| 单词 | smug |
| 例句 | I’m actively trying not to look smug, but it’s not easy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He’d gone into that situation smug and confident, only to have his feet swept out from under him, literally and emotionally. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She looked at Khione’s smug expression and she realized the goddess was hoping for that. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In one scene, a confrontation with Brandon, she must puncture his smug façade and shake the truth from him. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Lydia rocked back in her chair with a smug bearing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Khione’s smug expression faltered as Piper drove her dagger straight down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Valley pulled her hand away and crossed her arms in front of her chest, a smug smile on her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The lot o’ them been lording the big secret over folk for half a year, smug as pontiffs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He nodded, a smug grin on his face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Just then Sarah came into the kitchen and, as luck would have it, she was carrying four or five shopping bags and looking smug. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you know about it? Listen, the best of them have been smug and patronizing—using me to make themselves superior and secure in their own limitations. Anyone can feel intelligent beside a moron.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Stupidly, with a kind of smug removal that I can’t begin to fathom, I assumed that the problems of killing and dying did not fall within my special province. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They had grown smug in their security, overbearing and fat. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked smug, superior, like the kind of men who were used to holding power. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She stared at the empty space where her bacon had been, and then she stared at the dog, its expression smug, and all the frustrations of her life boiled up in her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He's so smug with his half explanations, and so cavalier about the fact that he's dragged me into this. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I leapt up— and thank God, Pefta’s desk was in the way, for I could have slapped the fat, smug look off his face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z With a secret, smug smile, I remove the rope from the scene of the crime and clean up the dirt, patting it carefully around the plant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting, calm and smug as ever, in the armchair by the window, reading a book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Behind me Bill’s smug satisfaction radiates off him in waves, and the spot on my back that met his boot aches. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The four of them grinned at one another, the jumping shadows from the emergency lights making them look even smugger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She wiggled her brows with a smug grin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She hoped that under his careful cloak of cheerfulness he housed a living, breathing anger against the smug, ordered world that she so raged against. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not what you expected, is it?” he asked, his voice smug. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Partly to get my next lesson, and partly so that I could be just a little bit smug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I scan the crowd of the Erudite—they wear smug smiles and nudge each other. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Too late,” L. Roy says with a smug smile on his face. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She gives me that smug smile, with the lips closed over the teeth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “See, it’s not just for white people,” Lorena says, with a smug smile. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I expect to see a smug or sarcastic expression on his face, but his look is strangely quizzical. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If he felt anything, it was a smug satisfaction that so far no one had been able to produce any concrete evidence that he had killed Ben Pitezel or the missing children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It’s good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I’ve been far too smug. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As she puts the car into reverse, I look back up at the house, and standing there on the porch, with her arms folded and that smug smile, is Tressa. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Mind you, some of their ideas were sound enough, she went on, with the smug authority in her voice of one who is in a position to judge. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was smug, nonetheless: “As I told you, and as you now see for yourselves, children, my creation is foolproof.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Malingering at the quarry,” he might say, at which Van Rensburg would look smug. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees me down the hall and gets this smug expression. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The triumphant grins on the smug faces of Zach and company told the whole story. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z So did the giant, who stood back and watched with a smug smile, apparently happy for his pets to do the killing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes on the desk, on a smug picture of Robespierre from early 1794. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was the cat, sitting smug on Shotgun Cheatham’s breathless chest, who’d batted at the gauze the way a cat will. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Still...these people were a' little too smug for their own good. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I turn away from her smug face and look at the TV. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The only real difference between them was that the cat wore tiny golden earrings and looked a trifle less smug. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus laughs, a smug cackle that makes me yearn to stab him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When Oliver reentered his apartment, feeling as smug as a peacock with a full plume of feathers, he ran straight into Jessie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Except maybe he looked a little too smug a little too soon. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Traces of his smug attitude linger like perfume, distracting me from an onslaught of new questions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was something mysterious and smug in the way he spoke, as though he had everything figured out—whatever he was talking about. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I remain expressionless, even though I'd love to slap the smug grin off her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He is smug and, worst of all, he is a bully. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The same family portraits glared down at her, but now they seemed smug rather than austere. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I don’t want to see the Director’s smug smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I chose my next words carefully, ignoring the smug look on his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I hated the very idea of the eighteenth century, with all those smug men writing tight little couplets and being so dead keen on reason. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I was more than a little smug, trundling down the hill, helping to maneuver the weight of a full-grown buck on the travois we’d strapped together out of branches and sinew. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the dunes, close to where Turner and the corporals stood, men had already dug themselves holes from which they peeped out, proprietorial and smug. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then, up on the dock, she spotted Riker himself, his long cloak and smug smile. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Charlie jeered at me behind Mom’s back, and I wanted to punch that smug look off his face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Kit had no doubt at all who one at least of the culprits in the stocks would be, and neither, by the smug set of her pretty lips, had Judith. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He needn't be so smug, I knew of some things he didn't know. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see Mr. Thompson’s smug face staring out at an unimpressed audience. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z That last thought made me give Jim a smug look that confused him no end. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z To break through the smug veneer of those who use their brains to find amusing ways to kill us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Still looking smug, she walked over to the bar and asked, “You guys want a drink?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then Scythe Curie moved on to Rowan, who seemed so smug, Citra just wanted to hit him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t add that I was finished with it — no need to sound smug. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to look at Guzzo to know he was smiling all smug, watching me out of the corner of his eye while he continued playing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I used to think these were self- righteous eyes, piggy and smug inside their wire frames; and they are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He grinned at Nately sarcastically as he sat between both naked girls in smug and threadbare splendor, with a sovereign hand on each. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Shea and I sat silently, me with wet eyes and a look of uncertainty, Shea staring back with cocky, smug indifference. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Telling us about Gerald’s women in a Quentin has shot Herbert he shot his voice through the floor of Caddy's room tone of smug approbation. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned away from the smug and glowing Mary Ann and climbed the stairs to her room, holding Ulysses gently, carefully in her arms. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He looks smug as he takes his hand off my shoulder and crosses his arms. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Valley just shrugged, still looking bafflingly smug, and Seven wanted to scream. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I’d like to say a smug smile didn’t appear on my face, but you take the wins you can get. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Henry says nothing, silently smug behind the wheel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He gives me a particularly smug look when she ties the blue ribbon around his neck. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The cousins’ mother appeared at the door, her arms crossed, her eyes narrowed, a smug smile on her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “So that would make you both sophomores,” Myron said, and I thought I heard a little something smug in his voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The top half of her face is angry—like she’s ready to stab someone—and the bottom half is almost smug. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Liam raised his fist, ready to launch it into Clancy’s smug face, but his hand got no farther than his shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Piper didn’t want to believe it, but Khione’s smug smile told her it was true. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With their notes and their laptops and their smug little faces. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Dead or alive?” asked Mr. Ketch, with a smug smile. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Percy, who was in his seventh and final year at Hogwarts, was looking particularly smug. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She leans back, a little bit smug, but trying to hide it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I don’t miss that smug look that crosses his face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Piper has a big smug smile on her face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly the former; it had been a costly war despite the valiant predictions of the Pentagon and its smug scientific vassal, the Rand Corporation—which had, in fact, existed not far from this spot. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z How sure I always felt before, how smug, moving through a world that desired to cast me into the den of ear-pulling Crawleys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Nora, who still looks smug every time the subject arises. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Alex’s mouth drops open, while the corner of Henry’s turns smug and almost a little mean. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Tamika wore her usual smug grin, while adjusting her gigantic white flower. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My sister stood next to Mamá looking smug. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z That evening, George Weston left for several hours, and the next morning, he approached his wife with something that looked suspiciously like smug complacence. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Before I could feel smug, the Chancellor turned to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I lift my head just long enough to see Cora give me a smug look, and I know at that moment she’s the reason the sheriff caught me in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The smile on her face stretched, and there was something...smug about it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Ana looked smug as she reported, “He has invited me — and you, of course, Mother, and Clara as well — to visit him at his country house in Royal Forge. For an entire week!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Where some idiot like myself would have been smug and patronizing, the demoness really wanted to learn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Valley walked into the living room with Edgar, a smug smile on her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I wonder if the smug Robespierre had any inkling what the next few months would bring. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z "The court orders the following to be sentenced," he says in a smug, satisfied voice. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Asher has his eyes trained on me, a smug grin spreading across his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After a few lectures Cal found him unbearably smug and told him so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was sure they would be more smug and patronizing than ever. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And from the smug look on her face, I was pretty sure she understood how much I liked math, after all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face softened at the sound, and they shared a brief look that I didn’t understand, though Esme’s face seemed almost smug. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lydia closed her laptop and gave him a smug pat on the head. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Her grin turns smug, like a crocodile lurking in murky waters. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave a small, smug nod, as if he had stumped me with that one. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She sat cross-legged on their dilapidated dresser, smug as a cat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The princess and the doorman held each other’s eyes for a few breaths, one furious and the other smug. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m looking at the smug, tiny face of the queen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked around the Bottle Tree forest, amazed despite Anansi’s smug tone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’ve got it,” I said calmly, feeling more than a little smug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He kicks back, lowers his grip, over and over, until he’s on the ground, smug, cocky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Shay looks smug and it makes it even harder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Her smug expression convinces me to keep on walking out of the room and unleashes a barrage of worry that unsettles my stomach. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the store a few minutes later, Aunt Loma said to me, real smug, “I reckon Pa wouldn’t let Love horn in on his big day.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Dimblewit held his hands up, the smug smile spreading on his putty-like face as he tried to calm the audience down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Given Ambrose’s smugger- than-usual expression of late, they expected I had been run out of town, or, at worst, that I was weighted down with rocks at the bottom of the Omethi. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Carrie spent several weeks looking smug and mysterious, rubbing her hand on her belly, before Mr. Avengard, the vice principal, called an assembly to address the entire grade. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He gave the Sea King a smug look. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And Ana gave herself a smug smile in the mirror. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized his mop of brown hair, his broken nose, his cruel green eyes and smug, twisted smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z What annoys me even more is that he always reminds me later when it does pass, as a smug “I told you so.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She looks as if she hasn't slept in days, and she doesn't share the smug smiles of the two men behind her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ron looked smug, and Harry felt hugely relieved. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Molly looked smug and not at all sorry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I want to hit him in his perfectly smug face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He was just staring at me with a smug look on his face. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This was everything I hated—that smug look on his face, saying his time was more important than mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was lying on his bunk, pants zipped up, smiling, looking smug. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, it was the smug, know-it-all smile on his lips. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Minya collected her captured piece with a look of smug satisfaction. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What they feared even more, Celia realized later, was that passion might spare them entirely, that they’d die conventionally, smug and purposeless, having never savored its blackness. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, Boy21 sits with what could be mistaken for a very smug look on his face, but no one is asking any questions this time. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see the smug, self-righteous expressions on their faces change to shock and bewilderment. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Regrettably, the giant still had his smug smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Brer hopped back a step with a smug expression on his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Barbarossa leaned back in his armchair with a smug smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And then he gets a little smug, and says something I’m not expecting at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Nita’s face intruded on his thoughts, her smug look when she teased him about not eating with a fork and knife and spoon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Moss’s knees buckled, and then the smug, white face of James Daley was there, right next to the mayor and the chief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Miss Honey looked at the plain plump person with the smug suet-pudding face who was sitting across the room. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She looks out at me from the flat surface of paint, three- dimensional now, smiling her closed half-smile, smug and accusing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the teen’s smug expression dropped, as if all the muscles that held up his face failed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, I do my best to act like a Mask on the verge of graduation—smug, brutish, violent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The woman called her name in a smug, taunting voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting smug in the porch swing, she cut herself another piece of chocolate birthday cake. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If I didn’t know better, I might say he looks smug. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Juan looked up from his guitar with that smug smile and nodded at Gordo, and the band whirled into another number. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I turn and see Angel with a smug look on her face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t be able to bear the smug look on her face if I went to her for help. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She gave me her smug face, which promptly disappeared as she thrust up her arms and yelped, “They’re going to love me!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Mom looks a mix of confused and smug. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He crossed his arms, pleasure rolling off him in smug waves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You’re pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Suddenly you’re very smug,” Mrs. Levy said in a voice that bordered on hysteria. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Augurs are otherwise occupied”—a strange, smug smile creeps onto the Commandant’s face—“and have asked that in their stead, I give you the details of the Trials. Here.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The minder is idling on the steps of his trailer, a smug smile on his face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Like at an all-you-can-eat buffet, or at the DMV, where her mother sometimes dragged her, and the workers looked equal parts smug and furious. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to avoid eye contact, but she caught Octavian at the head of the First Cohort smirking at her, looking smug in his plumed centurion’s helmet with a dozen medals pinned on his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But there is also another voice; a small, mean voice, ancient and smug, that comes from somewhere deep inside my head: It serves her right. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could all too easily picture the smug expressions of condolence I’d receive from those who’d been certain of my failure from the get-go. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the decapitated rat, a smug expression on its face, was the black cat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Oh well, at least I no longer had to stare at Tamika’s annoyingly smug grin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Rain lashed down at her whilst Feral stood back safe and smug. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had a smug look on his face, but I figure he’d earned the right. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nothing was definitively settled — our sympathies were allowed to shuttle and it was impossible to tell ultimately if a smile was truly heartfelt or smug —but the complexity of the picture was brought into focus. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z “No one could imagine that Freeman, tame, smug and self-satisfied, would ever rock the boat; much less suspect that he planned to sink it,” Greenlee writes. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But the drama, with its Pirandellian inventiveness and daggers to the heart of smug social superiority, remains an evening of many dark and twisting delights. Like haunted houses? Step into ‘An Inspector Calls,’ a Broadway phenomenon now touring the country. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Perhaps Miller, known for the smug performance of his xenophobic politics, was making a similarly sneering gesture. The Unsurprising Absurdity of Kirstjen Nielsen and Stephen Miller Eating Mexican Food During a Border Crisis 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Throughout Paterno’s 61-year run at Penn State, he was often accused of being a phony — of not caring as much as he pretended to about academics, of being smug and sanctimonious and hypocritical. Books of The Times: ‘Paterno’ by Joe Posnanski, a Biography of the Coach 2012-08-20T16:25:26Z When Oprah took her victory lap on “CBS This Morning” on Monday, she was still producing news, as she beamed in remotely, wearing a vibrant sky-blue sweater and looking the tiniest bit smug. Perspective | Oprah proved she is greatest celebrity interviewer of all time. All journalists can learn from her. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Sansom directly confronts the frequent, smug view in the UK that nazism and the Jewish Holocaust were inherently German perversions. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z What had always put me off was a vague idea that the festival would be full of nothing but smug, middle-class – well, smankers. Confessions of a Hay virgin 2010-06-01T06:59:00Z Though the forums would surely seem juvenile and smug—and even occasionally offensive—to outsiders, they tend to rouse little attention beyond their immediate sphere of undergraduates. Harvard’s Ugly Offshoot of Campus Meme Culture 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z I think people who peddle lies for a living call people who tell the truth smug. James O’Brien: ‘A former EDL member said my show saved his life’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Well, if you want to be that guy or that girl then smug away with predictions from our experts. Golden Globes 2017: the red carpet, the winners, the speeches – live 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman wasted no opportunity to remind the audience of his foresight, and came across as just a tad smug. Alistair Darling turns hard man but Vince Cable gets all the laughs 2010-03-29T21:22:00Z Williams’s rambunctious father loathed his wife’s prim, smug attitude toward the world, her hatred of sex, not to mention what black elders might call her “sanctified” background. The Man Who Queered Broadway 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The next time a smug relation demands I justify what I do, I will simply send a screenshot of that definition. Stories Filled With Strivers, Schemers and Adventurers 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z A bit smug, yes, but it's a beautiful encapsulation of how special it feels to be young. Readers recommend: songs about showing off ? the results 2011-02-24T16:38:51Z "That is sacred," says Parker, looking suitably chastised during an interview in a Times Square restaurant after being reminded that he and Stone once dared to call Clooney smug. 