the self-absorbed condition of worldly disengagement. Clayton Campbell's beasts of the wild and the cellular come to life at Coagula Curatorial 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z She caught her big break at 21, joining the “Saturday Night Live” cast for three years, but became a household name in the 1990s playing the self-absorbed Elaine Benes on “Seinfeld.” Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive the 2018 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Within a decade, she became an icon of a new kind of celebrity that was completely self-absorbed, but never at the expense of being kind. A-list in our hearts? How Kim Kardashian finally gained our respect 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z What can such poor people in rural Medinipur possibly have to do with the Ghoshes, a decadent, self-absorbed family in Kolkata? Book review: ‘The Lives of Others,’ by Neel Mukherjee The character, an aimless, self-absorbed and melancholic young man, falls almost irrationally for Charlotte, the eldest daughter of a widowed estate overseer. Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:20:26Z And though it's an undeniably silly comedy, it also offers more than a few trenchant gags about the self-absorbed, superficial side of our contemporary culture. 'Zoolander 2' confirmed at Fashion Week; will strut its stuff in 2016 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z By these standards, My Morning Jacket’s “The Waterfall” depicts a not-quite-sympathetic male protagonist similar to an Updike antihero—caddish, self-absorbed, impatient with the women in his life. My Morning Jacket’s “The Waterfall”: You’ve never heard Jim James like this 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “Fort Tilden,” a comedy about two self-absorbed Brooklyn friends headed to the shore, won the grand jury award for best narrative film. ArtsBeat: ‘Fort Tilden’ and ‘The Great Invisible’ Win SXSW Film Awards 2014-03-12T15:21:00Z What a typical self-absorbed over the hill actor! Warren Beatty Wants Six Hours of Your Time. Or More. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It is not until midway through that the unlived life of the fretful, self-absorbed Manhattan narrator emerges as worthy of close examination. 'By Nightfall': Michael Cunningham's story of beauty's power to transfix and delude 2010-10-07T18:40:00Z He stays afloat by scouring the Internet for details of Mohle’s life and by knocking sense into pointy-headed and painfully self-absorbed students. Crime fiction: Pretentious writers get their comeuppance 2014-02-05T23:37:04Z Mr. Vaynerchuk said he expected some people to consider him self-absorbed. Keeping Up, on Camera, Is No Longer Just for the Kardashians 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z And the self-absorbed, one-dimensional characters delivering them aren’t the most scintillating travel companions. ‘Trails’ a cross between love triangle, buddy road trip 2013-03-18T21:40:23Z The prosecution portrayed him as a "pathological, self-absorbed conman" who sold many important works of art without the owners' knowledge or permission. Lawrence Salander, New York art dealer who fleeced stars, jailed 2010-08-04T18:04:00Z Teenagers – and teenage girls especially – are frequently misrepresented in the media as shallow and self-absorbed, rather than simply soul-searching. All This Panic: the most relatable film about teenage girlhood ever? 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z The novel is largely set in Cincinnati and stars Liz Bennet, her four sisters, their social-climbing mother and self-absorbed father, and the sisters’ assorted suitors. Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Eligible’ Updates Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z President Trump is so self-absorbed, he thinks the word “meme” has two syllables. Style Invitational: Cast your Bred here — a new 4-line-poem contest 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Nearly two decades after "Love Actually" came out, people still associate Bill Nighy with the role that stole that movie, the gleefully self-absorbed Billy Mack. Bill Nighy on being an alien rock star in Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z He is inquisitive, self-absorbed and brilliant, much like the real Rosen, full of ideas and insights. 'The Classical Style,' an Opera Buffa at Zankel Hall 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “Nobody cedes their privilege,” Zahn’s self-absorbed father character says in a late episode. In ‘The White Lotus,’ Mike White Takes You on Vacation 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Abrams, pretended to examine how self-absorbed we are as a culture but got gobbled up by its own self-absorption. Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane Is a Nonsequel That Delivers 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In the early 1990s, Wallace reduced Barbra Streisand to tears as he scolded her for being “totally self-absorbed” when she was young and mocked her decades of psychoanalysis. Mike Wallace, ?60 Minutes? Star Interviewer, Dies at 93 2012-04-08T14:57:40Z The animated tale of a self-absorbed, self-destructive Hollywood horse reaches its final eight episodes. The 50 TV Shows You Need to Watch This Winter 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Outside New Orleans, “Dirty Word” could sound like a throwback to the 1970s: performed instead of programmed, community minded instead of self-absorbed. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z The heart-stomping jerk has a "soul of ice" and is self-absorbed. The soulful revenge of "Last Christmas," Wham!'s potent yuletide breakup song 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Cute as he is, however, Alcide strikes me as a tad self-absorbed. "True Blood" recap: Time for betrayal 2010-07-12T12:30:00Z “The story of their tiptoeing between the power of free will and the danger of becoming self-absorbed is significant on a universal level,” Wulf writes in her prologue. These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z If his songs were people, they’d be around 16, smart, self-absorbed and a little nasty; they would not like the taste of beer. Music Review: A Team of Introvert and Extrovert 2011-07-29T21:45:29Z Here is a thoroughly unlikable character, opportunistic, mean spirited, vindictive and self-absorbed: Poppea magnified, really. Music Review: Smorgasbord of Mythology and Mayhem 2011-06-15T22:00:30Z In Fierstein's favour is the fact that he varies the form for each segment: the plays move from self-absorbed monologue to parody Coward to, in the last piece, forerunner of La Cage aux Folles. Torch Song Trilogy – review 2012-06-13T17:34:25Z We’re introduced to the self-absorbed mother who doesn’t recognize him when he moves to New York to join her, and the hat manufacturer who becomes his coach. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “I really like the tract that man goes through,” he said, talking about the arc of Bill Murray’s character in the film, a self-absorbed television personality forced to live the same day over and over. For a Struggling ?Friend,? a New Shot 2011-02-05T03:00:03Z I recognize this fast, simple, self-absorbed world, which owes a tremendous amount to Silicon Valley, in my offline life here in California. America’s original California girl 2012-08-06T20:33:00Z As fixated on her own needs as her self-absorbed parents are on theirs, Mags has spent her life seeking approval from her father, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and her mother, a flamboyant aesthete. Theater Review: Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham in ?Painting Churches? 2012-03-07T03:00:16Z Moreover, Catherine is a self-described "materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed, raging misanthrope with an acute lack of conscience." With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Rather, both characters are attractive, socially presentable people who are ordinarily, aimlessly and stubbornly self-absorbed. ‘Wander Darkly’ Review: After Death, a Fractured Life 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Emilia’s manner is sulky, self-absorbed and generally off-putting, even though she inhabits the usually sweet and appealing person of Natalie Portman. | 'The Other Woman': A Home Wrecker Faces Many Challenges, Too 2011-02-03T23:33:40Z I also don't want to be with someone so self-absorbed. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Aunt unfriends niece for not inviting her to her baby shower 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z So their social contact is limited to the concierge in their building, his helpful wife, and infrequent visitors, like their self-absorbed daughter or a successful former student of Anne’s. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z Instead, this novel for adults is filled with a variety of people like Harry’s aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley: self-absorbed, small-minded, snobbish and judgmental folks, whose stories neither engage nor transport us. Book Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling 2012-09-27T05:00:00Z His parents were self-absorbed and unloving; he felt alienated at home and in school: “I was always looking for a teacher. I was always looking for a father.” Review | André Gregory’s ‘This Is Not My Memoir’ is a free-form monologue about his quest for meaning in life and art 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z It was not a meeting that either party intended for both were too self-absorbed to be aware of the other's existence. Digested classic: Tarr by Wyndham Lewis 2010-06-04T10:05:00Z Not because I'm self-absorbed, but because of the run-up to it. Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z She also doesn’t seem quite as callously self-absorbed as she was during her first comeback attempt. Review: Lisa Kudrow Is Back in ‘The Comeback’ 2.0 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z A Close Circle of Friends With Plenty of History The self-absorbed youngish New Yorkers in Alexander Poe’s micro-budgeted romantic comedy, “Ex-Girlfriends,” live and die by text message: not literally, of course, but emotionally. Movie Review: ‘Ex-Girlfriends,’ by Alexander Poe, With Jennifer Carpenter 2012-11-27T21:49:51Z One thing that has always been important for me, and it may seem very self-absorbed or whatever, is first of all your presentation of who you are. Caitlyn Jenner on Privilege, Reality TV and Deciding to Come Out 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The cadenza became, in Mr. Bronfman’s beautifully shaded reading, a grateful return to the self-absorbed solitude of that first statement. Contrasts Illuminate Beethoven in Philharmonic Festival 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The satirists of the Onion parodied this sort of self-absorbed approach in a podcast called A Very Fatal Murder. As Making a Murderer returns, is the obsession with true crime turning nasty? