| 单词 | self-pity |
| 例句 | It wasn’t depression that drove me forward—it wasn’t even self-pity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She hated it, but she didn’t have time for self-pity. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Now the humor was removed, and an element of self-pity had crept in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And the outbursts of an abject self-pity with which it alternated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now,” she said, “the time has come to stop wallowing in self-pity.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But as before, the self-pity didn’t help and he knew that he had only one course of action. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She had wanted him to make her feel justified, solidify her right to self-pity, encourage her to occupy a larger portion of the moral high ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ordinary people, ordinary girls, teenagers like myself, would think I’m a little nuts with all my self-pity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Occasionally he sat in his apartment and wept in order to empty himself of self-pity and remorse. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Here was a man who, if he wanted, could spend every waking moment in self-pity, feeling his body for decay, counting his breaths. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have kept his voice cool, no self-pity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They came out at random, with no special significance attached to one or the other, and he talked about them neither with bitterness nor with self-pity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was, at that moment, almost overcome with self-pity. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain filled his leg now, and with it came new waves of self-pity. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom told me these things so that I’d never take for granted how we got to where we were, but none of it ever came from a place of self-pity. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All at once tears of self-pity brimmed her eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I indulged in my self-pity, the nastiness inside me curdling like putrid milk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Those middle-class ethnics who scorn assimilation seem to me filled with decadent self-pity, obsessed by the burden of public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood there facing each other and for a second I thought they had reached that stage of intoxication where silliness gives way to melancholy and self-pity. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indifference. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one really needs me,” he says, and there’s no self-pity in his voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her face trembles, torn, I think, between terror and self-pity. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you knew what I’d had to put up with recently,” he said almost tearfully—and the uprush of his self-pity was like a fountain suddenly released. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All of his life he had squandered his choices, wallowing in revenge and self-pity, keeping himself down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “And now I will have to find it out,” she whimpered, in a kind of amazed self-pity. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no time for the luxury of self-pity. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as I said it, I glanced at Dad, because Stephen Kellner was categorically opposed to self-pity. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In one short morning I had exhibited insane laughter, hidden lust, pissy behavior, self-pity, and hysterical crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so hot, tired, hungry, and sick that I was unsure of whether to cry in self-pity or laugh in celebration of our arrival. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Gat hasn’t spent the last two years in a shell of headache pain and self-pity. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But the citizens of Chicago soon realized that they didn’t have much time to feel self-pity or even to reflect on the scope of the tragedy. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z However, she took the interruption as a reminder that wallowing in self-pity, even in the privacy of her own mind, was not the Swanburne way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I don’t want to hear him beg, don’t want to listen to the whine in his voice, the self-pity. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I say it rather with irony sharpened by self-pity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds egotistical, but it’s actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Later it burned down to a smoldering self-pity, then to numbness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched them with awe and envy and self-pity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hatsue felt she did him no favors by indulging his self-pity, and he resented her for this. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She knew a moment of self-pity, of regret, thinking of the quill she had made, reliving all the tender dreams that had gone into the making of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed back against the feelings of failure that permeated so many African American communities, urging people to quit with the self-pity and take charge of their own destiny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He went right on with his life. He didn’t let self-pity overwhelm him—he just kept on with things.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It bore no trace of pain or self-pity, carrying only good humor and softness and just the tiniest hint of jazz. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But when he opened the kitchen door and stepped into the empty house, the self-pity kicked in again. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He was overcome with a humiliating feeling of impotence and was ready to weep in self-pity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Stammerers're usually too stressed to feel sorry for themselves, but a few drops of self-pity fell on me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Awash in self-pity, I even longed for Aunt Ivy. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I wish I could enjoy the luxury of self-pity and cast myself as a kind of‘invisible man.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The year after my mom died, I spent a lot of time wallowing in self-pity and despair. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He spoke almost carelessly, without anger or self-pity. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The advance of Lola’s dominion was merciless and made self-pity irrelevant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I trudge off to bed, full of guilt and self-pity. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Relief, shame, self-pity, she didn’t know which it was, but it was coming. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Buoyed up, I forgot my usual feeling of routine self-pity when working out, I lost myself, oppressed mind along with aching body; all entanglements were shed, I broke into the clear. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove off to his farmhouse each time in a mood of self-pity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And Cade, all innocence and self-pity, said, “Can I wait a couple minutes before I stand up, please, Mr. Nossik? Seriously, this thing is ridiculous!” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly Patrick feels sorry for himself sometimes, and for all I know St. Aubyn does too – he must, to know so much about what self-pity sounds like. Two Good Books: Elizabeth Hand's Available Dark and Edward St. Aubyn's At Last 2012-02-15T21:23:51Z Watching Churchill's funeral in 1965, VS Pritchett felt an "undertone of grim self-pity" and premonitions of a "mean" future in which Britain would become to the larger world "one more irrelevant folk culture". The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z Aimée Kelly plays the role with a winning blend of caustic humor and narcissistic self-pity: She’s highly strung, manipulative and insecure. ‘Boy Parts’ Review: Onstage, a Dangerous Woman Isn’t Enough 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Lévy struggles to drag this conversation out of mud and self-pity, to discuss philosophy and literature and politics. Books of The Times: Throwing Mud and Calling It Beautiful 2011-01-11T22:06:40Z Cancer filled me with fear, anger, self-pity, depression, and rage as well as a combative spirit. We enabled Lance 2013-01-21T20:59:00Z The bile and the beat cut through the self-pity, though it wouldn’t be a Sam Smith album without a good wallow or five. Bile and the Beat Fight Heartbreak on Sam Smith’s ‘Love Goes’ 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z I had begun my trip in a mood of dejection and self-pity, feeling shunned, overlooked, ignored, rejected — easily identifying with migrants and Mexicans, who knew the feeling of being despised. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The idea is foreign to the agent, who, even after receiving a cancer diagnosis, never got angry or succumbed to self-pity. Richard Russo’s Latest Cast Includes Average Men and One Big Star 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z If ever there were a film to unite the warring generations in mutual self-pity, here it is. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: why The Graduate unites warring generations 50 years on 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Brien mocked NBC and also made fun of himself, lampooning his own self-pity. Comedy Review: Conan O?Brien?s ?Legally Prohibited? Tour Hits New York 2010-06-02T22:16:00Z “She doesn’t let herself sit in self-pity when something awful happens to her; she picks herself back up and fights.” ‘Enchanted’ novel comes to life in a new musical 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Nursing his self-pity at a sleek local bar, Cal meets Jacob, who tries to do for him something like what Will Smith did for Kevin James in “Hitch.” | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z What really interests Mr. Mounk is his minority condition, which he describes with whimsy and no self-pity. Books of The Times: How Yascha Mounk Grew Up a ‘Stranger in My Own Country’ 2014-01-14T21:22:09Z She was a feminist who despised self-pity and self-importance. Nora Ephron’s Hollywood Ending 2012-06-27T22:28:16Z That image fits with the former frontman Morrissey's unrivalled capacity for self-pity – his own fabulous wealth slips his mind as he sings about a beastly record industry that will "siphon all your dough". In praise of ? Johnny Marr 2010-12-03T00:05:00Z “Lilac Wine,” the album’s most glaring mismatch of singer to material, is an alcoholic paean to lubricated self-pity that Ms. Boyle’s sober, plodding rendition treats as a song about transubstantiation. New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z “There is no perspective,” he says, without self-pity. Mohamed El Bachiri: ‘Terrorists killed my wife: this is my jihad for love’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The speakers of Yeh's poems make you worry about them: their alienation seems so absolute, but without the tiniest hint of bitterness or self-pity. The Ninjas by Jane Yeh – review 2012-11-23T22:55:09Z One of the things I hated most about it was how badly behaved it made me: the self-pity, yes, but also the thin-skinnedness, the anger, the terrible grudge-holding. The Long Goodbye: A Memoir of Grief by Meghan O'Rourke ? review 2011-08-12T11:15:01Z She says this without self-pity but rather as simple fact; one that is finally, after all these years, worth acknowledgement. Karin Ward: 'I'm not angry at Jimmy Savile now' 2012-12-09T00:04:01Z Here, he recalls his childhood in detail, plainly, movingly, sometimes amusingly, but without a trace of self-pity or bitterness. This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson – review 2013-05-02T13:00:01Z Instead, it’s Alethea who emerges whole, living a life devoid of self-pity. Interpreting the Interpreter: Who Was Lafcadio Hearn? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “I am the Earth Mother, and you are all flops,” she declares in a thoroughly convincing haze of alcohol and self-pity. A scintillating ‘Virginia Woolf’ with a scalding Holly Twyford 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Beck is the wibbling, doughy face of far-right American paranoia and self-pity. TV from the outer limits of the EPG 2013-02-23T06:00:00Z Her lack of self-pity made your heart break. The best performance I've ever seen: Frank McGuinness | Stage 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z And there are far too many survivors of ghastly crimes who have told their stories in lurid terms laced with self-pity. Books of The Times: A Captivity No Novelist Could Invent 2011-07-17T21:24:39Z "He didn't express any self-pity, nor did he ask for any," he wrote. Kirk Douglas seeks leniency for convicted grandson 2010-04-06T21:40:00Z Rather than feeling like a burden, the conversations filled me with admiration for my father’s dispassionate view of his situation and his lack of self-pity. “Dad, could we talk?”: My father and I had not been close for years, but with his illness everything changed 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The tone of the narration is so wrenchingly honest that the film never lapses into self-pity or relies on mystical platitudes. Review: ‘Notes on Blindness’ Is John Hull’s Trip From Darkness to Light 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z She falls into a funk of self-pity and vandalism. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Enter Donna, for Sanity's Sake 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Reeves’s Kay is both stolid and moving in her lack of self-pity. 2010-01-08T03:46:00Z There was Anne, no longer reserved and thoughtful and suffering alone, but wallowing in performative self-pity, speaking directly to the camera à la “Fleabag” and making arch asides about her relatives. Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Austen? (The Fans Might Play a Part.) 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z On that Sunday, we stopped for gas at Toccoa, Ga., near the South Carolina border, as I was working up a little bit of self-pity over our Easter lunch of beef jerky. An Intimate View of America, From Above 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “I used to be worse than worthless,” he admits without a hint of self-pity, but “I’m better than I was the last time.” Album review: Chance the Rapper, 'Acid Rap' 2013-05-10T18:44:00Z And a failed man has to choose between wounded, stoical dignity and regressive self-pity. | 'Everything Must Go': A Picture Window on a Life Turned Inside Out 2011-05-12T21:43:02Z It’s an impression that Ditlevsen herself courts — there is a strong vein of self-pity in the memoirs. ‘The Copenhagen Trilogy,’ a Sublime Set of Memoirs About Growing Up, Writing and Addiction 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z In Act II, lashing out with wounded pride, he sounds like all the dark voices in our heads, all the self-hatred and self-pity. Review: For ‘Judas Iscariot,’ a Courtroom Drama of Epic Proportions 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “I had my moments of self-pity,” she begins. Cate Edwards: A steadfast daughter to John Edwards, despite pain and scandal Marcel’s ostensible heartbreak devolves into a more generalized alcoholic self-pity. Review: ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ Takes 2 Alcoholics and Chronicles the Tedium of Their Lives 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In his original New York Times review, Clive Barnes spoke of “the special self-dramatization and the frightening self-pity — true I suppose of all minorities, but especially true of homosexuals.” Review: Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto Enter Sniping in ‘The Boys in the Band’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The prince may shed a tear as he examines himself in the mirror, but there is no self-pity in it, no voluptuous surrender to death. DVDs: Visconti?s ?Leopard? ? After the Prince, the Deluge 2010-06-26T02:45:00Z There is not a whiff of self-pity in the account that follows, of his family being taken from their lavish house and interned in a single room in a concentration camp called Lunghua. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z Demeter snaps back: “You’re a goddess. There’s no time for self-pity. Every god of Mount Olympus has a role to play. Imagine if we all walked around second-guessing our work?” Podcast ‘Live from Mount Olympus’ readies for new adventure 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z There comes, however, even through the brisk tone, an autumnal note of self-pity. Dear Lumpy: Letters to a Disobedient Daughter by Roger Mortimer and Louise Mortimer – review 2013-06-05T11:00:04Z Rather than denying that self-pity can be pleasurable, she reveals how that pleasure comes from enfolding oneself in imagined care. “The Crying Book” Reveals How Tears Can Help Us, and How They Can’t 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z That cues an explosion of rancor and self-pity. Life During Wartime: The Year's Best Indie Film 2010-07-25T21:45:00Z He is a seething mass of righteous self-pity who adopts the persona and costume of a superhero he names the Crimson Bolt. | 'Super': You Don?t Need Superpowers if You Have a Pipe Wrench (and Anger Issues) 2011-03-31T23:05:03Z At midnight, I heard church bells, a sound that only exacerbated my disgust and self-pity. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z Westerners often mistake African endurance, and the lack of self-pity, for fatalism. Books of The Times: Where Dissidents Are the Prey, and Horror Is a Weapon 2011-05-23T18:30:27Z On the throne for a quarter century by now, Henry is a very human Big Brother, not without shame but bathed in self-pity, and reaching new heights of grandiosity. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Scrubbed of self-pity, he blames himself for succumbing to a bright idea he found online: experimental neutron radiation, in Seattle, which he thought would be an easier, faster way to get back on the air. Life Itself - A Memoir - By Roger Ebert - Book Review 2011-09-25T04:13:02Z In a monologue near the end of “Seminar” Leonard plunges into what appears to be a brutal dressing-down of one of his students that turns into candid self-assessment, tinged with bitterness but without self-pity. Arts & Leisure: Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck?s Comedy ?Seminar? 2011-11-12T21:57:17Z Because Mr. Lee’s character has none of her gumption, it’s hard not to feel a twinge of contempt for his lachrymose self-pity. ‘Stray Dogs,’ by Tsai Ming-liang, a Tale of Alienation 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Which is ironic, as this damp flannel of self-pity and mandolins is a compelling argument in favour of nationalising the British music industry. Peter Van Hoesen, Frank Turner, Dizzee Rascal: this week's new tracks 2013-06-14T12:00:00Z It’s a meditation on mortality, infused with more curiosity than self-pity; it suggests that the afterlife has a lot to do with the simple matter of being remembered. Music Review: 2013 N.E.A. Jazz Masters Are Honored 2013-01-15T22:24:48Z "These people were traumatized by what had happened to their homeland and their co-religionists; yet they managed to be light when they could, and they banished self-pity from their outer life." Pearlman, Gaddis win book critics prizes 2012-03-09T02:16:05Z I’m not doing self-pity, because I don’t, but it was a very difficult situation for me. Bill Gaytten, Out From the Shadows Cast by John Galliano 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z “You can’t control life, it doesn’t wind up perfectly,” Mr. Allen’s unhappy film director says in that great self-pity party. Men, Women, Cinema — No Longer the Same Old Story 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Gilles does not appear particularly penitent, or guilty, yet neither is he specifically defiant on the subject of necessary violence: when the subject arises, Gilles's attitude is one of tense self-pity. Something in the Air (Après Mai) – review 2013-05-23T14:38:00Z Ms. Cokal writes: Even at their moments of most intense grief, Cohen does not allow her characters to plunge into self-pity. ArtsBeat Blog: Book Review Podcast: Leah Hager Cohen's 'The Grief of Others' 2011-09-16T21:58:23Z What might read as self-pity was, in the Walkmen’s music, anything but. Music Review: Tunes to Play After You?ve Been Fired 2010-12-03T23:19:00Z Her plucky rejection of the usual “cancer story” sentiments becomes a potent form of sentimentality in its own right, and her brave refusal of self-pity ensures the audience’s infinite sympathy. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Sets Out to Make You Cry 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z His self-pity and lack of insight are stunning. Review: ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ Delves Into Infamy in the Age of Social Media 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z What drives this franchise is the same force that drives so much culture and politics right now: the self-pity of a white man with a relentless need to be the center of attention. Review: ‘Deadpool 2’ Has More Swearing, Slicing and Dicing from Ryan Reynolds 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It occurred to me between bouts of self-pity that those eyelids might actually be a thing that will be permanent in my future. I know Renee Zellweger’s pain 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Sensational as all that sounds, there is not a word of self-pity in her memoir. Maya Angelou and me: adapting her memoirs brought me eye to eye with an icon 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z She admires her parents: Her mother hasn’t allowed herself any self-pity during this time, always “worrying about other people’s comfort” said Norris. And what do you do when the trip in question might be your last chance to say goodbye 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z She spoke without self-pity; "As it happens, I like it that way." Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z In the wake of these works, Büchner’s Danton, a drunk with a death wish who wallows in self-pity and ends up guillotined, is hardly captivating. Review: A Far-From-Revolutionary ‘Danton’s Death’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z I’ve since been through the stages of anger and resentment, sadness and self-pity. Perspective | Her anti-migraine hacks include avoiding red wine and wearing sunglasses 365 days a year 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Carly uses her long ride back to the airport to question everything about herself and wallow in self-pity. 'The Bachelor': Hometown Dates 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z His Old Hickory is emotionally challenged and all too quick to fall into self-pity. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z And she turned one of her books, 2008’s Wishful Drinking, into a terrific one-woman stage show, one that dug deeply into her own addiction problems and bouts with mental illness without a scrap of self-pity. Carrie Fisher Made Grand Virtues of Being Fearless and Funny 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Russ is shattered by what has happened to his son, but his ex-wife can still uncork his lingering guilt and self-pity. Review: ‘American Crime,’ a Series Where Justice Is Far From Black or White 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “No self-pity was rule No. 1,” he said. Texas Monthly: A Musical Switch From Self-Pity to Gratitude 2013-08-17T23:38:43Z Mr. O’Brien began with a video — of himself, bearded, unkempt and bloated on beer and pizza, in a big house, ignoring his daughter and drowning in self-pity, to the tune of “All By Myself.” Comedy Review: Conan O?Brien?s ?Legally Prohibited? Tour Hits New York 2010-06-02T22:16:00Z Even if Lee shows the slow and painful disintegration of his father, the ravages of alcohol, the consequent damage inflicted on wife and children, there is no bleakness or self-pity in the telling. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z Dixon did a fair job of analysing psychological triggers but it seems the answer was as I've always suspected: nothing provokes more tears than self-pity – everything else is an extension of that. Margaret, Are You Grieving? A Cultural History of Weeping; Spotify radio: radio review 2013-01-31T17:45:01Z He adds: “What drives this franchise is the same force that drives so much culture and politics right now: the self-pity of a white man with a relentless need to be the center of attention.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘We the Animals’ and an Olivia Newton-John Biopic 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Though Mr. Carpenter will complain about other popular directors or bad reviews, he concedes that indulging this can veer into unwelcome self-pity. A Lord of Fright Reclaims His Dark Domain 2011-06-24T20:53:53Z The part of him that advocates personal responsibility also has no patience for self-pity. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Syracuse's lack of self-pity at many times is something that was just astonishing to me. Colin Farrell's fairy tale ending 2010-05-02T18:01:00Z She loathed self-pity and gave sage advice about relationships, and about how to survive New York’s tricky, fascinating theatre scene. The Year in Theatre and Farewell to a Friend 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z What she meant was tremendously useful — no wasting time in whining, self-pity or anything that would not move the ball forward.” T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z Its chorus, burdened by anger, stained with self-pity, is pulverising, every crash on the cymbals and slash at the guitar a punch to the stomach. John Grant 2010-06-27T21:15:00Z Ultimately, this allergy to self-pity allows him to grapple with the consequences and consolations of whatever agency — and dignity — can exist in even the most abhorrent and restricted circumstances. The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Her book can be humorless to the point of self-pity, and sometimes this becomes tiresome; even the dying can find grace in some levity sprinkled through their narratives of decay. How a Mystery Illness Cost One Writer a Decade of Health 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Alas, in “The Dog,” the narrator barely budges from his unhappy little cocoon, and there are no captivating characters like Ramkissoon to alleviate his spiral of self-pity — or the reader’s boredom. ‘The Dog,’ the Latest by Joseph O’Neill, of ‘Netherland’ 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Plain speaking … Alan Johnson tells the story of his childhood without a trace of self-pity or bitterness. This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson – review 2013-05-02T13:00:01Z She captures the child’s odd precocity and intermittent love along with the old man’s mingled wisdom and self-pity. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The real inspiration is Donna, a complicated character who — given all the love she receives, and all her self-pity — could also be exasperating. REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z After a few more attempts I fled, consumed by self-pity and shame. My life in sex: ‘My fear of losing my erection meant I could no longer enjoy sex’ 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Stark has the identity issues and daddy problems that come with the superhero territory, but self-pity is as alien to him as false modesty. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z Olav, who fancies himself something of a writer, turns out to be an irritating narrator, vacillating between self-pity and hard-boiled tough-guy poses, trying to channel Chandler or Hammett or James M. Cain. Review: Jo Nesbo, in ‘Blood on Snow,’ Tries a New Kind of Hero 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Certainly, there are plenty of aggrieved characters in “Purity” sporting noxious traits familiar from people in earlier Franzen books — industrial-strength anger and high-octane envy, coupled with lots of passive-aggressive narcissism and self-pity. Review: In ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen Hits a New Octave 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, it was difficult to appreciate the magnificence of the abbey’s tranquil cloisters through the fog of our own self-pity. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “It was strange that self-pity wasn’t on the list of deadly sins,” Russ thinks. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads,’ a Mellow, ’70s-Era Heartbreaker That Starts a Trilogy 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z What emerges is a story that searchingly inhabits the lives of women without sentimentality or self-pity. A 1970s Japanese Novel Leading the Way to Ferrante 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z At a time when bluster, bragging and histrionic displays of self-pity are apparently the defining characteristics of American manhood, it’s nice to be reminded of the virtues of discretion and quiet. Review: Robert Redford Aims to Charm in ‘The Old Man & the Gun’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Scott called the film “a pocket opera of grandiose self-pity, a wild and uncompromising demand for attention, a cri de coeur from the selfie generation.” For Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’ 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s hardly surprising that an industry that often functions as a protection racket for white male mediocrity should specialize in spectacles of white male self-pity. Hollywood on the Brink 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z When she says that it seems as if he hasn’t taken a shower in a while, he responds with operatic self-pity. The Sociopathic Comedy of Brett Davis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z That's the thing about Shore — he honestly doesn't seem to have that much self-pity. Once a 'rock star,' Pauly Shore rolls with the punch lines these days 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Or Mia Farrow, betrayed by her hero in The Purple Rose of Cairo, expressing despair, helplessness, self-pity, but finally joy, as she watches Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. Anne Bilson 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z At home that night in New Jersey, Sylvia drinks wine and wallows in self-pity. Review: Fort Worth Opera’s ‘Buried Alive and ‘Embedded’ Conjure Poe’s Dark Terrain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z We warm to his pluck and his latent sense of romance as well his absence of self-pity. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-04-21T06:00:29Z Fassbender's Magneto is curt, cool, duplicitous – an elegant foil to Xavier and his angry self-pity. X-Men: Days of Future Past review – chaotic but fun 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In those vertiginous moments after losing love, when it is tempting to sink into self-pity and victimhood, there are valuable opportunities to gain clarity on what we might have unintentionally hidden from ourselves. Jennifer Lopez's reinvention of the breakup 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Unlike their Anglo colleagues, the Latin American bands didn’t indulge themselves in self-pity. Critic?s Notebook: Lollapalooza Debut in Chile, Speaking Many Tongues 2011-04-04T22:27:33Z There was no happy talk, no mixed messages, no self-pity. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Bright and devoid of self-pity, Celia is bent on saving her sister. Review | In her new novel, Rene Denfeld draws on her experience as a homeless teen 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “Cherry” is written without an ounce of self-pity by an author allergic to the meretricious poetry of despair. Review | Nico Walker is a convicted bank robber. ‘Cherry’ proves he’s also a must-read author. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z There's also an unflattering, simpering self-pity at the heart of it, a quality that isn't present in Isherwood's book. 2009-12-10T01:10:00Z I, at the time I became interested in her, was pretty much wallowing in self-pity for this or that. “Something was wrong with Aunt Jane”: Brad Watson on the uncommon woman behind his new novel, writing difference and the appeal of “fly-over” country 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z So a cursory glance at the 46-year-old's first book - entitled Ode to Happiness - would seem to confirm the actor is thoroughly depressed and full of self-pity. Ode to happiness 2011-06-22T02:42:32Z The song itself is an internal monologue of self-loathing and self-pity, filled with the sorts of painful, raw observations accrued from absorbing a lifetime of listening to what others say about you. Not anyone’s “crazy bitch”: Smashing the “Fatal Attraction” clichés of the “female breakdown” 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z It was a superb way of getting rid of the danger of self-pity, and an astounding piece of direction because it was valuable throughout the play.” Michael Langham, Classical Theater Director, Dies at 91 2011-01-20T05:56:02Z Lyrically, he manages disillusionment without self-pity, circling around ideas of rehabilitation that feel credibly drawn from recent experience. Sept. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z I’m happy for them, but also struggling with resentment, self-pity and sadness. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to let go of bitterness of not being able to have another child 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Dogged by depression, subject to waves of self-pity, to stay confident he requires constant affirmation, which any number of friends — especially women — are eager to provide. ‘Fates and Furies’ review: A masterful tale of marriage and secrets 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z There’s a more insidious and seductive temptation: to indulge in self-pity and piety. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Though Sally has become a wise young woman, she is wrong to accuse Betty of declining treatment because she loves tragedy; in truth, Betty approaches her impending death with a remarkable lack of self-pity. 'Mad Men' recap: The Big C 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z She had gone through school in self-pity, but the turning point was a relationship with an older man, William, when she was 19. Comedian Francesca Martinez: "Surely I can't be more unfunny than Patsy Palmer" 2011-08-06T23:05:45Z In moments of self-pity Prisoner C. 3.3, as Wilde was designated, would sometimes liken himself to a tragic hero rudely cut down or even to a persecuted Jesus Christ. Review | How Oscar Wilde evolved from poet and playwright to symbol of martyrdom and individualism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Funny, uplifting and without a shred of self-pity, this is the opposite of a misery memoir. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z Cazale delivers this feckless rant with wide-eyed rage and self-pity, flopping up and down in his lounge chair like a beached guppy. Respect for Fredo, a Character Who Is So Much More Than a Political Insult 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The problem here is Mr. Long’s Adam, a twitchy knot of tics and self-pity. Review: Winning Her Back on Deadline in ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Asked why, she said without a trace of self-pity that she was a very sensitive kid. Ellen DeGeneres Is Not as Nice as You Think 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Because they were so depressed after saying goodbye, the Sunday night ride back home involved a good deal of hate-eating — Aneet was fond of greasy turkey sandwiches, Amelia favored M&Ms — while wallowing in self-pity. On Love: Amelia Gingold and Aneet Makin Despite the layers of pain — the immediate collapse of her marriage set against the brutal deportation of migrant children — the narrator resists self-pity or, as she puts it, becoming someone she would eventually disdain. Review | An author delivers a powerful plea for migrant children 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z His doleful, hangdog expression and strangled vocal delivery give all his characters an air of grievance and self-pity — no one’s feelings hurt more than theirs. Review: ‘Feed the Beast,’ AMC’s Solemn New Restaurant and Crime Drama 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The self-pity is monotonous; endless disappointments with men, a quest for perfection, the boring details of the hyper-grooming, the classic ambivalence towards femininity itself. Girl Least Likely To: 30 Years of Fashion, Fasting and Fleet Street by Liz Jones – review 2013-07-10T14:00:01Z With all the very loud talking and theatrical self-pity, this could have been a superbly camp sitcom, but the characters aren't nearly outrageous or monstrous enough. TV highlights: 29/4/2013 2013-04-29T06:00:07Z There is no special virtue, in other words, in having access to vulnerability, as Sinatra’s admirers like to say, when it’s simply a kind of self-pity alongside the exercise of violence. The Pure Artistry of Frank Sinatra 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The film itself seems to warp under the weight of her anxiety and self-pity. Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Not everything is terrible, and Nathalie is too stoical, too analytical and too much of an ironist to engage in self-pity. Review: Isabelle Huppert Is Great in ‘Things to Come.’ Discuss. 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z McCain, of course, was the one who had initiated the self-pity party, despite — as she points out — being paid to spew white-supremacist-lite commentary on the show. Meghan McCain’s legacy at “The View” exposes real-life problems with across-the-aisle "friendships" 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z None of this is particularly easy to take, even when one allows for the mixture of self-pity, delusion, grandiosity and desperation that typifies the behavior of addicts. Review | In his memoir, Will Self takes his penchant for erratic journeys to the extreme 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z “Ms. Alice’s performance emphasizes strength over self-pity, open anger over festering bitterness,” Frank Rich wrote in a review for The New York Times. Mary Alice, Tony Winner for Her Role in ‘Fences,’ Dies at 85 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Now, is Amy talking about herself here—indulging in a little self-pity by using this story to continue to see herself as the wronged child in her relationship with her mom? Enlightened: The Best New Show No One But You, If You Are Bothering to Read This Post, Is Watching 2011-11-08T15:44:38Z Frustrated and angry, Trump has ramped up his customary attacks on journalists — and has acknowledged, with an edge of bitter self-pity, that things have dramatically changed. Perspective | Trump, the TV president, finally meets a media story he can’t control 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Stability isn’t a prime topic for rock songs; there’s more drama in crushes and breakups, revenge and self-pity. New Music: Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ and Cristina Pato’s ‘Migrations’ 2013-01-14T22:57:43Z These hardy survivors are remarkably devoid of self-pity. Movie Review: ‘The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013’ Anthology 2013-01-31T22:57:57Z His Robinson was a figure shown being beset by bigotry on all sides, even by some on his own team, but toughing it out without self-pity. Chadwick Boseman: the unbearable loss of a prince of American cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump saga finally took an interesting turn this weekend when Trump responded to Fallon's self-pity over the backlash he's received from the infamous hair-ruffling of the then Republican nominee. Jimmy Fallon finally stands up to Donald Trump: “I’ll be making a donation to RAICES in his n... 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Something sad, with a lot of self-pity, about an honest, good man whose life and wife had both been cruel to him for no reason. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z There is no time for hand-wringing or self-pity, but even amidst the injustice and fight for survival, there's time for human contact and love. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Imagine a snow cone that’s part obsession, part self-justification, part masculine fragility, sweetened with self-pity and sweat, and you’re mostly there. Review: In ‘Islander,’ the Puck Stops Here 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Her Jane withstands strong crosswinds of feeling and the buffeting of unfair circumstances without self-pity, but also without saintly selflessness. | 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land 2011-03-10T22:30:15Z But during all those years of working for the rich or just working hard labor to get by, there was no time for self-pity. The working poor in the Hamptons: I cleaned a rich author's swimming pool while writing my own novel 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z But Ms. Waters speaks of the loss without self-pity or bitterness. From Waitress to Brother?s Savior, Then Hollywood Hero 2010-10-12T22:57:00Z Crisp, short lines, regular stanzas, occasional rhyme-patterns enhance a tone that is light and glancing, refusing self-pity. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z Poor old Cleo, mourning her Antony in between blasts of grandeur and self-pity. Critic?s Notebook: Performa 11?s ?Me, Michelle? and ?Antigone Jr.? - Review 2011-11-16T23:59:21Z Only the Ghost Knight wallows in regret and self-pity, which made him my least favourite character. Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke – review 2012-11-23T22:55:08Z As well as being a fantastically boring film, with Team-America-style performances from Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, is a deafening aria of self-pity and self-importance from the liberal overclass in Washington and Hollywood. Fair Game ? review 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z Swinging lightly but steadily, with minimal ornamentation, she doesn’t do self-pity. Music Review | 'Misty: Johnny Burke After Hours': Lyrics Still Inspire Mistiness Even After All These Years 2010-02-22T05:55:00Z But do not pity the poor hangman with no one to kill; his self-pity is more than sufficient. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Romy’s narration darts around in a voice that is tough, cynical, a little defensive at times, but ruthlessly honest and without a trace of self-pity. Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ Offers a Blackly Comic Take on Prison Life 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Lousy childhoods leave their impress, parental flaws are passed down and material comfort is no stay against self-pity. Does Freedom reign? 2010-09-17T23:05:00Z Our five did so with a lot of guilt and shame; but quite remarkable dignity and a total absence of self-pity. TV review: Hitler's Children; Lewis 2012-05-23T21:00:02Z "Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is loud and fun, with Morrissey almost making a joke of his own self-pity. Morrissey ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:48Z They’re very funny movies—self-mocking in their self-pity—and the intimate horrors and failures they portray are the stuff of his artistic glory. The Hong Sang-soo Retrospective Is a Must-See 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z I had given up on that passion as well, floundering about in self-pity and confusion and the panic I felt when I realized my unemployment was going to run out before long. Sixteen years in academia made me an a-hole 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z It's this resistance to anything that might resemble wallowing that firmly plants Molly Drake's outlook in a Britain where self-pity was considered as much a luxury as chocolate. Nick Drake: in search of his mother, Molly 2013-03-22T07:00:10Z Trump put his self-pity, revenge fantasies and paranoia on full display at his rallies and in his tweets. Michael Wolff on Donald Trump’s Last Days (for Now) 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “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 "Self-congratulation, self-justification, self-pity and plain old bitterness don't really make it as motors for good autobiographical prose," he notes, a little regretfully. Apathy for the Devil: A 1970s Memoir by Nick Kent | Book review 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z But even as the lyrics detail troubled thoughts, the music staves off self-pity with distorted tones, obstinate drumbeats and unhistrionic vocals. Cage the Elephant Returns, Suspended Between Rowdiness and Regret 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Look closely at her and there’s desperation: the deathly lack of hesitation about her money-making ploys; a cough that is a suggestion of TB; the only softness in her already spoilt by self-pity. My streaming gem: why you should watch Detour 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Stripped of bombast and weepy self-pity, it became a blunt expression of how, in her words, “the dream changes as you get older.” Randy Graff Turns Nostalgic in ‘Made in Brooklyn Revisited’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Plus, he had broken up two marriages, and that caused guilt, which fuelled a lot of self-pity, and he was really lonely, in Alaska, in the middle of winter. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z Yet, in her surgically incisive descriptions of how it feels to live in her ravaged body and to redefine herself within extreme new limits, Crosby resists both self-pity and the too-easy narrative of hardship overcome. A Professor’s Memoir of Life Inside a Ravaged Body 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Shot in the square, narrow dimensions of a cellphone video, it is a pocket opera of grandiose self-pity, a wild and uncompromising demand for attention, a cri de coeur from the selfie generation. Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’ Depicts a Clashing Mother and Son 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z You either hack it or change your occupation, freeing yourself from what Stephen Fry called "that most corrosive of emotions, self-pity". Paul Bhattacharjee and Cory Monteith deaths: is acting today just too tough? 2013-07-23T17:45:00Z Reyez doesn’t strike simplistic pop poses; she doesn’t present herself as an inspirational superwoman or a sexual dynamo, a creature of pure affection or of long-suffering self-pity. Jessie Reyez Is Yelling and Loving at the Same Time 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Shaping the entire novel around this production provides a frame that literally dramatizes the themes of the story, propelling it forward even while William wallows in self-pity. Review | Ethan Hawke turns his acting experience — and past infidelities — into brilliant fiction 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The self-important god of "Thor" has been replaced by a man who indulges his appetites while wallowing in self-pity. Thor's change in "Avengers: Endgame" isn't offensive 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z In reality, I doubt Aniston felt half as much self-pity as the average American did for her. Is Jennifer Aniston a "homewrecker"? 2011-06-22T20:23:00Z As an adolescent and young adult, I hated my mother for her inability to cope, saw it as a sign of weakness and self-pity. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z “A Song for You,” the Leon Russell anthem of a musician’s prideful self-pity, wraps an overelaborate post-facto arrangement around a fitful, scattered vocal from 2009: shards of musicianship, straining to cohere. New Music: From Amy Winehouse?s Archives, ?Lioness? - New Music 2011-12-05T17:04:29Z But she does not believe in self-pity, and calls on Jack to take control of his life. Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “Right Where I Need to Be,” a song she wrote with Mr. Harris, describes standing in the wreckage of an emotional war and declaring her independence without a trace of regret or self-pity. Loston Harris’s Set at Birdland, Heavy on Love 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z I know I'm going to be whimpering with self-pity. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z Ms. Foster personalized “I Fall in Love Too Easily” by softening its attitude of romantic self-pity to make it a more modern statement. Review: Stars Pay Tribute to Frank Sinatra 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z But the string arrangements are astringent and intense, the beats spacious or chopped-up, and her lyrics refuse to default in revenge or self-pity. Popcast: Björk Gets Personal 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z I will forgive because I cannot fill the hole he left with the anger and self-pity that will only prove to destroy me more. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z They do so without an ounce of fear or self-pity — and in killer style to boot. ‘Dry Ground Burning’ Review: Feminist Gangsters, Brazilian Style 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Surely Bongwan, with his potentially toxic blend of vanity, self-pity, passivity and guile, fits the profile of a recognizable and infamous type of lousy media man. Review: ‘The Day After’ and the Awkwardness of Lunch With the Boss 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Most important, she accentuates her character’s bracing lack of self-pity. Review: In ‘Dot,’ a Fading Matriarch Brings a Family Together 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z When her daughter, Meadow, calls to say she’s getting married, we see Carmela’s face twist into a sudden, convoluted expression of dismay and self-pity. A Tribute to Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Paul’s powers of observation are keen and often ruthless, but she never resorts to the language of self-pity — even when a reader might expect her to. ‘I Am My Own Subject’: Celia Paul on Lucian Freud, Motherhood and a Life in Art 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z This family being what it is, its collective lament takes on various forms of self-pity and narcissism, especially by way of Shelly’s subplot but also with Ari. The "Transparent Musicale Finale" is a fitting eulogy for a wacky, messy series 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Rather than wallow in self-pity after his girlfriend leaves him, Cee-Lo signals he's moving on in a modern way. New music video: Cee-Lo Green ? Fuck You 2010-09-02T11:27:00Z Daley-Ward is often intentionally funny, and reluctant to wallow in suffering or self-pity. Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z She is low on cash and waits tables at a Chinese restaurant, but is humorous, unsentimental, utterly without self-pity, warm and yet vulnerable in a way that Eve isn’t. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Bigamist 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z When she got ill and homesick and decided that life as an emaciated clotheshorse was not for her, her booker broke down in tears of self-pity. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z So while Sittenfeld’s Mrs. Bennet retains the original’s misplaced snobbery and self-pity, she is in this version also a lover of trash television. ‘Eligible,’ Curtis Sittenfeld’s Update of Jane Austen 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Her experiences are rendered vividly and with an admirable lack of self-pity. Wresting Insight, and Poetry, From Pain 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Moving perpetually around the stage, his voice shifting from soft to loud, Cranston exuded LBJ’s volcanic energy, crudeness, brilliance, self-pity, and most importantly, his deep convictions about civil rights. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Robert Schenkkan's LBJ 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Thus far I am empathetic, mainly listening and reassuring her that this will pass and she is loved, but I wonder if I’m actually encouraging self-pity. How to be your daughter’s confidante 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z These are keening melodies of male self-pity that promise a terrible denouement. Film review: The Killer Inside Me 2010-06-03T21:08:00Z But the people telling them are too busy and too candid for self-pity. Review: In ‘Canners,’ One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Nickel Treasure 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “The misery of us that are born great!” she says with notes of entitlement and self-pity. Theater Review | 'The Duchess of Malfi': Sometimes Brothers Can Be Too Protective of a Sister 2010-03-08T22:18:00Z No music will cure this addiction to self-pity. Fear, hysteria and patriotism 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z She works so hard to live up to an idealized version of herself that she barely recognizes the anger and self-pity that lurk under her perfect, disciplined reserve. Movie Review | 'Toe to Toe': On a High School Lacrosse Team, Opposites Attract and Attack 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z But Ms. Maggart didn’t proceed very far into the tunnel of romantic self-pity, where, she acknowledged, torch singers and their fans love to wallow. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z No. This wouldn’t be an exercise in rage, self-pity or despair, not purely, although the terrain will, by necessity, be despairing. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Far from being a misery memoir, however, it is beautifully observed, humorous, moving, uplifting; told with a dry, self-deprecating wit and not a trace of self-pity. This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson – review 2013-05-11T15:00:01Z But there was not an ounce of self-pity. Ashley Bickerton, Unflinchingly Honest About His Work and Illness 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Downtrodden, shuffling along, weeping with self-pity, or dangerously psychotic, sometimes laughed at, but never to be laughed with. No joke, being a psychiatric patient has its funny side 2010-08-04T09:53:00Z Not that any of them indulge in self-pity, even though some of the song lyrics in “Persian Cats” throb with anger and disillusionment. | 'No One Knows About Persian Cats': Indie Rock in Iran in Bahman Ghobadi?s New Work 2010-04-16T01:56:00Z But among Lagosians, who tend to combine relentless entrepreneurial flair with the belief that God will provide, there is little time for self-pity, a fact reflected in the series. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Leela is an ideal character: witty, sharp, generous with her memories, and amazingly devoid of self-pity. Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars by Sonia Faleiro ? review 2011-07-29T10:30:01Z By focusing so intensely on the moral quagmire, this set the tone for the self-pity that came to define the nation’s perceptions of the conflict. From Platoon to Winter Soldier: 10 of the best Vietnam war films 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Morris may be a loser, but he neither languishes in self-pity nor lashes out at his father or the world in general. Movie Review: ?The Trouble With Bliss? Is a Number of Things 2012-03-22T22:46:58Z But there's no exaggeration here, and no self-pity: just a wry, yearning, roll-with-the-blows stoicism. Your weekly serving of verse for National Poetry Month, by Nicole Hardy 2010-04-21T20:49:00Z Instead, she exits on her own terms, without sentiment or self-pity. Memoir highlights long-term health care challenges 2011-04-26T13:54:10Z "He didn't express any self-pity, nor did he ask for any," he said. Douglas appeals for grandson 2010-04-07T09:29:00Z I’m not sure I’ve ever read a memoir quite like this, one that spills its many dark secrets with so little self-pity, so much acuity and such a deliberate lack of authorial certitude. Why Did an Accomplished Writer Fall Silent for Two Decades? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Mainly, it was a meditation on a new kind of life limbo, the newborn stage, as experienced by a radically unprepared new mom: isolated, overwhelmed, and seething with self-pity. Goodbye “Girls”: A Review of a Fittingly Imperfect Finale 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Me, I am a little alarmed that, even at this late juncture, Tom’s pose is still passive, with a hint of self-pity, and positions Jane, still, as a sort of homey shock absorber. “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z Redmayne plays Hawking with an air of both swagger and wry humor — and a distinct absence of self-pity -- while also capturing the subtle but devastating encroachments of Hawking’s rare motor-neuron disease. For actor Eddie Redmayne, a Stephen Hawking immersion course 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Its portrayal of his weakness — his cowardice, his self-pity, his lethal indecisiveness — is devastating. Review: ‘Chappaquiddick’ Revisits a Grim ’60s Kennedy Scandal 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “Field seems to be aiming higher than that. Throughout ‘In Pieces,’ she assesses herself with a clear and critical eye, often revealing unappealing parts of herself … with minimal rationalization, sentiment or self-pity.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Like Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth,” “Knight of Cups” settles into a lukewarm bath of male self-pity, a condition perhaps more deserving of satire than sanctification. Review: In ‘Knight of Cups,’ a Writer’s Flesh Is Willing but His Spirit Is Weak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z I know that the party line on being unable to breast-feed is one of self-pity. Motherlode Blog: When Breast Isn't Best 2012-11-07T14:49:58Z Ms. Said, who juxtaposes her adolescent self-pity with the sadness she sees, understands she is a creature of privilege. Theater Review | 'Palestine': So Many Identities, So Little Time 2010-02-19T06:18:00Z More often, it’s an artfully unguarded anthology of one woman’s ongoing battles against depression, mendacious lovers and toxic memories, offered not with self-pity but with self-awareness and flickers of rage. Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z I am acutely aware that I am skirting on the swampy edges of self-pity. Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z How to convey the magnitude of her troubles without letting her descend into irritating self-pity? Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Ultimately, when Wurtzel was diagnosed with breast cancer – which many would see as a real illness, while some still see clinical depression as imaginary – she was remarkably without self-pity. 'Everyone else was just a bit player': my night out with Elizabeth Wurtzel | Suzanne Moore 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z In Mr. Pacino’s tempered wild-man performance — one of his strongest in over a decade — Simon rages at the dying of the light with a zany ferocity, largely avoiding self-pity. In ‘The Humbling,’ Al Pacino Plays an Aging Performer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Mengiste ventures into the minds of these two men, with their confusions of cruelty and self-pity, their musings about masculinity and representation. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He rejects the self-pity trope, insisting, “I enjoy being an outsider. It’s also a joyful thing.” The Dancer Shamel Pitts on Coming Home 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z An entertainer with no romantic illusions and no self-pity, Ms. Maye is a natural feminist, although she might not accept that designation. Music Review: Marilyn Maye Salutes Johnny Carson at 54 Below 2014-05-08T21:20:40Z At first, I thought: How is this not a work of pretentious self-pity? Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z “Nixon’s self-pity was a mere overlay, a kind of plastic transparency protecting the authentic anguish visible beneath,” Mr. Mallon writes. Books of The Times: ?Watergate,? a Novel by Thomas Mallon 2012-02-15T20:34:23Z Compassion for her youthful self, perhaps, but never self-pity. Maya Angelou and me: adapting her memoirs brought me eye to eye with an icon 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Does the blend of self-pity, vanity, petulance and bombast that Depp displayed on the stand represent how we want to see ourselves or our sons? The Actual Malice of the Johnny Depp Trial 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But the fact remains that she’s not exactly enduring endless, seething comparisons to Pol Pot, which sometimes makes her boundless self-pity feel odd. Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z What he doesn't hate is the fact that he would rather drown in self-righteous self-pity than acknowledge the absurdity of the situation. Showtime's 'Happyish' mostly just selfish and smuggish for now 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z While lyrics on the page might suggest self-pity, the music rarely does. The Passions and Travails of a Jazzy Everywoman 2011-06-20T21:40:37Z Fear of death expresses itself most commonly as self-pity, and self-pity does not lead to illuminating or fierce autobiography; it leads to therapy. Greg Baxter's top 10 memento mori 2010-07-21T11:15:00Z However, over weeks the pursuit has become obsessive, even urgent, as I came to appreciate it as a corrective to self-pity, and a testament to the relentless churn of time. In London, looking backward to move forward 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z His insistence upon pushing Lavinia away is exciting — if it means we are a step closer to Lady Mary stepping into her place — but most of his scenes end in crumbling self-pity. Downton Abbey Watch: House of Despair 2012-01-30T13:30:25Z His self-pity is the engine that drives the plot. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z He'd foreseen the whole ugly business from the first moment that he coughed up arterial blood, because his medical training forbade self-deception as much as his nature forbade self-pity. My hero: John Keats by Helen Dunmore 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Genji is a playboy prince, but a neurotic one, a Don Juan with more than a touch of Hamlet, capable of remorse, guilt and depression and a kind of obsessive self-pity. ‘The Tale of Genji’ and the Art It Inspired 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “Returning to work in that office belonged to a memory of being caged,” Tóibín writes, but Nora is not one for self-pity or shame. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself So the other day I was on Twitter, marinating in self-pity as usual, when an observation from Dawkins popped up on my screen. READ THIS YOU STUPID IDOITS! 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Mortality may be bearing down on him, but he doesn’t respond with self-pity or sentimentality – because that would be boring, predictable and so un-Bowie like. Album review: David Bowie, 'The Next Day' 2013-03-07T17:26:00Z My self-esteem is still pretty high, but self-pity creeps in every now and then, hurting my ability to think straight. My secretly bisexual husband 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z One of the worst, most boring parts of depression is self-pity, and the prospect of paying someone an hourly rate to help me experience more of it was too dire to contemplate. The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient? 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z “I live alone, lady,” Chuck says—more self-pity, and with it, she folds, and apologizes to him, entirely. The Cunning “American Bitch” Episode of “Girls” 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z I say this not with guilt or self-pity – all mothers feel guilty and all imagine they have somehow betrayed or let down their children. ‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The storm of rage, guilt, resentment and self-pity that surges through Paul is traced to various sources, small tragedies that illuminate larger catastrophes. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z After a while, this solicitude becomes indistinguishable from self-pity. ‘Fatherhood’ Review: He Lost His Wife. Go Easy on Him. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z And many similar passages of equally irrelevant self-pity follow. Does “Mein Kampf” Remain a Dangerous Book? 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Throughout “We Were Here” there is not a hint of mawkishness, self-pity or self-congratulation. | 'We Were Here': ?We Were Here,? a Documentary About AIDS in San Francisco - Review 2011-09-08T23:58:13Z There is no self-pity, although he endured a good deal of hardship in prisons and doss-houses before accomplishing his dream of publication, and his "leisure" must surely have been painful at times. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z Anna Kendrick stars as Martha, a chatty neurotic given to extreme mood swings who spirals into self-pity and excess when her boyfriend betrays her. What’s on TV Tuesday: Anna Kendrick in ‘Mr. Right’ and Phi Slama Jama on ‘30 for 30’ 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Jessica, does, indeed, get better, humbling Wolfe with her lack of self-pity — “Big deal, so I walk with braces” — and joyfully and fully re-entering the full life of a young wife and mother. ‘My Daughter, Myself’: struggling with stroke recovery 2013-07-31T20:39:42Z The album is laced with anger and self-pity, Mr. Furstenfeld said. Texas Monthly: A Musical Switch From Self-Pity to Gratitude 2013-08-17T23:38:43Z Lyrically “Nobody’s Daughter” recounts the depths of Ms. Love’s fall, but avoids blame or self-pity, tackling instead destructive relationships and themes of salvation and transformation. Music: Courtney Love?s Improbable Second Act 2010-04-15T18:37:00Z Movies that, rather than fetishizing self-pity or sentimentalizing domination, illuminate the cruelty, the comedy and the grace of the human condition. Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And yet … I am not sure if staying apart from my siblings this year is selfish, tinged with self-pity and something I'll regret. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s okay to have a blue Christmas 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z I'm already dreading being "oh honey"-ed over while I want to focus on getting catering deposits returned, selling our house and not deep-diving into self-pity. Perspective | Doing okay despite a rough breakup — until the comforters come calling 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z That she achieves all this with perfect clarity and no self-pity, and with her sometimes kooky affectations modulated into an aptly self-deprecating charm, is a mark of Ms. Parker’s maturity and the production’s. Review: Mary-Louise Parker, Resounding in ‘The Sound Inside’ 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Any tendencies toward melodrama and self-pity were trumped by a matter-of-fact depiction of the exhilaration and the cost of living dangerously. Music Review: Traveling to the Stars, No Joy or Romance Needed 2011-03-08T21:29:40Z The substrate issue in this review is that the Palestinians drown themselves in their self-sorrow and self-pity for not succeeding in ridding themselves of Jews despite best efforts. Fear, hysteria and patriotism 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z We don’t get the full blow-by-blow of Diana’s strange engagement to a difficult and even cruelly neglectful Charles, played terrifically by Josh O’Connor, who is all doleful slumps and unseemly bouts of self-pity. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z I was struck by his utter lack of resentment and self-pity, even when talking about sexual rejection. “I’m hung like a toddler”: Meet a man with a micropenis 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z But instead of rolling in self-pity, the singer shrugs through it with a wink and wry smile, connecting with listeners who shout “yaaaas” in response. Elle Varner shines despite technical difficulties at the Howard Theatre In a 2004 interview with NPR, he said it was “the only way I ever could escape from my own tendency to self-pity and the idea that I was under some sort of special doom.” Franz Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 62 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Thomas spends the first part of the book torn between self-flagellation and self-pity. Books of The Times: ‘Hikikomori and the Rental Sister,’ by Jeff Backhaus 2013-01-29T22:33:33Z Kitty’s death triggers in Bobby nothing more than a bout of self-pity, something that, one suspects, also doubles as cover for an attempt to milk as much free booze from the Hi-Hat as possible. The Deuce recap: season two, episode four – Freudian slips galore 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z A cycle of 12 songs that includes his adaptation of Shakespeare sonnets 43, 20 and 10, “All Days Are Nights” is an outpouring of raw self-pity: a kind of musical crying jag, if you will. Music Review: The Dark Lady and Judy Garland Play the Muses 2010-12-07T22:15:00Z The phrase is cumbersome, and it carries the stench of self-pity, but it earns absolution for its rhetorical sins with its substantive veracity. Toxic masculinity doesn’t just target women: The viciousness and vacuity of modern American manhood is also harmful to the self 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z At every turn, what one salutes is Murray's unjudgmental stoicism, her compassion and lack of self-pity. Breaking Night by Liz Murray ? review 2011-01-30T00:20:00Z The lyrics of “So Gone” address a former partner, bouncing between self-pity and boastful sneering, all tied together by Missy Elliott’s ad-libs of encouragement. The Beats Fuelling the Viral Dance Challenges 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The baritone Philip Cutlip exuded virile swagger and self-pity in a rich role debut as the convicted killer Joseph De Rocher. Houston Grand Opera Holds to Its Promise of Excellence 2011-02-09T16:15:56Z The book, Mr. Parfrey and Mr. Nelson write, “mixed sexual braggadocio, mystical communications with the dead, monumental self-pity about the torments of the artist and delusional patches of self-inflation.” Created by Hand: Lock, Stock and Barrel 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Someone who is prone to self-pity can still be pitiable. Television Review: ?Enlightened? Stars Laura Dern on HBO - Review 2011-10-09T22:00:00Z "These are not characters who are wallowing in self-pity or are losers; I hate films that are about losers," Dolan said. Cannes Film Festival shines light on maverick director Xavier Dolan 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “That sounds like self-pity unrestrained,” he responds, superior and impatient — a teenager. A Mother Loses a Son to Suicide, but Their Dialogue Continues 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z In a movie of less self-confidence, less rhapsodic euphoria, these notes of evasion and self-pity would be unbearable, and they come close to being unbearable as it is. Biutiful ? review 2011-01-27T15:00:01Z Critics praised her for her candor and accused her of self-pity and self-indulgence, vices she fully acknowledged. “Prozac Nation” author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Dreams aren’t the same as drive, and self-pity is less attractive than hard work. 2010-02-11T22:45:00Z Izzy is angry, and Frances is now torturing herself with guilt, and to her credit, significantly less self-pity than usual. "In Treatment" finale recap: Frances makes amends 2010-12-07T13:15:00Z Bell's character is never far from Andy Serkis' Captain Haddock, a cursing alcoholic prone to fits of self-pity and flourishes of bravado. AP Interview: Bell seeks to channel Tintin 2011-10-21T15:55:12Z The full cry — appropriately laced with self-mockery, self-pity and highly specific pop-cultural references — arrives in a single devastating scene near the end of the film. Shelf Life: Our Collections and the Passage of Time 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Tears are fine, yet for Bob, the threat of self-pity looms darker than anything. How to have a great conversation with someone who is going to die 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Elizabeth may be searching for a character, but Gracie has already found the role of a lifetime as a martyr to her own desires, a part she perfects with waves of self-pity and monstrous narcissism. At a Particularly Strong Cannes Film Festival, Women’s Desires Pull Focus 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The singer considers suicide, in “A Graceful Fall” and “Each Day of Sorrow,” undercutting self-pity with springy Memphis backbeats. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z “Paul’s powers of observation are keen and often ruthless,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes, “but she never resorts to the language of self-pity — even when a reader might expect her to.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Like all truly ludicrous people, Henry has no self-pity and no sense of his own silliness. "The Extra Man": Kevin Kline's magnificent oddness 2010-07-28T00:30:00Z Glatt brings us right into a consciousness fermenting in self-pity: “Alone — even stoned alone or drunk alone — meant alone with his thoughts and his thoughts inevitably turned to the girl.” ‘The Nakeds’: A young, broken girl and her nudist family 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, “Save Me” — a moving portrait of despair that somehow avoids self-pity — exploded instantly on YouTube, where today it has more than 190 million plays. How Jelly Roll overcame addiction and prison to become the new (tattooed) face of country 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z But even their sweet, tentative romance, predicated on mutual curiosity and real attraction, can’t help but bring out Ben’s ugly side, from his reflexive self-pity to his objectifying, self-loathing assumptions about interracial coupledom. Amusing and fitfully insightful, Randall Park's 'Shortcomings' has a few of its own 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The Washington Post sums it up nicely: “’Shy’ lives up to its ‘alarmingly outspoken’ subtitle but rarely seems mean-spirited, thanks to Rodgers’s sense of humor, clever way with words and refusal to indulge in self-pity.” Award-winning novels, a dishy Broadway memoir and more new paperbacks 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “But she did that not through self-pity but with defiance, humor, beauty and brilliance,” he said in an email. O’Connor Was a Lonely Voice for Change — Until Ireland Changed With Her 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Pervasive in the scroll is the artist's "solitude, a sense of isolation subtly expressed and presented...as a state of his life, without self-pity or bitterness," notes Siva Kumar, a leading art historian. Benodebehari Mukherjee: Blind Indian painter's forgotten scroll found after 100 years 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z But, hey, ratings: Maybe the method by which to save America from a second Trump term is to give him prime-time slots to lie, prevaricate and vent self-pity. America's mainstream media still wants to save the GOP — but that's impossible 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Ms Armstrong's death was "devastating, tragic and brutal", the judge said, noting Kemp had displayed "self-pity from beginning to end". Clair Armstrong murder: Skydive instructor Ashley Kemp jailed 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Because of that deep self-pity, Trump is very happy to use a fake mugshot image as a way of taking advantage of other people and getting money from them — but on his own terms. How Trump may be coping with being caught 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Then again, the two stories bled into each other for reasons other than the self-pity of the two men involved. The MAGA movement is having its worst week 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The more legal trouble he gets into, the more Trump's narcissism and self-pity cloud his understanding of what his voters see in him. Calm down! Indictment won't help Trump 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Stonewalling” doesn’t sentimentalize or squeeze tears for Lynn, who, for all her meekness, naivete and often-foolish decisions, is tough enough to have long ago waived her right to self-pity. Review: The quietly devastating 'Stonewalling' weighs the cost of a woman's sacrifice 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Wallowing in self-pity, Hedden said he realized he should direct his distress to Earvin’s family and thus completed a cycle of emotions that went from invincibility through fear, self-preservation and acceptance. Cooperating ex-guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate’s death 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But it is particularly Jean’s voice — her raw drive, with no speck of self-pity, to make work against wretched odds — that haunts the mind long after reading “Take What You Need.” Review | A mysterious rift propels the story in ‘Take What You Need’ 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Partners of fans flooded Facebook with “self-pity” stories, including having the walls of their homes plastered with posters of the singers. Hong Kong’s Mirror launches English song, revives Cantopop 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z But the more legal trouble he gets into, the more Trump's narcissism and self-pity cloud his understanding of what his voters see in him. Calm down! Indictment won't help Trump 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z He recounts his biography with solemn forthrightness but without a trace of self-pity. Lonnie Holley always manages to find the beauty in terror 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The movie’s handful of action sequences are good, but they’re too sparsely deployed and overwhelmed by lots of slow-paced scenes of characters stewing in self-pity. Review: Andrea Riseborough and campy 'Please Baby Please' deconstruct gender and the 1950s 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But the judge rejected Smith's evidence that he felt remorse, saying: "Your regrets are no more than self-pity." British embassy guard who spied for Russia jailed for 13 years 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z For the Republican seeking opportunities for self-pity, "prejudice" against the unvaccinated is non-existent. The end of COVID emergencies means meltdown for anti-vaxxers 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z But Mr. Williams is not one for flamboyant self-pity, and “Living,” thankfully, will never be mistaken for “Life Actually.” Review: If you doubted the greatness of Bill Nighy, a moving new drama offers 'Living' proof 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z At the same time, one of Matilda’s most appealing qualities is her allergy to self-pity, her calm insistence that every kid deserves, and can exact, a measure of justice. Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming 'Matilda the Musical' 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Those who are so caught up in self-pity over imaginary politicized slights often can't — or won't — see how they are contributing to a climate conducive to actual violence and abuse directed at queer people. Phony conservative victimhood is more than grating — it fuels a climate of anti-LGBTQ bigotry 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The meeting seems to be part of Andy’s therapy, which “Downstate” implies may be advisable but at this point also suggests that it is an indulgent marinating in self-pity. Review | ‘Downstate’ is a play about pedophiles. It’s also brilliant. 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z His early diaries are full of self-pity and self-recrimination for his condition. Ned Rorem, Pulitzer-winning composer and noted diarist, dies at 99 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z They ignored that the speech was a rambling mess running over an hour long, built mostly around Trump's favorite theme, self-pity. Desperate conservatives rally around an absurd talking point: Trump pivots to being presidential! 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “No, we need to ‘disarm,’ to shatter the chains of evil, to break the spiral of violence, and to put an end to resentment, complaints and self-pity.” Thousands pack Bahrain national stadium for pope’s main Mass 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z On Monday, the Supreme Court bore witness to how bizarre and delusional this brand of conservative self-pity can get. Phony conservative victimhood is more than grating — it fuels a climate of anti-LGBTQ bigotry 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z This is why, for instance, we get periodic bouts of right-wing self-pity over polls showing that more people would refuse to date a Republican than date a Democrat. Elon Musk's "blue check" debacle: His brain has been broken by whiny incels 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z “I was impressed by his resiliency. I never saw any self-pity. I never saw depression,” Phariss said. Texas Gov. Abbott tests whether conservative is enough in Trump GOP 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z And, of special salience in this age of self-pity and freely spewed malice, “Be too large for worry, too noble for anger.” Opinion | It’s good to run into an optimist these days. A roomful is even better. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z I kept expecting to feel the deadly edge of Millet’s satirical wit, but Gil is allowed to luxuriate in his gold-plated self-pity largely unscathed. Review | In ‘Dinosaurs,’ Lydia Millet mourns the burdens a rich man bears 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z But instead of ignoring the pettiness and focusing on his agenda, Trump wallowed in self-pity. Opinion | Trump had his chance and blew it. His supporters deserve better. 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Has the cascade of defeats lent a sense of self-pity to this town as eternal No. 1 Alabama heads to town for this biggie-big-big game of Saturday late morning? It’s a big game for Texas against Alabama, but Austin is bigger 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Then in a rambling statement that lasted several minutes, Shipley, 48, veered from contrition to self-pity. Former Whitman High rowing coach sentenced to three years for sex abuse 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But it seemed apt for a woman of her reserve and aversion to self-pity that she used both gentle sarcasm and Latin in making her point. Queen Elizabeth II: The One Constant in an Inconstant World 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z So it just has taught me a ton about not allowing self-pity and all those things to affect you from achieving what you truly can. WNBA’s Elena Delle Donne on tuning out judgment to define who you are 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Obsessed with his lost life and lost status, Mengele simmers in rage and stews in self-pity. Review | A French bestseller considers Josef Mengele’s years on the run 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “Shy” lives up to its “alarmingly outspoken” subtitle but rarely seems mean-spirited, thanks to Rodgers’s sense of humor, clever way with words and refusal to indulge in self-pity. Review | Mary Rodgers’s memoir weighs in on her famous dad and Stephen Sondheim 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z And she said the audience paying the most attention is “the people he left behind in prison. We want to encourage others to engage in this type of rehabilitation, to not wallow in self-pity.” American who joined Islamic State gets prison term reduced 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z He’s proud but not arrogant, scattered but thoughtful, a tireless talker and a good listener; he’s aware of his unique obstacles in life but happily allergic to self-pity. Review: Even at feature length, ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ proves mostly see-worthy 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Some — like Tucker Carlson of Fox News — seem downright stoked about the opportunity to use this shooting as grist for another self-pity party. Republicans use imaginary kids as weapons to harm real kids 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z I understand why you're thinking the worst, but it's still fuel for a self-pity cycle. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Daughters said they couldn’t visit, then vacationed nearby(ish) 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z This is a man so steeped in self-pity that he regards the public’s misunderstanding of his vast fortune as “his cross to bear.” Review | In Hernan Diaz’s ‘Trust,’ the rich are not like you and me 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z On the contrary, the violence is used to fuel a machine of right-wing self-pity and aggrievement, further driving Republican voters towards fascism. Fox News exploits Buffalo shooting to further radicalize Republicans with "great replacement" theory 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Or if the person over there had had a sandwich board that said, “I’m just beginning chemo,” we would be way less prey to self-pity. After Frank Bruni suffered a stroke, he saw the world differently 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The trial judge said the killer had been "consumed with self-pity and jealously" when he went to Ms Marsh's home in Shotton, Flintshire, and carried out a "prolonged and cruel" attack. Jade Ward murder: Family urge ban on killer raising her children 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z He was a happy child and remarkably resistant to self-pity. Living With Gusto Despite a Rare, Fatal Disease, and Hunting for Answers 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z A scene where he is humiliated in front of his colleagues allows him to express anger, shame, self-pity, confusion, passion and release in what is practically a continuous take. "Who Killed Sara?" star turns producer for "Amalgama": "I didn't want to be a commodity" 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z In snarky asides, Richard explains how badly he’s been treated at school, but self-pity for him has become a ploy to get what he wants. Review: 'Teenage Dick,' a riff on 'Richard III' set in a high school, opens a conversation on disability 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z "We have eight games in 17 days. We don't have a lot of time to wallow in self-pity or celebrate," Haase said. No. 7 UCLA beats Stanford for 6th straight win 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z We feel sympathy together with self-pity, good fortune together with frustration, gratitude together with grief. Opinion | How to Make Sense of Our Covid Losses, Big and Small 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The songs are grand in scale, but intimate in delivery, and Adele avoids the trap of wallowing in self-pity. The 21 best albums and songs of 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z I was on the verge of tears, as much out of self-pity and shame as any maternal concern. Are My Stomach Problems Really All in My Head? 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Prominent among George’s weaknesses were thick streaks of self-pity and self-righteousness, along with the immovable, insular views of a monarch who rarely traveled beyond the eight “home counties” around London. Review | American colonists called him a tyrant. But was King George III really so bad? 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z There’s the crux of Mohamed’s artistry: Her clear-eyed acknowledgment of this man’s self-pity runs parallel to her piercing exposure of his society’s relentless, enervating prejudice. Review | In ‘The Fortune Men,’ a corrupt legal system frames an innocent man 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s a stigma, like, “What’s the matter with him?” or as a physician wrote earlier this year, “Culturally loneliness can be seen as a sign of weakness or self-pity.” Perspective | I’m not alone in feeling lonely. There are ways to fight loneliness. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z With each failure of action or speech, I squelched around in touristic self-pity. How Alienation Became My Superpower 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Blakes aren’t especially dysfunctional; their affection for each other is palpable, and their moments of wit and groundedness serve as a natural bulwark against self-pity. Review: Spend a hell of a Thanksgiving with Amy Schumer and Steven Yeun in 'The Humans' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The cascade of retractions was a downer, but self-pity lost out to empathy. Prolific playwright Lauren Yee bounces back from pandemic cancellations with two area productions 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z I focus on nothing but my feelings for the duration of the song, which expresses emotion in such cartoonish terms that, listening to it, I can indulge in maudlin self-pity. Why I Keep Listening to Green Day’s ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Yes, but there’s no time for that self-pity nonsense. 'How far have we bloody come?' Inside Steve McQueen's 40-year Black history project 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z There’s no self-pity in that characterization; Antonio would prefer that his traumas stay private. Review: Tempestuous 'Blue Bayou' lays bare a Korean American immigrant's nightmare 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “Sometimes I scream, and I get really angry and I get really into wallowing in self-pity sometimes, and I think it’s all part of healing.” Christina Applegate announces she has multiple sclerosis: ‘It’s been a tough road’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z “I’m hearing, you know, his tone of his own victimhood, and his tone of self-pity, was the wrong note to hit,” she said. The Abandonment of Andrew Cuomo: Unions, Party Leaders and Deep Allies 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Judges described her short story, Much of The Street Sweep, as "utterly without self-pity", and said it "turns the lens" on the usual clichés. Nairobi - the centre of East Africa's thriving arts scene 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z It impressed the judges who found it "utterly without self-pity" and said it "turns the lens" on the usual clichés. AKO Caine Prize: Meron Hadero named first Ethiopian winner 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z "I didn't think it would take so long to heal but I am a positive person and I have not felt depressed or any self-pity." 'Holiday food poisoning left me paralysed' 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z In his few court appearances, he wavered between maudlin self-pity, smiling defiance and vague distraction. Bosnia's Mladic, commander of Europe's worst atrocities since World War Two 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z So sure, Amy Cooper's narcissism and self-pity may seem over the top, but the sad truth is she is just a particularly noxious example of a nationwide problem. Amy Cooper's "racial discrimination" lawsuit and the scourge of white whining 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z “She is bathing in self-pity until she starts managing Beth’s career.” 'Lovecraft Country,' 'Ratched,' 'Queen's Gambit': The 1950s never looked so ugly 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Eventually, Ms. Gladstone accused Mr. Garfield of “bathing in self-pity,” he recalled. It’s the Media’s ‘Mean-Too’ Moment. Stop Yelling and Go to Human Resources. 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Like her mother, Hirono is clearly a no-nonsense, hard worker who does not indulge in self-pity. Review | Mazie Hirono’s journey from poor immigrant to U.S. senator 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “The strong survive and the weak perish. I have to be strong. Forget about any self-pity.” Coping Strategies of Ocean Castaways Hold Lessons for the COVID Pandemic 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z I learned I am more resilient than I thought and realized I can’t sink into self-pity — I learned to pick myself up quickly. High school revisited: Students reflect on their year away from campus 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z For someone who almost never displayed anything close to self-pity, and rarely spoke of his own emotions, he was by his own standards candid about the loss of his naval calling. Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z But there’s a difference between self-defense and self-pity; at a moment when Hollywood needs to mount the former, “Mank” is an expression of the latter. Opinion | ‘Mank’ earned 10 Oscar nominations. It’s a perfect illustration of Hollywood’s self-absorption. 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Dan Rather sat in the Texas blackout without heat or power or self-pity. Dan Rather on the Texas recovery — and how America can come together 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z This is not a time for self-pity, being a woman and living with disability should not turn us into charity cases,” she said. Zimbabwe’s women battle gender discrimination amid pandemic 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z That tricky narrative and emotional tone is much harder than it looks, and it’s a tribute to the filmmakers that they never let their heroine succumb to self-pity or, perhaps just as annoying, you-go-girl grit. Review | Frances McDormand wows (again) in the earthbound yet expansive ‘Nomadland’ 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z There is no self-pity in this telling and few of the expected pieties. Review: "We are all terminal patients on this earth": a survivor's memoir on sickness and health 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z She has a background in improvisational theater, and we didn’t want the tone to be too dark and wallowing in self-pity — we wanted it to be fun. Here's how HBO Max doc 'There Is No "I" in Threesome' pulled off the shocking twist 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Low on reason or evidence and high on whining, every moment Trump's lawyers spoke felt like an eternity — at least for viewers who don't share the right-wing enthusiasm for Fox News-style self-pity and bad faith. Why bother? Trump's lawyers don't even offer an impeachment defense because Republicans don't care 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon both left Washington in helicopters and ignominy, awash in financial problems and their customary self-pity. Perspective | Nixon rehabilitated his image. Could Trump? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Drew, wracked with self-pity, leaves the city in an attempt to live in obscurity. In Search Party, the journey from poster to influencer to monster is a slippery slope 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z If they remain rapt and his show is the usual pageant of paranoia and self-pity, it’s hard to see how Washington changes. Opinion | Biden’s Withering Olive Branch 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z And a changing room speech to his tearful players after a lost final was Shakespearean in its self-pity. Diego Maradona remembered by Angus Macqueen 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z This aversion to self-pity nearly kiboshed the book when coronavirus hit, because, he says, “I couldn’t write about myself and my inner wahhhh when the world is falling apart.” Michael J Fox: ‘Every step now is a frigging math problem, so I take it slow’ 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z But taking care of another adult can sometimes stir feelings of shame, resentment, self-pity and anger. Virginia professor offers caregivers encouragement, advice 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The president, who has never shown much interest in governing, has finally dropped all pretense to focus on the core tenets of the Trump Doctrine: himself, cable news, Twitter, self-pity, and caterwauling about perceived slights. Opinion | Goodbye, Golden Goose 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z There was not the slightest hint of self-pity or weakness in this man.” ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek cried at his final Christmas party, says Don McLean: ‘There were a lot of tears’ 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Like Trump, Amlo frequently badmouths the press, describes himself in self-aggrandizing terms, indulges conspiracies and wallows in self-pity. Mexicans for Trump? Amlo supporters have unlikely pick in US election 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Green, who returned home to Philadelphia for five months during the pandemic, dwelled in self-pity and tormented himself during what he described as the lowest point in his life. Quade Green — back from academic suspension — hopes to fill a leadership role for UW men’s basketball 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z And venting self-pity, the president has been describing the pandemic as a political hindrance inflicted on him by a familiar adversary. Trump’s Closing Argument on Virus Clashes With Science, and Voters’ Lives 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z As the Donald Trump parenthesis in the republic’s history closes, he is opening the sluices on his reservoir of invectives and self-pity. Opinion | Trump will end his presidency as he began it: Whining 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z “The timing of this continues to be suspect — as does this never-ending exercise in self-pity and narcissism.” Justice Dept. sues to seize profits of tell-all Melania Trump book, citing White House nondisclosure pact 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “Sixty years … of human life,” an older Rich murmurs, with more disbelief than self-pity. Review: 'Time,' a wrenching story of love and injustice, is one of 2020's great documentaries 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z "The timing of this continues to be suspect — as does this never-ending exercise in self-pity and narcissism." "Who gives a f*ck": Melania Trump puts migrant children and Christmas on blast in profane tirade 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z However, when Lynch speaks of her ordeal, there are no complaints, no hints of self-pity nor regret. Former Iraq POW Jessica Lynch on what helps her thrive after captivity: 'Every day is a constant reminder' 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Now, Schmidt said, she lies awake fretting about finances and lost retirement plans, then chastising herself for self-pity when others are dying of covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The pandemic is ruining our sleep. Experts say ‘coronasomnia’ could imperil public health. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z But the overpromising of a marketer and the underperforming of an amateur brought flops and feuds — and criticism, which often ignited self-pity or anger. Perspective | If the NFL won’t force Daniel Snyder out, Washingtonians must do their part 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z President Trump devolved into self-pity during a White House coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, lamenting that his approval ratings were lower than those of two top government medical experts. ‘Nobody Likes Me,’ Trump Complains, Renewing Defense of Dubious Science 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “I am capable of self-pity,” Powell wrote in “My American Journey,” his 1995 memoir. Colin Powell Still Wants Answers 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z “She never once took any kind of self-pity. There were questions as to why this happened to her, but there was never, ‘Why me? Ball State student dies in parking lot, makes full recovery 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Speaking to me, Ellis responded to these accounts with some self-pity and what seemed to be genuine contrition. Women speak out about Warren Ellis: 'Full and informed consent was impossible' 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z No, what changed was the presence of one Justice Brett Kavanaugh, accused sexual assailant and world-class champion in the sport of self-pity. Kavanaugh's vote to restrict abortion thwarted as Roberts joins liberals to reject Louisiana law 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The hat of denial I sported every day looked great on me, until quarantine decided to rain all over my self-pity parade and make me deal with everything, alone. L.A. Affairs: How quarantine — and a bad breakup — healed me 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z When I get home, I take a long, scalding shower, tears of disgust and self-pity running into the water. Terri White: 'On good nights, I lost my phone. On bad nights, I lost my sanity' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z “It’s all whining and self-pity. This pandemic didn’t happen to him. It happened to all of us.” Biden Hits Trump’s Coronavirus Response: ‘He’s Worried About Looking Bad’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In reality, only 6,200 of the most diehard Trump followers would be in the audience for their Great Leader's disjointed airing of grievances, racism, threats of violence, bloviating ignorance and narcissistic self-pity. After Tulsa: Liberal schadenfreude may feel good, but it won't win the November election 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “An element of understanding Felicity has been her resilience and utter lack of self-pity in the face of much adversity,” he wrote. Felicity Bryan, British literary agent who spearheaded journalism fellowship, dies at 74 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Sources described Trump as "wallowing in self-pity about news coverage" and "using racist language." Trump wants to find and prosecute person who leaked that he hid in a bunker during protests: report 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z There is no glimpse of self-pity in any of this. 'Our children are all shut behind closed doors' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z For all of President Trump's self-pity about the bias of the media, mainstream institutions of journalism have largely ignored or forgotten his worst acts of cruelty and criminality. It's not just Trump: America's indifference to death has made this crisis worse than it had to be 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z After reading Dana Milbank’s May 6 Wednesday Opinion column, “Trump’s self-pity is as silly as it sounds,” I have to ask: Why does Milbank feel the need to insult and disparage orangutans and gorillas? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What the flyover coverage overlooked 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z And a review of press criticism of Lincoln confirms, as expected, that Trump’s self-pity is as silly as it sounds. Opinion | ‘I believe I am treated worse,’ Trump says. As if. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Right-wing America have little sympathy for millions of their fellow citizens who face real hardship, but an endless amount of self-pity because they have to skip a fishing trip. Michigan manbaby protest: Wait, we thought conservatives were "rugged individuals" 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Inevitably, the dread descends again, and with it the what-ifs and the self-pity and the certain knowledge that it will get worse before it gets better. Perspective | One sure cure for the quarantine blues: A family pillow fight 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z He is counseling against resentment and self-pity, extolling instead the importance of caring for one another as an antidote to avarice and racism. Perspective | For one pastor, the ‘covid-19 reality’ means connecting even while apart 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The gift of this unpleasant infection has forced me to go past self-pity and weeping to a humbler understanding of myself and my place in a community. Opinion | What the gift of this unpleasant infection has helped me understand 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z As is the way with memes, it’s hard to tell if this is a serious comment or a glib joke with a side order of self-pity. 'We are all Edward Hopper paintings now': is he the artist of the coronavirus age? 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z And while I’m not ready to declare just yet that I’m dying alone, I do sometimes fall prey to bouts of self-pity as I turn up at my friends’ weddings and baby showers. Why it's so important the new 'Bachelorette' is 38 years old 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z His press conference on Wednesday was a swill of self-pity. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The Girls Trip star’s hard-knock childhood in South Central LA provides plenty of material, but self-pity isn’t in her repertoire. Streaming with laughter: the 50 best standup comedy shows 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z It comes to show us the flip-side of the Batman myth, spinning a piece of revisionist history as written by the loser; governed by low cunning and coated in self-pity. From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Since the moment House Democrats opened their impeachment inquiry in September, Trump has projected a sense of persecution and self-pity. ‘A massive historical story’: Trump’s impending acquittal could have profound ramifications for future presidents 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z But as someone who grew up surrounded by the brazen bigotry and violence of the Jim Crow South, he wanted Jason to see that self-pity was a waste of time. A nearly all-white Iowa town asked itself: Why do we hate? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Hall says that he wants to avoid the perception that he is seeking sympathy or luxuriating in self-pity. Pinegrove Stages a Complicated Comeback 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Still more certainly, the letters are heroic in their avoidance of self-pity, though they also reveal for the first time just how bad his injuries were. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The judge said Levy was motivated by a “toxic mix of rage, self-pity and resentment”. Homicide level down for first time in five years 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Sexual hunger pulls Pico off the feed and toward the world, and sometimes toward disenchantment; meals are scarfed down on the road, or prepared at home, slowly, with some self-pity mixed in. Tommy Pico Filibusters Mortality with Poetry 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z During his impeachment crisis, President Andrew Johnson was quick to the bottle and revealed, in many speeches, a deep streak of self-pity. Trump’s Impeachment and “Impeachment Lite” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In our conversations, which took place in the course of several weeks, he veered between self-pity and defiance. The Ukrainian Prosecutor Behind Trump’s Impeachment 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z As the House moves toward what even he says is an inevitable vote to impeach him for high crimes and misdemeanors, Mr. Trump toggles between self-pity and combativeness. For Trump, Impeachment May Be a Political Plus, but Also a Personal Humiliation 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet there was always this catastrophic carelessness, the myopia and indolence of intense privilege commingled with the weird self-pity he seems to have brought to the mix himself. The party prince: how Andrew got his bad reputation 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The interview had been widely trailed, but the nation was not prepared for this level of monstrous self-pity and frankly astonishing stupidity. Prince Andrew showed was true power is: turning a blind eye to abuse | Suzanne Moore 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Mitch spends those first episodes mostly in his big house, raging in self-pity and sounding worse when he tries to sound reasonable. Watch 'The Morning Show' to the end. It's better than you've heard 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z “Crazy Nancy,” he said at a recent rally in Dallas, where his epic self-pity and all-consuming grudges took center stage. Opinion | ‘Human Scum,’ ‘Lynching’ and Trump’s Tortured English 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z There is not a smidgen of self-pity in the memoir’s 212 pages. When the Urge to Write Is a Life Sentence 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z This isn’t the time for him or the Chargers to indulge in self-pity. Melvin Gordon on his struggles: 'I won’t miss another training camp' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z From start to finish, this was an embarrassing carnival of self-pity, blandishment of grievance and evangelical catastrophizing about an imagined any-day-now Armageddon that targets minorities first. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But he was obsessed instead with the 2016 election, delivering a jeremiad of persecution and self-pity. ‘I sort of thrive on it’: The impeachment crisis shines a spotlight on Trump’s state of mind 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Rich, poor and even those in between, so many Americans express self-pity rather than a sense of optimism and ambition. Opinion | Understanding Trump’s Appeal in Rural America 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z I also hated the talk-show scene, which saw Arthur turning self-pity into violence and being immediately, inexplicably rewarded with the love and support he’d been missing through the whole film. Question Club: the best and worst Joker debate topics 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z And all of this would be aided and abetted by the deposed president, incensed with self-pity and grief. Opinion | Trump is looking a lot like King Lear — but this tragedy is far from over 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Now it is becoming fuel for their self-pity. Opinion | Now the Rich Want Your Pity, Too 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Confidence about his “perfect” call with Ukraine’s leader descended into self-pity, after he released the White House summary of the call and the controversy escalated instead of disappearing. Did Donald Trump Just Self-Impeach? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is not the first American president staring down impeachment to nurse a deep sense of persecution and self-pity. Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Certainly Parker, after his show of contrition, leaves this festival with more goodwill than he arrived with, which may be more than one can say for Polanski, whose defiant self-pity has done him few favors. Roman Polanski and Nate Parker both have movies at the Venice Film Festival. Only one is worth seeing 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But as I said, this is not the time for me to self-pity myself. Exclusive: 'If I have a choice, the first thing is to quit' – Hong... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z |
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