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “You must think I’m a real jerk,” Mr. Cianfrance said, shrugging and smiling as he referred to his character, Matt, a self-absorbed heel. Encounters : Shannon Plumb, A Brooklyn Life On the Big Screen 2013-08-28T23:14:51Z It was unrehearsed and real, and over the course of several minutes, it became clear that what looked like a parody of a self-absorbed, insular artist was actually the real deal. Is Kanye West the next John Lennon? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Most of the action takes place at a series of brunches and rooftop parties riddled with interchangeably self-absorbed conversations. TV for hipsters: how two new shows are trying to appeal to the cool kids 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Roth quickly and likably departs from any such rational scheme in favour of the more chaotic and obsessive, hopelessly self-absorbed stuff of his life. The Scientists: A Family Romance - review 2013-01-14T07:00:01Z David stars in the production as a familiar version of his screen persona -- neurotic, un-politically correct and irritatingly self-absorbed. 'Fish in the Dark,' with Larry David, gets mixed reviews on Broadway 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Men on average are more self-absorbed than women are, according to a new study published in the March edition of Psychological Bulletin. Study Says Men Are More Narcissistic Than Women 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Yet perhaps I was exaggerating the similarities, getting paranoid, self-absorbed. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z And we’d do well to remember that even the most prestigious literary awards are sometimes given to self-absorbed, desiccated books that quickly evaporate into irrelevancy. Perspective | Goodreads Choice Awards: An annual reminder that critics and readers don’t often agree 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Blunt’s Mary can be charming, and she’s a lovely dancer, but she is more self-absorbed, haughty and stern than her precursor. Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Here, he plays a fictional Diplo who’s well-meaning but largely clueless and self-absorbed, given to imagining himself in ninja sword battles and musing about what Jesus would be like on Twitter. Review: James Van Der Beek, From ‘Dawson’s Creek’ to an Alt-Diplo 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z But the show is paralyzed by its own vision, at times; the problem with making a show about singular perspectives is that those people are necessarily self-absorbed. “The Affair’s” real-estate porn: Class politics, twisted perspectives and New York’s torrid romance with real estate 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Whether from a greater sense of diplomacy, or an acknowledged tendency to be self-absorbed, Eisenberg takes a more personalised view. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z You were always a little self-absorbed, and I understand why this process exacerbated this – it is, by definition, a very self-focused thing. A letter to … my transgender husband: why did it have to be all about you? 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z With its wryly absurdist, self-absorbed but self-deprecating humor, the film is like a Southern Protestant, nonfiction version of a Woody Allen comedy. Watch List: Selections for Marathon Couch Time 2013-08-12T21:53:25Z After her husband’s death, Mrs. Eliot was wounded by criticism that he had been cold and self-absorbed, that he had been an anti-Semite, that his treatment of his first wife had been ruthlessly self-serving. Valerie Eliot, Wife and Editor of T.S. Eliot, Dies at 86 2012-11-13T02:16:22Z So we learn that Richie is self-absorbed and doesn’t care very much about how his decisions can wreak havoc with the lives of others. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 3: Rock Star Karaoke 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Fear of our own vulnerability can make us mistrustful of the world, turning us into self-absorbed narcissists. When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Instrumental interludes fail to compound the message of the text because, directionless and self-absorbed, they fail to hold enough attention. Hebrides Ensemble – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-26T17:30:02Z Cynics might say that this behavior is indicative of society as a whole, that people today are self-centered and self-absorbed. The loudmouth at the concert: Why can’t people stop talking and listen to the music? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The tone of that song — mournful, dazed, sullen, traumatized, self-absorbed, defensive, remote, morbid — was pervasive in the pop of 2017. Pop Music in 2017: Glum and Glummer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Michelle David is excellent as Celia, the brittle and bitter sister who cared for her parents when the self-absorbed Amy fled to college in willful ignorance of pandemonium back at home. Theater Review: Richard Masur in ‘This Is Fiction,’ at Cherry Lane Studio Theater 2012-06-20T23:00:16Z In the early 1990s, Wallace reduced Barbra Streisand to tears as he scolded her for being "totally self-absorbed" when she was young and mocked her decades of psychoanalysis. CBS correspondent Mike Wallace dead at 93 2012-04-08T14:45:00Z By that I mean, expect your two toddlers to be impulsive, self-absorbed, moody, capable of following only the simplest instructions and occasionally so frustrating that you want to scream. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Spoiling a grandchild is one thing. Handing him a lighter is another. 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Even with his mental instability, Trevor is a caricature: a rich, self-absorbed playboy heir. 'Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah' a messy head trip 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z All of this raises a deeper and more meaningful question: Aren’t we all “unimaginably self-absorbed?” Apology to my former student 2012-08-27T01:00:00Z On Thursday at the DiMenna Center, the New York Festival of Song presented an evening of works for voice and electronics that sometimes felt sterile and self-absorbed. Review: Conjuring the Splintered Self With Electronics and Voice 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z This home movie footage of Russell Brand is pretty hard to watch, but it's typical of Brand's self-absorbed/searingly honest character that he has chosen to include it in this frank documentary about heroin addiction. TV highlights 16/08/2012 2012-08-15T19:00:03Z I was a self-absorbed striver reaching for another brass ring, and I used words as the best way to get there. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z In teen romances, the jocks are invariably portrayed as cruel, self-absorbed idiots. Joe Queenan's guide to romance cliches 2010-10-16T11:00:00Z In an effort to understand what could’ve possibly made me so self-absorbed as a kid, I called up Rachel Simmons, author of “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.” Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z He is a predatory sociologist whose main aim is to reverse the self-absorbed narratives of the bourgeoisie. Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: the Jimmy Savile Scandal by Frank Furedi – review 2013-03-13T12:00:02Z The material documents the evolution of the tweedy middle-aged academic into a drug guru, international outlaw, gubernatorial candidate, computer software designer and progenitor of the Me Decade’s self-absorbed interest in self-help. New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary?s Papers 2011-06-15T23:40:29Z These days, she is breaking the mold of the self-absorbed, vacuous and angst-ridden teenage star. ‘Black-ish’ Star Yara Shahidi Is a Role Model Off-Screen 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z It’s ultimately as complacent, self-absorbed and clueless as its heroine, and not always in an especially amusing way. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Yes, he is a gruff, self-absorbed narcissist, but eventually he’s revealed to be loyal, passionate and suitably tormented by his dark nature. And he falls for Jane, who is both headstrong and plain! Men in books 2012-06-30T14:00:00Z The fourth episode, centered on Fosse’s production of “Pippin,” ends with a musical interlude likening him to that show’s self-absorbed protagonist. Review: In ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z "We used to travel around everywhere to see them and they were so great with my kids," said the 54-year-old, best known for playing a self-absorbed, eccentric mother in the popular comedy series "Absolutely Fabulous". Spice Girls musical tests Girl Power's stamina 2012-12-11T12:29:12Z More than the staggeringly self-absorbed British pop star, the wistful giant, the Greeks bickering inside the Trojan horse or the baby floating in utero, the glowworms got me. FringeNYC: Plays That Are Bold, Daring and Full of Lust 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It was a long time ago, and when you’re young and self-absorbed, things are a blur. Before Nora was Nora 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z But like self-absorbed restaurant owners everywhere, I push for more, hungry for feedback about the roll I selected for the brisket sandwich or the artful saucing of the pasta in her Thermos. My Quest for Lunchbox Supremacy 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z She's self-absorbed but strangely likable for a former junior TV talent show winner whose parents sold up and moved to the States to further her career. The National Movie Awards 2010 2010-05-26T06:59:00Z That’s fun for a while, but the illogicality eventually becomes self-absorbed and cloying. Review: ‘How to Get Into Buildings’ Finds Love Amid a Crash, a Duel and Soups of the Day 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “A lot of people lose track of that. They just become too self-absorbed, I think.” The Robin Williams Auction: On the Wall and Off the Wall 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Beneath all the buffoonery, the novel moonlights as a chronicle of women fed up with the imperious but weak and self-absorbed men all around them. Just Another Nutty June Weekend in the Rockaways 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z He is not advocating a “self-absorbed navel-gazing” but instead “a release from narcissism,” an ability to be able to “see yourself in the round.” When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z Caring and admirable in many ways, yet self-absorbed. Patti Smith: punk poet queen 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z “Lost Property” paints an unsparing portrait of a self-absorbed cad, “idle, rootless and mischievous.” Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z Apparently, we're meant to believe Muslim women in the Middle East are equally self-absorbed, vain and materialistic. "Sex and the City 2's" stunning Muslim clich?s 2010-05-26T18:45:00Z People tuned their televisions to “Friends” every week for a self-absorbed laugh. Hootie and the Blowfish hit it big 20 years ago 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z At this point in her life she is unwinningly self-absorbed, clumsily appropriating her grandmother's sorrow. Snake Road by Sue Peebles – review 2013-07-27T07:45:00Z I remember how self-absorbed I was at that age. Carolyn Hax: A forgotten birthday saddens mom 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z They detailed how loveless, drugged-out, callous, self-destructive and self-absorbed he could be. Review: The Weeknd Makes a Bid for Pop Outreach on a New Album 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z He was too rigid, too self-absorbed, too reactive. Dear David’s Wife, Can You Diagnose My Husband, Too? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The presence of a grandchild might nudge them toward a different focus, but again — people who are completely self-absorbed tend to dive into their self-regard, regardless of the audience. Perspective | Ask Amy: In-laws are too self-focused to care about pregnancy 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z With such self-absorbed characters, the play engaged my head more than my heart. ‘Rapture’ revisits struggle to have it all 2013-07-23T00:15:20Z The earth has shifted and his self-absorbed philosophical crisis has become a tragic, practical crisis in real time. New man becomes new dad – the very hard way 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z I also reminded him that my sister is pretty self-absorbed. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband has a ‘mommy’ problem 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Later, two Austrian émigré psychoanalysts, Otto Kernberg and Heinz Kohut, took an interest in patients who were troubled by “emptiness and meaninglessness” and who seemed, to the two analysts, simultaneously insecure, aggressive, and self-absorbed. What Happens When We Decide Everyone Else Is a Narcissist 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The playing was slow and rather self-absorbed, its mannered hesitations not entirely encouraging. Igor Levit – review 2013-04-03T17:47:45Z Instead, the viewer quickly learns to despise the neglectful parents, the self-absorbed manny and the bratty kid all at once. Review | ‘Shrill’ and ‘Turn Up Charlie’ are passably cool TV shows that try too hard to be passably cool TV shows 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The enduring mystery of Van Gogh’s life will always be how this ugly, passionate, self-deprecating, self-absorbed man turned his particular vision into something that transformed how we all see the world. An imaginative look at a young Van Gogh in ‘The Season of Migration’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s always a little shocking when self-absorbed celebrities with all the resources and high-priced advice in the world do something so clearly against their own self-interest, but it shouldn’t be surprising. The TV Watch: Famous, With Foot in Mouth 2011-02-28T23:15:24Z Or maybe, she and Debbie had a fight about who was more self-absorbed. Apatow’s This Is 40: Way Too Many Scenes From a Marriage 2012-12-19T15:00:17Z This must be why I come across as “unimaginably self-absorbed.” Apology to my former student 2012-08-27T01:00:00Z Your mother is self-absorbed, unaware, uninterested, incurious, distracted; doesn’t listen, interrupts, talks over, turns all conversations back to herself; and, the killer of all rational hopes, she is defensive. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s nature over nurture when it comes to changing your mother 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But much more extraordinary on Saturday was the completeness with which she was able to channel the self-absorbed and self-destructive force of Vetsera's personality. Royal Ballet: Mayerling – review 2013-06-17T16:33:21Z Like its HBO stablemate “Girls,” which offers a mordant look at self-absorbed Brooklyn millennials, “Togetherness” right off the bat strips its characters of their dignity and self-importance. ‘Togetherness’ Joins ‘Girls’ on HBO’s Sunday Night Roster 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z We were self-interested and self-absorbed, apathetic, slothful, narcissistic—or so we were frequently told. New York’s Climate Strike and the Things That Make Teen-Agers March 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z And yes, they are self-absorbed, hypercritical people who you would and should hate. Review: ‘Difficult People,’ on Hulu, Has Fun With the Aspiring and the Struggling 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z It illuminates a lost and not very pleasant person – selfish, self-absorbed, lacking in empathy, capable of cruelty and the kind of judgment that led to the bullying she herself suffered. Harley Loco by Rayya Elias – review 2013-06-14T09:00:11Z “I think he got more and more self-absorbed.” Searching for Richard Holbrooke 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The self-absorbed heroes he created in comedies like “Gregory’s Girl” and “Local Hero” may not have minded being the center of attention, but Mr. Forsyth himself is modest, if not downright shy. Film: Bill Forsyth to Discuss ?Housekeeping? at Film Forum 2010-04-14T21:46:00Z As Oliver, Turner is sympathetic as the quintessential artsy dreamer — a little self-absorbed, but his heart’s in the right place; Coleman’s Bernadette is prim and sharp, very much the yin to his yang. ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z What seems like a healthy amount of curiosity often lapses into a self-absorbed journey into the contours of blithe ignorance. The new Viceland channel perfects the modern journalistic art of playing dumb 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Cannot remember when I last saw anything with such self-absorbed characters. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Jack Riley, who played a sour, self-absorbed patient on “The Bob Newhart Show” and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon’s animated series “Rugrats,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. Jack Riley, Who Played Carlin on ‘The Bob Newhart Show,’ Dies at 80 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Though not the right age or era to qualify as a millennial, Smith’s narrator falls into the current zeitgeist of lost and self-absorbed young protagonists cropping up in literature, film and television. Zadie Smith’s New Novel Takes on Dance, Fame and Friendship 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z For instance, after telling her I saw an old friend, she’ll ask questions about their life, job, family members, etc., and finds it self-absorbed of me that I don’t ask after these things myself. Carolyn Hax: The fine line between being caring and being nosy 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The title is ironic: as Ben Donovan, the general manager of the Sunshine Center, a San Diego sports and entertainment arena, Matthew Perry isn’t sunny at all; he’s a gloomy, self-absorbed loner turning 40. Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z Mathilde, so long impoverished and alone, willingly takes on the chore of encouraging a self-absorbed, quick-to-despair young man whose brilliance she doesn’t entirely believe. ‘Fates and Furies’ review: A masterful tale of marriage and secrets 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z More importantly, it points to a sickness: the self-absorbed lack of compassion and thoughtfulness by the super wealthy toward contributing anything back to society in any meaningful way. Contemporary Art Sales: Do I Hear $100 Million? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z In the poem “Normal,” the self-absorbed speaker explains: “I don’t feel bad/ about crushing others/ to achieve my goals.” Review | Ursula K. Le Guin’s final poems and other best collections to read this month 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Wealthy and aggrieved, dripping with gold chains and expensive sweatsuits, Barris’s character is self-absorbed and superficial. Kenya Barris Plumbs His Id to Reinvent the Family Comedy 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z None of them provide an epiphanic psychological insight into Trump — he’s the same self-absorbed blowhard, albeit a bit sharper and quicker. Review | ‘Howard Stern Comes Again’ gives a glimpse of a kinder, gentler shock jock 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Too many “I”s and you’re self-absorbed; too few and: Where are you in this piece? Up Close and Personal: New Essays From Leslie Jamison 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Here, Stephen Dorff plays Johnny Marco, a pampered movie actor, holed up in the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles – a self-absorbed guy who is fawned upon by assistants, producers and especially beautiful women. Somewhere 2010-09-03T14:54:00Z However, by taking each other's repellent, self-absorbed selves off the market, I truly feel that Jude and Sienna have gone that extra mile. Wendy Lewis is not the forces' favourite, but the veterans went too far 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z For Ms. Lynch is the farthest thing from the kind of self-absorbed professional crybaby so common in the cabaret world. With Jane Lynch, It’s Not Your Typical Cabaret 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z It's a sneering, caustic commentary that asserts the prophet's self-absorbed grandiosity while mocking his prohibition against idolatry. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Their characters are vain, vapid and almost too self-absorbed to be cruel to Cinderella, who is more ignored than abused. Dance Review: ‘Cinderella’ at Edinburgh International Festival 2012-08-31T22:50:44Z And the night ended with an excruciating segment involving a ludicrously self-absorbed jerk named Xander. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: A Bit of Magic Amid the Clunkers 2011-09-23T15:24:47Z It employs all the shiny semiotic cues that lure kids in, but ultimately it’s a red herring: overdressed in its self-absorbed, art-world persona, the bike is too wrapped up in itself for normal engagement. | Creatures of Comfort: Clothes Fit for Woman or Beast 2010-10-05T22:07:00Z But it’s also a comedy of millennial angst and entitlement, with a sleuthing team of four self-absorbed, 20-something Brooklyn types whose lineage runs from “Seinfeld” through “Broad City.” Review: ‘Search Party’ Turns Up Clueless Sleuths of Brooklyn 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z For the duration of this show Mr. Hunt-Hendrix and Mr. Gann played with self-absorbed rigor and intensity, rarely letting up from the tremolo lines that are this music’s bedrock. Music Review: If You Celebrate Nihilism, Is It Somethingism? 2011-06-05T22:00:06Z And Elizabeth — amusingly played by Portman as a self-absorbed actor all too aware of her own beauty — isn’t exactly a neutral observer. Review: Todd Haynes' 'May December' is both engaging and uncomfortable 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z America has always been a self-absorbed, parochial country. Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Like him, they are full of anger, empty of thought, low on education and experience, completely self-absorbed and almost entirely driven by insecurity. On being a man: Andrew Tate and Donald Trump are the worst possible examples 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z And it turns out those self-absorbed wide receivers were right all along. Rams' Cooper Kupp gets it: UCLA study shows he wears a performance-enhancing number 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Judge Richardson KC gave that claim short shrift, describing the group as "a cauldron of self-absorbed neo-Nazism masquerading as a low grade all-male sports club". Inside the neo-Nazi fitness club run by a Yorkshire prison officer 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z As soon as we meet the vacuous, self-absorbed Andy, we know that girls as smart as Stacy and Lydia will eventually have his number — and not the kind for texting. Review: 'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah' is a sweet take on rites, fights and tween drama 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Even the foolish, self-absorbed Leon eventually gets a shot at redemption, and a hope that he can change his ways. What's so funny about acclaimed auteur Christian Petzold? A lot, it turns out 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Or it could be James’ turn for her outrageous portrayal of the self-absorbed principal. Emmys 2023: Comedy power rankings 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z "When I'm in active addiction, all I care about is me," he says, adding that his mindset becomes "selfish and self-absorbed". Busted's Matt Willis: I’m nervous about my kids seeing my drug and alcohol past 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “I’ve worked with actors who are nervous of cuts, are self-absorbed about the text: ‘Well, I’m doing this part so I can say every word,’” Godwin said. Shakespeare Theatre trimmed ‘King Lear’ — and made it a box office champ 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It also underscored how the utterly self-absorbed Trump has become ever more disconnected from the lives of those he claims to represent and the needs of a nation he aspires to once again lead. Column: Donald Trump's pity party at Mar-a-Lago 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Continuing with her self-absorbed inventory of her feelings, and fluent in DEI-speak, she told of her labors creating “a space of belonging” and “places of safety.” Opinion | Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z This is all very racist, of course, but it is also deeply self-absorbed. GOP throw tantrum over Chrissy Teigen's truth-telling tweet about Trump 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Her career is in sudden ascendancy, thanks to self-absorbed Felicity, who hosts an HGTV-style television show and carries Lauren’s pieces in her Madison Avenue boutique. Review | Yes, life is messy. ‘The Sweet Spot’ finds joy in the chaos. 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Wohl sets Jo up as the kind of shallow, self-absorbed millennial who can serve as the ideal foil for the humbling realities of motherhood. Review | ‘Baby Ruby’: Maternal ambivalence meets gothic terror 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z But it only served to underscore, as Trump bids to return to the White House, how self-absorbed and out of touch he’s become. Column: Donald Trump's pity party at Mar-a-Lago 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z For the sunny and self-absorbed Keene, it’s a terrifying voyage into the heart of darkness that becomes a mission to keep a monster from returning to his hunting ground. How Paul Walter Hauser landed in 'the devil's playground' with 'Black Bird' 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Still: Selfishness and stubborn, self-absorbed foolishness are as good a basis as any for leaving someone when it persistently compromises your peace of mind and quality of life. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Spouse is not okay with husband’s disregard for risk 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z “He is not in the same caliber politically as his father and he is quite self-absorbed and that informs people’s assessment of whether he is suitable for the presidency.” ‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Some of the celebrity parents were so self-absorbed that they never seemed to remember meeting the normal parents. Column: Nepo babies beware! You didn't hit a triple if you were born on third base 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Agreed, the epically self-absorbed De León has got to go. Hate grows, L.A. politics go berserk and Gen Z saves democracy: Columnists dissect 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But a blind, ignorant, arrogant and self-absorbed press is far more dangerous. Our biggest problem isn't Trump or Biden: The media is disconnected from reality 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Football is America — at its most blind and greediest, at its most violent and self-absorbed — and therein lies the problem. Perspective | Football is America. We shouldn’t be satisfied with either. It’s a bit heavy-handed but the message is clear: Being self-absorbed is not good for your family or the planet, so you need to adjust for the sake of the future. Review: 'Strange World' boasts a weird, vibrant world where fathers learn important lessons 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Young voters like Avila are often misperceived as too apathetic or too self-absorbed to care about elections. 'I don’t know how to do this.' Anxiety about voting keeps some young Californians from polls 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “Because sometimes in this game, you get so self-absorbed about what your swing is doing, this and that. Sometimes, you just gotta look external.” Talk through it: Dodgers stars share the secrets of their success at the plate 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The degree to which it strikes us as self-absorbed and inaccessible may also be a measure of just how personal, and truthful, it is. From Spielberg to Iñárritu: Evaluating the season's many styles of personal filmmaking 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There were unruly schoolchildren and stodgy teachers, frustrated Parisian traffic cops, hapless tourists and self-absorbed intellectuals. Jean-Jacques Sempé, whimsical illustrator of New Yorker covers, dies at 89 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Another is a self-absorbed actress, and David — whose father owns the house they’re about to trash — lays into a party guest for using the criminally overused buzzword “gaslighting.” Review | ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: A slasher with some surprisingly sharp satire 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Young people’s behavior tends to be stereotyped as self-absorbed and impulsive. A neuroscientist’s insights on the adolescent brain 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z He’s hardest on Ben, who declares himself “a self-absorbed know-it-all.” ‘Vengeance’ review: Forget ‘The Office.’ B.J. Novak’s first movie proves his true talent lies in directing 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z I’m offended by the snippy, self-absorbed response; by the rudeness of it to anyone, particularly a grandmother. Perspective | Ask Amy: Angry grandma struggles with grandchild’s snippy response 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The second story is about the self-absorbed actors learning how to be human. The 5th Ave offers an emotional ‘Prom’ during Pride month 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Together they weather Jack’s alcoholism, Rebecca’s brief stint as a lounge singer, and raising a Black son, a disaffected daughter and a self-absorbed jock. Here’s where everyone ended up on the series finale of ‘This Is Us’ 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z I see the Democratic Party underappreciating the real appeal of this kind of politics, clinging to a self-absorbed view that the rise of Trumpism is simply because of the failings of the left. Opinion | Trumpism is terrible. It also might be popular. 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z A glow of radiant affection beamed out of him for his surrogate mother, Mrs. C. The Fonz could be generous, self-absorbed, loyal and neurotic, all at once. Henry Winkler Breaks the Curse of Stardom 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I grew so self-absorbed on Twitter, there was little need to look at other people’s feeds. Opinion | Goodbye to You 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Williams, playing an elegantly self-absorbed first lady, reveals an unbridled deftness for political satire. Review | A bountiful Broadway season ends with laughs, thanks to ‘POTUS’ 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z It did not set out to attract us: It was self-absorbed, living in its own past. When I Went Away From the World 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Imagine growing up with a self-absorbed father so detached from reality and the truth. The despicable Joe Biden 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Coming-of-age tales are often self-absorbed, presenting the outside world and other people as mere backdrops to the protagonist’s struggle to forge an adult identity. Review | Lee Cole’s ‘Groundskeeping’ is an empathetic portrait of people across the political spectrum 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Probably not, since that may not provide an ideal opportunity to inject Trump hatred, as well as degrade an entire group of people as self-absorbed and out of touch. Opinion | The Villages in Florida: Shangri-La or Shameful? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Many had internalized the popular backlash against memoir as a debased form: clickbait, self-absorbed, a kind of narcissist’s public therapy pursued in lieu of writing Big Important Novels. More navel-gazing, please. Melissa Febos thinks personal essays can change the world 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Edwin, 10 years Rosalie’s junior, suffers quietly from his self-absorbed parents’ inattention to anything he does, however hard he tries to impress them. Review | ‘Booth’ imagines the dysfunctional family that created John Wilkes Booth 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Joel M. Petlin, superintendent of the Kiryas Joel School District, acknowledged that Mr. Colbert was telling a joke, but said it still betrayed a self-absorbed mindset. Stephen Colbert mocks Americans uneasy over gas prices: ‘I’ll pay $15 a gallon … I drive a Tesla’ 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Here, baby boomers still reign supreme, in a place that caters to some of their most self-absorbed, self-indulgent impulses. Opinion | The ‘Disney’ for Boomers Puts Hedonism on Full Display 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z As law professor Alan Rozenshtein told the New York Times, "A finder of fact could conclude that Trump is so uniquely narcissistic and self-absorbed that he actually thought the election had been stolen." "If I do this, what do I have to lose?": New documents show Trump feared no consequences for a coup 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “A finder of fact could conclude that Trump is so uniquely narcissistic and self-absorbed that he actually thought the election had been stolen.” Panel Suggests Trump Knew He Lost the Election, Eyeing Criminal Case 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z As a witness, it would be your prerogative entirely to note — in the moment — how self-absorbed these comments are. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can you tell your family to shut up when they pressure your single sister? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z But Vick had a tendency to be self-absorbed and to say what felt right in the moment. Michael Vick found a future on TV, but his past is still chasing 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z "So for all you self-absorbed folks out there that can’t look past your own self to appreciate what other people are doing," he said. Nick Saban tries to tamp down 'self-absorbed' fans' high expectations 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “Chasing after my pro card was a very self-absorbed endeavor,” Henry said. ‘I Can’t Just Quit’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In it, Anita called them “a self-centered, self-absorbed, ungrateful group of adults” who enjoyed “free rides financially and emotionally” from their father. The Fight of This Old Boxer’s Life Was With His Own Family 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z He came to Cleveland in a blockbuster 2019 trade from the New York Giants, who had grown tired of his self-absorbed antics. Down and out: Receiver Odell Beckham Jr. released by Browns 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z I was not a particularly persuadable “Loose Change” viewer — too young, too self-absorbed, more interested in using my computer to play video games than chase down conspiracy theories. How a Viral Video Bent Reality 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z We enriched another corrupt and self-absorbed leader at the expense of the majority of Afghanistan’s residents. Opinion | What we’re leaving behind in Afghanistan — and why we’re leaving 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But in most other respects, McCain felt very much herself, for better and for worse: smart, snotty, cranky, wonky, sharp-elbowed, self-absorbed, well-connected, even cosmopolitan, in her own sheltered way. Perspective | Meghan McCain was the wild card that made ‘The View’ an unpredictable — and exhausting — rollercoaster 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The truly sad truth is that PBS’s promotion of a “Black National Anthem” and Ms. Berry’s “ugly American” temper tantrum reflect an even greater, self-absorbed civic ignorance in America today. Bigots segregate America on Independence Day 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z “The Good Lord Bird,” meanwhile, has fun not just with Brown but also with Douglass, played by Daveed Diggs as a bit of a self-absorbed fop. These series take us a step closer to slavery not being about race, but about America 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z That he can seem less self-absorbed than the characters he plays is part of what makes them appealing; we can see that better self, waiting to be revealed. The case for John Stamos, one of TV's most underrated actors 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z I said that an education grounded in self-absorption would inevitably yield to a nation full of self-absorbed people. When safe spaces for the coddled young move from college campus to tennis courts 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z She portrays the eventually reclusive Emily as brilliant, tortured, adventurous, vulnerable and deeply self-absorbed. How Hailee Steinfeld learned to open up by playing poet Emily Dickinson 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Things do not go well, as one might expect when two moody, self-absorbed artists get together. Review: Latest Rachel Cusk novel honors Mabel Dodge Luhan 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z In a sexist society, his grief was viewed as a more heroic “melancholy” than Mary’s, who was dismissed as self-absorbed or insane — a stereotype that persists to this day. Mary Lincoln wasn’t ‘crazy.’ She was a bereaved mother, new exhibit says. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z There are unnecessary details of the self-absorbed Warhol; of a bomb that detonates in a townhouse next to Hoffman’s Greenwich Village apartment; of Schlesinger’s next movie. Review | ‘Midnight Cowboy’ was a masterpiece made of desperation 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z He was intense and self-absorbed, prone to violent outbursts, and preferred a neat and orderly environment. NC woman adopted as infant discovers biological father is on FBI's Most Wanted list after DNA test 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Like Trump’s pressers, these were often stream of conscious, self-absorbed and self-indulgent, but Cuomo inspired by also exuding compassion and cautious optimism. Opinion | Why were liberals so blind about Andrew Cuomo? They wanted to believe. 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z During high school, he was a difficult, self-absorbed personality who wouldn’t hesitate to hurt someone in our circle if it afforded him some advantage. Is It OK That My Sister Secretly Records Our Dad for Laughs? 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z “There’s this criticism of him that he’s self-absorbed and just trying to stay in office,” the senior administration official said. Day on golf course helped change Trump’s mind on stimulus bill 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Those with the appropriate degree are correctly addressed as Dr. The @WSJ should be embarrassed by printing this misogynist, self-absorbed screed. Jill Biden: Backlash after WSJ op-ed calls future first lady 'kiddo' 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Trump is totally self-absorbed with his narcissistic injury and his grievances. Forty-one days of pure hell: How do we survive the end of the Trump presidency? 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “My parents were great survivors, but they were wretched parents, negligent, self-absorbed, petty and often mean,” Gregory writes. Decades after his famous dinner, the once-restless André Gregory writes of inner peace 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z "There's a lot more thought put into my work now, so I do believe that I'm in a better place and I like that I've grown up a lot. I'm not a self-absorbed lunatic anymore." Chelsea Handler says she was 'a self-absorbed lunatic' during her late-night show run 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Yet there was not a word from President Trump, so self-absorbed with his election defeat and the mirage of voter fraud that he seems unable and unwilling to deal with an extreme national crisis. Opinion | The pandemic is galloping ahead. The president is AWOL. 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He tried several other lines of attack, too - arguing Hickenlooper was too self-absorbed to represent the state well, had swung too far to the left and had it in for rural Colorado. Democrat Hickenlooper wins US Senate race in Colorado 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Campaigning for Joe Biden on Saturday, the former president painted Trump as insecure and self-absorbed, describing him as a failed president who cares more about himself than the country. Obama criticizes Trump in scathing, personal terms 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z They might be self-absorbed, rude to one another and sometimes frustratingly inarticulate, but isn’t that true of many 19-year-olds? Review: Ready or not, 'S—house' reminds you how hard it is to be 19 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z She added that she was self-absorbed for "many years." Chelsea Handler says she was 'a self-absorbed lunatic' during her late-night show run 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “Any problem anywhere else is just a third- or fourth-order problem right now because we are so self-absorbed, inward looking and consumed with our own toxicity. And when you’re distracted, you make mistakes.” National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Also unhelpful to Trump–in the view of the undecided–is the sad sight of a young woman like Hicks paying a price for her loyalty to a self-absorbed, mask-bashing president. The audacity of Hope Hicks and her boss getting COVID-19 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z More pernicious are the caricatures of Black Americans as self-absorbed and unthinking voters. How the Black Vote Became a Monolith 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z When one regards our self-absorbed political class and much-abused civic institutions, it may be hard these days to be optimistic about our political system. Five key counties to watch 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z He is so self-absorbed and grandiose that he despises the people who claim victimhood with him. Donald Trump’s pathology of victimhood: It's dangerous for his own party — and the rest of us 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z “Your actions were inhuman,” the judge told Mr. Tarrant, adding: “To my observation, you remain entirely self-absorbed.” New Zealand Gives Christchurch Killer a Record Sentence 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Our country is self-absorbed in a pandemic and politics. Opinion | The U.S. must not ignore the apparent poisoning of another Russian dissident 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z He’s petulant, self-absorbed and prone to argue with rules officials about things like boundary fences and fire ants. Column: Big and booming, DeChambeau is PGA Tour must-see TV 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z It was not the starring role — that would be the monumentally self-absorbed Scarlett O’Hara, played by English actress Vivien Leigh. Olivia de Havilland, two-time Oscar winner and last surviving star of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “Of course the film mainly rests on Cox’s shoulders,” writes the Hollywood Reporter, “and he has one of his best roles as the maddeningly self-absorbed but shrewdly observant actor.” New movies to stream this week: ‘The Sunlit Night,’ ‘Blessed Child’ and more 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The term “Brat Pack” was popularized by an unflattering New York magazine story that ran in 1985 and portrayed the young actors as shallow and self-absorbed. Back to the ‘80s: Andrew McCarthy writing ‘Brat Pack’ book 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Athletes finding their voice is a welcome development for society, and sport, and it shatters the stereotype of self-absorbed stars in the pro and college ranks. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z So often they lose some of the sheer self-absorbed virtuoso madness that you need as an actor. 'He's so strapping and virile': Patrick Stewart at 80 – by Shatner, McKellen, Tennant and more 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Of a long list of negative attributes that the Democrats regularly test against Trump — including “incompetent,” “chaotic” and “divisive” — the poll has found “self-absorbed” raises the most concerns among self-described independent voters. Trump’s “I alone can fix it” campaign collides with a changed public mood 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Are they so self-absorbed that it doesn’t matter to them? Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Historical accuracy is no obstacle to self-absorbed nihilism. Opinion | The new legacy of Teddy Roosevelt 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z He was, without a doubt, a self-aggrandizing, narcissistic, self-absorbed monster of a man and -- to give him full credit -- he never made the slightest secret of who he was. A graduation speech for our age of collapse 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z American audiences are accustomed to consuming films and series around race from their own self-absorbed lenses. Netflix drama ‘The Eddy’ explores jazz via multiracial Paris 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “It is unfortunate and distressing that those who refuse and threaten violence are so self-absorbed as to not follow what is a simple show of respect and kindness to others.” Masks Become a Flash Point in the Virus Culture Wars 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z In it, the progeny of despicably self-absorbed parents plot to orphan themselves for a chance at happiness. Review: 'The Willoughbys' is loud, colorful and frantic, but at least it's a distraction 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z But Trump has become smaller, pettier, more self-absorbed. Opinion | Trump refuses to lead a country in crisis 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Feckless and self-absorbed, they’re fraudulent even to their best friends, i.e. each other. Review: Aged to perfection, Alexander Payne's 'Sideways' is worth more than a glance 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Before that, boomers were the self-absorbed “me generation.” Review | What will America look like when millennials are in charge? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Stern’s focus on her feelings may have seemed like a way to draw readers into her narrative, but it comes across as self-absorbed in comparison to the suffering that Karadzic helped cause. Review | How does an ordinary man become a genocidal leader? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z To exclaim is to seem silly, shallow and self-absorbed, or, conversely, sarcastic, snarky or sneering. Opinion | The exclamation point is making a comeback! But it can’t last forever. 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is, by all indications, far too self-serving, self-absorbed, and cynical to adhere to the eschatological blind-faith of the two Mikes. The American chaos machine: U.S. foreign policy goes off the rails 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Even more so with rapper and self-absorbed entrepreneur Jay-Z, who climbed aboard the NFL train without hesitation when he realized just how profitable the cause of social justice could be. Column: NFL shamelessly commandeers Kaepernick’s cause 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z His father was a prominent actor in the Yiddish theater and, at home, a self-absorbed ogre. Review: Bios put spotlight on director Lumet, actor McKellen 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Some praised Ms Wurtzel for her candor while others said she was self-absorbed. Prozac Nation author dies aged 52 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z If Reynolds was smothering, her father was distant and self-absorbed. Review: Carrie Fisher bio as sharp, endearing as its subject 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z “Today, the people are self-absorbed, and so is its leadership,” he added. Israelis Call Netanyahu Indictment an ‘Earthquake,’ but Agree on Little Else 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z He, on the other hand, was quite the opposite: a scrappy, self-absorbed, standoffish and intense striver. Review | He critiqued a callous health-care system. Then he experienced it firsthand. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Saul, who has just proposed, is so self-absorbed that his grasp on what’s really going on eludes him. ‘The Man Who Saw Everything’ is haunting and effective 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s narrow because he is so singularly self-absorbed, which has been true throughout his life. Perspective | Why Trump can’t change, no matter what the consequences are 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Just shows you how self-absorbed sports royalty is these days. Letters: Look like the rare time where LeBron James made the wrong play 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Such are the strange ways that the law weaves through American history, tying radicals long ago to the self-absorbed radical now in the White House. Why a judge just shot down the argument that Trump is above the law 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Alexander England commits fully to his character, Dave: a colossally self-absorbed rock guitarist who drives his girlfriend away and irritates his eternally patient older sister. Review: Lupita Nyong'o in 'Little Monsters' is the zombie-fighting kindergarten teacher we need 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Tarlov argued that the decrease in birth rate stems not only from a career or a "self-absorbed" perspective, but from a fear of "what kind of world women are bringing their children into." Lawrence Jones blasts 'self-absorbed' millennials as study shows American 'values' changing 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z There is something narcissistic about this project—something self-absorbed, in a way that only the emotionally wounded can be. Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “The question is really whether those two narcissistic, self-absorbed individuals actually want to operate in a collegial way and work with other heads of government to make progress on the difficult issues.” World Leaders’ G7 Expectations: A Nice Chat, Some Good Wine, No Unity With Trump 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Simon said Baltimore was “a city of good Americans who deserve more than a grifting, hollow and self-absorbed failure of a man as their president”. David Simon: Trump is a 'simplistic, racist moron' and a 'permanent stain' 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z At her youthful, self-absorbed worst, she can be pretty hard to take seriously. Review: Dudamel marks his 10th L.A. Phil anniversary with a Hollywood Bowl blowout 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z In this portrait, she comes across as unhappy, unhinged and self-absorbed. Review | The almost-charmed life of JFK Jr. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z In contrast, even the best of the Democratic candidates sound like a self-absorbed TED talk. Opinion | What the Democratic debates showed 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Of course, the entirety of “Yesterday” is improbable, so suspending disbelief is required from the jump, when it’s clear that the self-absorbed Jack is grouchily unaware of Ellie’s obvious unrequited love. Review | What was it like to hear the Beatles for the first time? ‘Yesterday’ almost gives you that feeling. 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Yes, the musical portrays Jefferson as a self-absorbed patrician, she said, but he trusted the voice of the people more than his rival did.” Buttigieg struggles with racial unrest in South Bend 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z It should never, ever be forgotten what a resentful, self-absorbed, petty, and insecure husk of a man is occupying the Oval Office, and it never, ever will be forgotten. Donald Trump’s Unhinged Obsession with “a Man Named John McCain” 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z And their kind, apparently, are fairly self-absorbed and dismissive. Review | How Mar-a-Lago’s denizens nurtured Donald Trump’s ego 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “The extreme intensity of the earth element creates a character that is stubborn, self-absorbed, vindictive and judgmental,” Pun Yin said. What does Year of the Pig have in store for Trump? Feng shui masters offer clues. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Spoiler alert: He’ll probably sound surprisingly little like the irascible, self-absorbed president who fires off insults and tirades in serial tweets. Trump's State of the Union speech: Do not adjust your TV set 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z And Americans in general, we tend to be very self-absorbed and don’t hear about other communities beyond our own. Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give: 'Books play a huge part in resistance' 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z He got results but he was also self-absorbed and controversial - he once struck a soldier suffering from combat stress. The end of Trump's love affair with generals? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s completely selfish and sort of self-absorbed and tone-deaf, and then she gets dissed by the Cherokee Nation. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential run ‘will be the end of her’: A.B. Stoddard 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z In this blithe indie, the apps that promise to connect us — from iMessage to Tinder — are just as likely to keep us in isolation, as are our own self-absorbed tendencies. Review: Splitting the apartment brings millennial couple insights in comedy 'Wobble Palace' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “This is so self-absorbed that I don’t know how this could be published and not cause an outrage,” Linda Redgrave said. How one article capsized a New York literary institution 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z What are the challenges of performing an intensely self-absorbed, often childish writer like Joseph Castleman? Jonathan Pryce: ‘I’d rather be Welsh than English, that’s for sure’ 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The paper-towel moment in particular has come to symbolize what critics say is Trump’s inability to sympathize with others — and his self-absorbed leadership in a time of crisis. ‘It totally belittled the moment’: Many look back in dismay at Trump’s tossing of paper towels in Puerto Rico 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “That empathy is an essential part of the job. As in Puerto Rico, Trump seems so self-absorbed — so focused on getting credit — that the victims seem far removed from his concerns.” ‘Tremendously big’: Trump reaches for superlatives in the face of calamity 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Those who find stone-stacking self-absorbed and narcissistic may have a point. Stone-stacking: cool for Instagram, cruel for the environment | Patrick Barkham 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z A smug and self-absorbed academic who teaches courses like American Cinema and the Alienated Male at the university in fictitious Sandcliff, a down-at-the-heels British resort town, Duncan admits being "a little overzealous." Review: Ethan Hawke brings the charm, and Rose Byrne brings the pathos to delicious ‘Juliet, Naked’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z On Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” and ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” the closest American cousins to “Love Island,” self-absorbed male cast members exploit any opportunity to lose their shirts and spotlight their shorn chests. Hairless Chests Abound on Reality TV, But Do Real Men Wax? 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z In the book, she paints Trump as scattered, self-absorbed, misogynistic and insecure. The Latest: In wake of book, Trump calls Omarosa ‘a lowlife’ 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z A general consensus of the older generations is that Generation Z is self-absorbed or materialistic, but anyone that takes so much as a brief peek into our lives knows the opposite is true. 'We are the opposite of self-absorbed': what everyone gets wrong about Generation Z 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Beach played a self-absorbed and beyond-flamboyant director, De Bris, who gets to go on as Adolf Hitler and leads the cast in “Springtime for Hitler,” the show’s most famous number. Gary Beach, actor who won Tony for ‘The Producers,’ dies at 70 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z This is Trump in four words: self-absorbed, impressed by authority and at home in denial. Opinion | It’s time to excise the Trump cancer 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Roberts showed “the right mixture of disappointment, frustration, but also understanding there’s a game to be played the next day, and being overly self-absorbed about a loss doesn’t really help anybody,” Zaidi said. Dave Roberts manages to stay the course In the book, Manigault Newman painted the president as scattered, self-absorbed, misogynistic and insecure. The Latest: In wake of book, Trump calls Omarosa ‘a lowlife’ 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Within a few days, I was as self-absorbed as ever. Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z She chides close male friends who fail to refer to their wives by name, and flags the self-absorbed men she encounters at parties and on trains. Deborah Levy's memoir asks: What if a woman is the main character in her own story? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z In that sense, Trump may well have created a West Wing in his own image, one more self-absorbed and beset by gnawing doubts than perhaps any that came before it. John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z As Jaden, the talented and charismatic Jordan looks and acts like a real kid, at once self-absorbed and recklessly passionate. Review: Awkward father-son bonding lacks punch in modest 'Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter' 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Or is it that she is so self-absorbed that she has spent the better part of her 40-something years obsessing over herself and her insecurities? Review | A midlife crisis that includes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a threesome 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z He depicts himself, Mr. Obama and other members of the former president’s team as not only tragically indecisive and irresponsible but self-absorbed to the point of moral insensateness. Obama’s ‘Red Line’ Debacle From the Inside 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Looking at those images, she seemed to suggest, was both self-absorbed and self-absolving. What Does It Mean to Look at This? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He worried his children would grow up self-absorbed. Making Movies in the Trump Era for the Audience Hollywood Ignored 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z We, the majority of the people, must make America what it has declared itself to be..a democracy.not to be destroyed by vicious, lying, self-absorbed paradigms of evilness. Camille Cosby’s statement: ‘Lynch mobs’ led to convictions 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z In her new film, Let the Sunshine In, Juliette Binoche plays an intelligent, creative, beautiful woman who seeks sexual rapture with men who are variously pompous, self-absorbed, rebarbative and physically unprepossessing. Claire Denis: ‘I couldn’t care less about the Weinstein affair' 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Could he be that self-absorbed and that possessed of a sense of entitlement? Trump Doubles Down on Potential Trade War With China 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z But it would be shortsighted to overlook the signs that conservative ideology is on the defensive and that most voters are exhausted by divisive and self-absorbed presidential leadership. Opinion | What striking teachers teach us 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z President Trump’s initial response to the Parkland, Fla., shooting massacre was self-absorbed and wide of the mark. Opinion | Washington doesn’t care. So the youth are taking matters into their own hands. 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Besides, there’s a long-standing tradition of winners thanking the crews that supported them and made their projects possible, and anyone who neglects that tradition risks looking self-absorbed and egotistical. A cost-benefit analysis says a Jet Ski won’t shorten Oscar speeches 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z By that I mean, expect your two toddlers to be impulsive, self-absorbed, moody, capable of following only the simplest instructions, and occasionally so frustrating that you want to scream. Grandma thinks it’s her right to spoil grandchild, including giving him a lighter 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z It was full of screams and dives and needless flourishes, a mess of individuals in desperate need of structure, self-absorbed and self-indulgent. Neymar wilts in Madrid as superclub tie descends into Disneyfied dystopia | Jonathan Wilson 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Some 100 million Americans are so self-absorbed, we cannot see beyond our immediate selves or needs. Opinion | Is Loneliness a Health Epidemic? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Catholicism can't really expect to have an open-minded congregation, given how close-minded and self-absorbed it has shown itself to be.. Opinion | The Scariest Catholic in America 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z It is arduous even pretending to be interested in self-absorbed egoists. Pity the ‘hostesses’ at this revolting gropefest dressed up as a charity do | Suzanne Moore 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The film is a portrait of self-absorbed, cruel parents living in an indifferent Russia with its news of the Ukraine war, corruption and predictions of the apocalypse. Powerful stories of personal struggle fill this year's foreign language film nominees 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The day we realize we will never get what we so need from our family, either because they are incapable, too self-absorbed, too jealous, too petty, too negative, or just uncaring. Debunking Myths About Estrangement 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z I was then a self-absorbed, emotionally unavailable and delusional alcoholic. My brother’s punch in the face shocked me out of alcoholism | Darren McGarvey 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z As a typically self-absorbed teenager, Elio at first seems barely aware of Oliver’s presence, being far more interested in his on-and-off girlfriend, reading and pursuing compositional musings on the guitar and piano. Review | ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is among the best movies of the year 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z This old, perverted man was needy, self-absorbed, power hungry and delusional. Charlie Rose Ousted by CBS and PBS After Harassment Allegations 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Not all men are created equally awful and some people are more self-absorbed than others. If you believe studies into selfishness, we are all terrible people | Arwa Mahdawi 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Vandalism, contrary to the group’s claim that they’re performing “public art,” is the artless tantrum of a childish, self-absorbed mind. Opinion | Teddy Roosevelt didn’t deserve this 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z And that commander in chief — no matter how self-absorbed — should take personal responsibility for it. Opinion | Trump’s Self-Absorption on War Deaths 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Gleeson plays Milne as a bit of a prig, capable of lowering the room temperature several degrees with his joylessly acerbic wit, and Robbie, as the self-absorbed Daphne, is even more boldly unsympathetic. A bracing sourness rescues 'Goodbye Christopher Robin' from sickly sweet banality 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Writing in the Mail on Sunday, the ex-PM branded Mrs May's critics as "self-absorbed", saying he had watched party infighting with "increasing dismay". Rebel Tory MPs are 'self-absorbed' 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z But those weaknesses are nothing compared to those of an inexperienced, self-absorbed, bombastic and impulsive president. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Circus 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z “He could be quite self-absorbed,” Paco, his second oldest son, told me. The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Tell me about the bar scene, where an Indian American female college student criticizes Brad for being self-absorbed, for his “white privilege, male privilege, first-class problems.” Mike White on the pathetic and the privilege in 'Brad's Status' 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The effect is lively and avaricious and intensely self-absorbed, a tone not uncommon in colonial cities, and the principal reason I find such cities invigorating. Slouching towards Biloxi: Joan Didion on life in America's south 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Yet for the athlete, there is little time to find other platforms to express much of anything given the moneyed and self-absorbed nature of the co-opted time in his world. Opinion | Reality Sports 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Note: That doesn’t say support and defend the president, an idea that seems to trouble the self-absorbed Trump and his minions. Perspective | Feds’ charitable giving reflects worry; reciting oath on video reflects pride and Trump counterpoint 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z His critics called them self-absorbed confabulations, fiction presented as fact. Bruce Chatwin: One of the Last Great Explorers 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z By making the theories convincing — or at least omitting any ideas that would contradict them — the writers implicate the viewers in the characters’ self-absorbed groupthink, and ask “Would you do any better in this scenario?” The Mist’s finale just barely redeems its slow, mind-numbing first season 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z More streaming TV: Kristen Bell is a self-absorbed woman who dies and finds herself in “The Good Place: Season 1,” a screwball comedy of afterlife and redemption. Now streaming: ‘The Tick,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z By 2016, the private Trump was on permanent public display, raging over mere slights, seeing plots in every ill turn of events and, as always, stunningly self-absorbed. My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality — whose obvious impairment has only gotten worse 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The same goes for Kate Jaeger as Anne’s self-absorbed younger sister Mary, whose sense of entitlement is equaled only by her hypochondria. Review: ‘Persuasion’ makes music out of Austen’s melancholy 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z This self-absorbed cabal of spoiled plutocratic brats intends to abandon our nation’s core democratic principle of “We’re all in this together.” Betsy DeVos’ plan to sell out public schools is a Koch Brothers dream come true 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z I think the degree to which people are self-absorbed is pretty shocking. Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z There are many decent people in this world, as well the self-absorbed. This new citizen received a warm welcome in Tukwila; a tow-truck driver in Kirkland did not 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z But consider how the story could have gone if the avaricious, rash, self-absorbed rogue of the opening scenes actually chose to throw in with the beautiful immortal who’s offering him godhood. The Mummy would have been so much better if Tom Cruise were the villain 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Labeling Johnson “self-absorbed,” Foner cited a one-hour Washington’s Birthday speech by Johnson in which he “referred to himself over 200 times.” Opinion | The president whose ghost is haunting the White House 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Trump, because of his self-absorbed nature, finds it difficult. Opinion | Trump may have broken one D.C. Commandment too many 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z It is a critical portrait of a self-absorbed man who "walked into the party like he was walking onto a yacht". Carly Simon plays You're So Vain's lost verse - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z And in your self-absorbed way, you announce a tax cut that will hugely benefit yourself. This isn’t tax policy; it’s a Trump-led heist 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z This is technopolis, with self-absorbed overpaid coders wandering the sidewalks, pushing aside mere mortals. Maritime remains crucial to Washington’s economy 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z "As athletes you become this self-absorbed kind of person and everything's just about you, but there's bigger things in life than that." Jason Kenny could retire before the next Olympics, says Laura Kenny 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Culture issues at small companies often start with owners or CEOs who are complacent, self-absorbed or too set in their ways, human resources consultants say. Culture shock: Business owners see need to change their ways 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “Cats can be quiet . . . independent,” she points out, choosing a milder adjective than, say, “aloof,” or, perhaps, “emotionally distant and off-puttingly self-absorbed.” No ribbons and bells for these scruffy cats 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z They are completely self-absorbed, while the Kanchenjungha offers an opening into a world beyond that refuses to present itself. Henry Green’s Party Going: an eccentric portrait of the idle rich 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The accompanying photo seems to suggest issues the article ignored: a self-absorbed father still basking in the limelight while his damaged son slumps beside him, looking like a reluctant prop. Letters: Father-son story has some worried about how it will end 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z A film that explores the latent longings and regrets of a cranky, self-absorbed septuagenarian might sound like a tough sell. Review: Remembering the past, and editing along the way 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z One theory is that psilocybin interrupts the circuitry of self-absorbed thinking that is so pronounced in depressed people, making way for a mystical experience of selfless unity. Hallucinogen Eases Depression in Cancer Patients, Studies Find 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z That may be the central question of Bryant’s life: How did such a difficult, self-absorbed man who alienated friends and family finish his career as one of the most popular athletes of his time? The aloof, single-minded intensity of basketball legend Kobe Bryant 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “This, coupled with the advent of social media technology that allowed them to post relentless ‘filtered’ images of themselves, led to staggeringly self-absorbed figments of their own perfection. Piers Morgan to anti-Trump millennials: ‘Suck it up you squealing softies’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Steinfeld carries the movie effortlessly, walking that fine line of making a somewhat bratty, entitled and self-absorbed character endearing, funny and even empathetic. Review: Steinfeld’s angst shines in ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z But if that organization, as well as DC Scores and Arcadia, have significant numbers of millennials on volunteer rosters, what of the stereotype of the generation as self-absorbed? Who says milliennials don’t help out? How groups are tapping a new wave of volunteers. 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Does this mean wealthier people are inherently more selfish and self-absorbed, and lower-income people inherently more generous and empathetic? How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z This is about self-righteous, self-absorbed athletes injecting their political agenda onto the field. Long Before Kaepernick, There Was Navratilova 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z There is keeping up with the Joneses, and then there’s keeping up with the Kardashians — neither is a good idea, and the latter is a self-absorbed descent into a societal abyss. Go books go! Another case against publicly funded football stadiums 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z But for much of the play, we get few glints of the yearning, vulnerability and, yes, charm that make Walter more than a self-absorbed bully. Review: Seattle Rep’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ reflects past, present 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton's debate performance provoked Trump to underscore that he is a reckless, prickly, ignorant and petty person who is also tone-deaf, self-absorbed, unable to make coherent arguments most of the time. Stark Contrast 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “So you get that very clear view this was a bloke who was completely and utterly ruthless and self-absorbed and didn’t mind who he hurt to get what he wanted.” Too good a bloke? How Roger Rogerson used ‘mesmerising’ charm to become Australia's most notorious cop 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z "This is about self-righteous, self-absorbed athletes injecting their political agenda onto the field." Long Before Kaepernick, There Was Navratilova 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z He was self-absorbed, prickly, defensive, interrupting, baited by every charge yet unprepared to refute them. Out of his depth, Donald Trump clings to deception 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But women must be communal and collaborative, nurturing and giving, focused on the team and not themselves, lest they be viewed as self-absorbed. Sheryl Sandberg: Women Are Leaning In—but They Face Pushback 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z He lacks curiosity, knowledge, wisdom, and the ability to be other than completely self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, and self-dealing. Can Hillary Clinton Keep You Safe? 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z “Just not a self-absorbed person at all,” he said. Tulsa officer late to career, had de-escalation training 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z First, with a lightness that numbs the pain, she examines the impact — both short and long-term — on children whose families are chopped up and reconstituted at the whim of self-absorbed parents. Ann Patchett’s ‘Commonwealth’: two shattered marriages and what comes after 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z He was also ominously self-absorbed and a patent liar. Against the wall: from Mexico to Calais, why the idea of division is taking hold 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Does that mean meditation and mindfulness are hopelessly selfish and self-absorbed? How Meditation Can Help Make Your Mind Happier 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z He is not self-absorbed, but he abides fools very poorly. In my encounters with him, Donald Trump was hardly boring 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z |
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