'South Park' guys make 'really different' Broadway 2011-03-22T17:59:15Z Instead, Tyrion was talking about Bran Stark, that smug mystical lox with the fur lap-rug, the know-it-all who kept murmuring things like, “Why do you think I came all this way?” What Survives After the “Game of Thrones” Finale 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z There you will see the difference between show runners with vision and the talent to back it up and smug ratings grabbers whose past success now appears to have been an anomaly... ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Rather than smart, they are smarty-pants: smug, priggish and set up for a pratfall. Girls of a Certain Age Challenge Hollywood 2011-06-03T16:57:32Z Since such people actually exist — on Twitter, in real life, and everywhere in between — it’s the kind of smug catchphrase that sounds like it’s addressing a problem while it actually does nothing. Time to retire “haters gonna hate”: With Taylor Swift’s apology, the bright new post- “Shake It Off” era is born 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s a jarring aural-visual contrast, but it felt manipulative and a bit smug, as if the show is too enamored of its own capacity to disturb. 'The Leftovers' Recap: What Kind of Despair Drives Self-Inflicted Pain? 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z She was smug; she was careless; she was vulnerable. Books of The Times: ‘The Cairo Affair,’ by Olen Steinhauer 2014-03-12T19:27:27Z It was all enough to leave me feeling a little smug about my status in the building’s grilling hierarchy. Rooftop grilling: It’s nice to share, but it’s also nice to win. Eric Sykes rated Izzard highly, but he told me he found much modern comedy smug or, as he put it, "fireproof". Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z But one of its stars, Mary J. Blige, got two nominations, and Jordan Peele got three, with “Get Out,” his evisceration of smug white liberalism, landing on the best picture list. This Year’s Oscars Belong to Strong Women in Fierce Roles 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Trouble is, it leads you on to further redness of tooth and claw – crocodile death rolls, eagles throwing goats over cliffs, cheeping chicks disappearing into smug pythons. TV Review: Dive 2010-07-09T05:45:00Z His self-righteous nature comes off as smug and self-serving. Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton heat up Amazon's sleepy thriller "All the Old Knives" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In Volume 2 of “My Struggle,” he calls the Swedes boring, smug, conformist and no fun to drink with. The Nobel Prize in Literature: A Year for Long Shots? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z I enjoyed being wrong so many times during "The Killing" finale, knocked from a smug perch knowing that Billy Campbell's councilman character really did kill Rosie. 'The Killing' finale made a (willing) fool out of this TV critic 2011-06-22T19:00:08Z I don't care whether people think I'm smug and arrogant. Ricky Gervais 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z The film is amusing puncturing smug self-important types, who are being mocked right alongside the Texans. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z A majority of these tweeted opinions, he notes, are smug and hypocritical when not utterly inane. Review: When the Digital World Is Judging Your Every Thought 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z But I found his latest movie smug, insufferable and interminable. Laurence Anyways – review 2012-11-29T22:15:02Z He was already telling me about the very important book — with that smug look I know so well in a man holding forth, eyes fixed on the fuzzy far horizon of his own authority. The problem with “mansplaining” 2012-08-20T16:38:00Z Buck would become a fiery critic of the missionary mind-set, warning against the smug sense of racial superiority she often witnessed. Books of The Times: ?Pearl Buck in China,? by Hilary Spurling 2010-06-09T00:02:00Z Yet just think of the indefensibly vicious tweets emitted by the smug, temporary resident of the White House. Review | What ‘Henry Huggins’ and ‘Lolita’ can teach us about extremism — and civil discourse 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z And she isn’t just proud of this accomplishment; she is smug. I’m saving myself for God: True stories from evangelical purity culture 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s certainly the logical endpoint for a character like Zack Morris, a sneering, smirking, smug little rich boy who skated through life on his own privileged secretions. Saved by the Bell: will the revival be 2020's most depressing show? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z I felt so sure of myself, confident and smug. Artist Sam Durant was pressured into taking down his 'Scaffold.' Why doesn't he feel censored? 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z To celebrate romantic and carnal bliss along with career success while trying not to sound too smug, Ariana Grande enlisted pop-factory experts — Pharrell Williams, Max Martin — to clear ample space around her voice. The 28 Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z If the response is positive, then I’m going to get smug. Ritchie Coster on Playing the Drunk Mayor on 'True Detective' 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z With a smug sense of our own superiority, we downplay our ancestors’ real accomplishments to dwell on their moral failings. Perspective | Remember when high culture was revered? Louis Menand’s ‘The Free World’ made me nostalgic. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z While THC makes you feel high, CBD targets receptors in your body that make you feel self-satisfied and smug. Not-to-Be-Missed Shouts of 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z This collection takes in inquisitive barracudas, smug photographers, confused ghosts and young crushes. Hitting Trees with Sticks by Jane Rogers – review 2012-11-20T14:30:04Z Do you ever let yourself feel smug about what you’ve accomplished? Lana Del Rey on Trump, Kanye and the Right Time for a Protest Song 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z In “Horseman,” a smug frat boy tells his professor, “Don’t hold back,” as she contemplates how to punish him for plagiarism. Richard Russo’s Latest Cast Includes Average Men and One Big Star 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Kelly said in a smug quote tweet ignorantly accusing Osaka of hypocrisy. Naomi Osaka exposes Megyn Kelly’s ignorance about media: “Do better Megan” 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z "I'd walk a thousand miles for that soufflé," she exhales, licking the brown goo from her smug gob. The Hard Sell: KGB Deals 2011-08-05T23:07:30Z Ah-ha moment: it’s the smug business partner/angel investor, a dapper, manicured guy named Don Watts. 'iZombie' recap: It's double trouble for Liv in 'The Exterminator' 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Is there a word for feeling incredulous and smug all at once? ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: A Death and Hannah 2014-01-27T05:02:53Z But it was clear from the off that Stoppard's smarmy smug operator was not a man on whom you'd turn your back while he was in possession of a carving knife. Rewind TV: Broadchurch; The Politician's Husband; Super Sunday; The Wright Way – review 2013-04-27T22:45:01Z Now it was not only the rah-rah feminists that bothered her but also the “smug vibe of many young activists within the new left,” especially the ones who considered themselves “woke.” Meghan Daum to Millennials: Get off My Lawn 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The smug yummy mummies she starts stalking are no better either. TV highlights 15/01/2013 2013-01-14T20:00:02Z Three days into my stint as a farmer at Monestevole, a 98-acre farm nestled atop a hill in Umbria, I was flooded with feelings of smug accomplishment. A Working Vacation on an Umbrian Farm 2014-05-09T19:04:24Z One would have to have lived under a rock for the past several months to see the smug, unapologetic collaboration between West, Manson and DaBaby as coincidental. Kanye West and the smug cruelty of the anti-”cancel culture” movement 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Sadly, this pointless cover of Henry Mancini's lounge standard is suitable only for 'zany' Euro hatchback ads starring smug men with annoying hair. Madness; Iggy Azalea; Michael Bublé: this week's new tracks 2013-04-08T05:00:00Z She is accessing a faintly smug, terribly naïve Hillary Clinton, as if practicing in front of a mirror for a moment that would never arrive. Victory Speech (Hillary’s Version) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z She took my card inside to inquire, and returned a few minutes later with a smug expression. What Baroness Philippine de Rothschild brought to the world of wine Alas, O’Donnell plays the great writer as a young man with an insouciance that is more smug than charming. Hemingway on film: 6 films that take him from a WWI hotshot almost to the bitter end 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z This is of course total fantasy, because who wouldn't look at Michael Imperioli's smug face and NOT instantly shoot him? "Detroit 1-8-7" recap: TV's newest cop show begins 2010-09-22T13:45:00Z A new cultural revolution is at hand, and many of its leaders are even more smug and self-righteous than the counterculture activists who, back in the 1960s, also thought they could change the world. The TV Watch: Nerds Get Their Due on ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Veep’ 2014-04-04T00:00:25Z I sat back, smug and ready to pick the series apart. A Place to Call Home is Australian television to be proud of 2013-07-18T02:32:00Z Lemony Snicket, for instance, is working squarely in the vein that Aiken perfected, but A Series of Unfortunate Events is smug and predictable in all the places where Aiken’s work is surprising and alive. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Hollywood seldom misses an opportunity to panic, but China’s financial turmoil has left it serene, even smug, while the world economy trembles. Why Hollywood isn't panicking about China's economic crisis 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Videocracy is a fascinating film, indicative of the new wave of scorn and revulsion felt by a younger generation of Italians for Berlusconi's smug and mediocre rule. Film review: Videocracy 2010-06-23T21:20:00Z True crime fandom often suffers from an unpleasantly smug, self-satisfied sense of its own cleverness. HBO's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" is a haunting tribute to Michelle McNamara and meditation on grief 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The smug way to view the series, from that point of view, would be to say that it finally showed America how he was acquitted. Why ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Matters Now 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z It was so smug, so self-assured, so unbelievably brazen,” she said. Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon denies sexual misconduct allegation 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z I find this idea to be completely unrealistic and wonder if smug couples who claim to be always 100-percent honest with each other are in fact lying to themselves. Are fibs deal breakers? 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z There's an ethanol whiff of smug off this advert so powerful you could perform minor surgery on anyone in its path and not hear a peep. The Hard Sell: Jacob's Creek 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z An expose of moral hypocrisy among the smug and arty? ArtsWest takes a look at 'Amy's View' 2011-09-09T19:06:04Z Someone dons sunglasses to deflect the glow of this matriarchal archangel, and Julia casually brushes off her own glistening constraints before making a smug exit. The Hard Sell: Lancôme 2012-10-05T23:05:15Z The film is awfully pleased with itself; Phoenix’s twisted smile is less the iconic, toothy grin associated with the title character, more a smug, self-satisfied smirk. Joker strives to capture our cultural moment – but it’s smug and banal at heart 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The results are a captivating, riveting, rousing, condescending, smug, infuriating mixture, a potent potion that advertises itself as intelligence-enhancing but is actually just crazy-making. “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z I sensed loneliness, unease; being at home again seemed to bring about a vulnerability in him that made me smug. Modern Love: Getting to That Safe Place 2012-03-29T19:04:04Z You would be smug, too, if you were banishing cancer, wrinkles, bowel woes and cholesterol in one fell swoop. Kale crisis: aphids could destroy the superfood-smoothie revolution 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z "He maps out a picture of smug, upper middle-class complacency and then mercilessly confronts his characters with the depths of their denial, in action that unfolds from Friday night through Sunday morning," it added. Glenn Close heads all-star cast in revival of 'A Delicate Balance' 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It's so painful to watch Stewart smug his way through his monologues with huge pauses for no reason. Russell Brand to tour mosques and synagogues with new comedy show 2013-06-11T15:52:08Z To me smug would be taking it for granted. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How dare my sister appreciate her wonderful husband?? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z I turn to the promoter with a smug expression on my face, as if to say: "See?" Taking a stand: when stand-up comedy turns ugly 2013-06-09T06:07:02Z Manhattan and Brooklyn have always had an uncomfortable rivalry: Brooklyn with its self-satisfied 20-somethings and literary types; and Manhattan with its smug professionals and establishment class. When the Power Came Back, So Did the Crowds 2012-11-07T22:37:20Z But these are balanced out by heroes such as the Flash, Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, who are gleeful and or smug about their super-prowess. Supergirl, superpowers and why they're not that super for women 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Other key performances include Sun King Davis as a conflicted county sheriff, Forstrom as a distraught but steely neighbor, and Aaron Bliden as Oliver, a chimp who is Trevor’s smug friend and rival. Woman and her chimp make for an odd couple in ‘Trevor’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Alternately manic and maddened, Bill is like a red flag to overly smug husbands, wildly warning of the comeuppance to come. Review: In ‘Bitch,’ a Desperate Housewife Finds Her Bark 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The Newsroom, after four exhausting, smug episodes, gives us none of that: just Aaron Sorkin writing one argument after another for himself to win. Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z But I never heard, because I was shrinking in shame while a dozen smug faces turned to me and beamed at my failure. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z When he appears on a BBC panel show opposite a smug Tory prohibitionist, Brand runs rings around the guy. Russell Brand’s impossible revolution: How a drugged-out comedian reinvented himself as radical apostle 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z As the site says, "It's like iTunes Genius, but less smug." Click to Download: Biblify, Hype Machine Fast Forward, Pablo Dylan 2011-07-27T14:30:01Z As smug as Peggy is feeling as she applies her lipstick, when push comes to shove, her loyalty to Don and to her job trumps her loyalty to Mark. "Mad Men" recap: Welcome home 2010-09-06T13:43:00Z His name, by the way, is Sebastian and he may emerge as one of the next Big Bads on the show, along with Weber’s smug businessman. 'iZombie' recap: Going mad for Max Rager in 'Mr. Berserk' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Herring, for his part, in his memoir How Not To Grow Up, recalls "wonderful dreams where I was punching him in his smug, leonine face, my fists like steaming jackhammers, over and over again ...". Can the Cameron-Clegg comedy double act survive? 2010-05-21T15:55:00Z She sees in both a smug certitude whose source and symptom is a gross simplification of both the Bible and reality. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Worse, the film depicts families then as being entirely smug, ignorant and racist, while sneering at the folks at the insurance firm with no understanding, insight or appetite for something illuminating. Gervais' "Cemetery" a witless disappointment 2010-04-16T05:11:00Z Even the charming Halbrand, who thinks of Númenor as “a paradise, ripe with opportunity,” has a hard time convincing his smug hosts he is worthy of their favor. ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 3: Island Time 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “You did sound kind of smug,” he told his father. Gloria: a short story by Alice McDermott “This is all Ron Chernow’s fault!” he concludes, and he sets off to confront the historian, who, in Reed’s portrayal, is smug and unapologetic. In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But, god, it was hard to wash the smug off it. Killing Eve to Game of Thrones: the biggest TV disappointments of 2019 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “We got smug,” she says, “after all the victories over infection in the 20th century.” A Virus Upends the World in a Sweeping New Novel 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Parker's Kate is, we are ceaselessly reminded, a deft "juggler," morally superior to both her unfeeling male co-workers and her smug fellow moms. "I Don't Know How She Does It" -- Sarah Jessica Parker's ego trip 2011-09-15T21:16:00Z Couldn’t have anything to do with our cultural propensity for turning sexual violence against men into a smug joke? Bradley Cooper’s foul rape jokes 2012-06-25T19:45:00Z Fiennes plays the SS officer Amon Göth, a Nazi who is an exemplar of pure evil: hypocritical, banal, smug, preening and cruel. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z It makes fine sense, and it matches the smug self-confidence that many highly successful, upper-middle-class men have used to get them where they want. Who is Sylvia? 'Goat' manages to connect to a tricky beast 2011-04-05T13:48:40Z But the film's vibe is never smug or off-putting; these are still comic book heroes full of all the torment and introspection you'd expect. Review: `Avengers' hits big screen with a blast 2012-04-24T01:16:03Z But Gill was not a fan of Coldplay, revealing in a 2008 interview that he found them “pompous, mawkish, and unbearably smug” and called the band the “sonic equivalent of wilted spinach.” Andy Gill, guitarist for punk band Gang of Four, has died 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z This all sounds unbearably smug but there are niggles. Ten years living on a boat: 'It's a fun life – I'm not a watery hobo' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The Enlightenment, however, was problematic, and encompassed vast quantities of hypocrisy in its often smug embrace. Review | America’s libraries are essential now — and this beautifully renovated one in Washington gives us hope 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The characters range from unscrupulous to smug, helpless to stupid, with minimal shading in between. | 'Microcrisis': Just Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and Their Money 2010-10-13T22:03:00Z Nicaragua’s old financial elite, Ms. Rodríguez suggests, retreats in times of tumult, to reappear years later — here at a horse show, smug and overfed. Movie Review: ‘Magic Words (Breaking a Spell)’ at MoMA 2014-04-30T21:51:13Z He’s an environmental activist played by Mr. Krasinski, who treads the same line between awesome guy and smug jerk that he has so gracefully walked in the later seasons of “The Office.” Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z Miles of daft behaviour followed, the highlight being Allam's smug laugh – "Madame is a humourist?" – as Douglas bartered with Carolyn over a bottle of whisky. Cabin Pressure; In Concert: a week in radio 2013-01-10T18:00:01Z She then demolished her aphorism's smug certainties by revealing how many tales — especially those from her own memory — were false. Facts not what they appear in Barnes' novella 2011-10-26T21:52:03Z On stage, Gervais relies on a comic persona that lies somewhere between the characters he plays and the way people imagine he is in real life: smug, misanthropic and a little cowardly. Golden Globes 2011: who'd be an awards show presenter? 2011-01-17T20:30:01Z But there’s only so much you can luxuriate in your own insolence before it becomes plain old smug. The 2016 Golden Globes Get Weird-Drunk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z In this well-lighted, locked chamber — which turns out to be an aspect of the afterlife — we meet Leo Tolstoy, who is impatient, unyielding and supremely smug about his own moral trajectory. The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “We are liberals from Broadway,” Trent says, assuring that Team New York will fall on its smug face while securing its own redemption. ‘The Prom’ Review: Showbiz Sanctimony, and All That Zazz 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Kilborn looked the part of a smug network anchor around whom the producers built their first version of a news satire revolving around actual headlines, few of which had any real stakes. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Although the pirates’ goals are strictly mercenary, you can almost imagine that humiliating this smug capitalist is their real intention. Movie Review: ‘A Hijacking,’ a Modern Piracy Drama, Unfolds at Sea 2013-06-20T22:51:37Z I think the publishing world’s obsession with New York City is pompous and a little smug. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z When pushed to explain what drew her to Trump, whose policies she says repulsed her, Wren rails against smug progressives driving around in their Priuses and forcing everyone to drink out of paper straws. ‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’ 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z But the president’s smug invocation of the Western symphonic heritage also pressed a sore spot for me as a music critic. Trump Is Wrong if He Thinks Symphonies Are Superior 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Compared with the livelier oddball duos on Fox’s “Bones” and “Sleepy Hollow,” though, there’s no spark in the combo — nor in the supporting cast, which includes a stiff Wilmer Valderrama as Detective Vega’s smug boss. Review: In ‘Minority Report,’ a Case of Precognitive Dissonance 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Vance Faraday was her name, and there she was on our dossier, looking moneyed and a little smug. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z From the get-go, you presume that Theresa is so smug in her perch that she’s destined to pull a Humpty Dumpty. Review: In ‘Relevance,’ a Titan of Feminism Confronts a New Generation 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z The smug satisfaction on Wahlberg’s face as he discovers what we all knew the instant that dusty truck rolled onto the screen is hilarious. The new “Transformers” trailer shows us Optimus Prime’s face — and I wish it didn’t 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The half-crazed man who went to prison or the smug one who played the game? Adam Brookes’s ‘Night Heron’ is a top-notch thriller about stolen secrets When in a low moment Ellison watches an old videotape of his smug younger self, at the pinnacle of his career, being interviewed by Tavis Smiley, I almost felt sorry for him. Just How Scary is Sinister? 2012-10-11T15:30:57Z So much disco revivalism translates as either smug or naïve, too desperately in thrall to the calculus of taste. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z That smug role offers no surprise, though, even during a TV interview, and Tannahill’s dialogue wears you down with its predictable positions and banal swearing. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z That Will McAvoy seems to be such an obvious stand-in for Aaron Sorkin, the man hoping to change everything with his own heady TV show, is part of what makes “Newsroom” so unbearably smug. Prime time’s antiseptic politics 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z As he grew more famous, the vulnerability faded, and his persona turned smug. Dane Cook, a Changeable Comedian 2013-01-18T19:15:28Z Do they ever worry about behaving like the smug partisan hacks they professed to hate? The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Trump merely extended this smug delusion to frontiers his predecessors never thought possible. If Liberalism Is in Crisis, Who’s to Blame? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Surrealism was a free-flowing network of exchanges, translations, idealizations and misunderstandings — and on this matter, all too rarely in this age of smug cultural moralism, the curators actually treat us like adults. Getting a Grip on Unreality 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It probably helps that she isn’t smug – she has the lifestyle-magazine home, family and career, but she has always been brutally honest about the difficulty of relationships, parenting and keeping her brain sane. Funny, messy and real: why Sharon Horgan is the most watchable woman on TV 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But there’s an insular quality to the work, and sometimes a smug in-jokiness. Review: ‘Daily Life Everlasting’ at La MaMa 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The movie is soft when it wants to be gentle, smug when it aims for wisdom, and funniest when it is trying hardest not to be. Movie Review: ?Darling Companion? From Lawrence and Meg Kasdan 2012-04-19T22:35:40Z Best place for them, I've always thought – keeps them off the buses, all smug with their bloody freedom passes ... TV Review: The 15-Stone Babies; Pensioners Behind Bars 2012-12-13T23:00:00Z Cecil is supposed to be the embodiment of smug entitlement, Esquire’s idea of “The Most Desired Dude on the Planet.” When the Room With a View Is Kevin Kwan’s, Things Might Get Wild 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Everyone was trying to do irony and incorrectness, but without Tarantino’s brilliance it just looked smug. Pulp Fiction to Magnolia: the best films of the 90s – as chosen by critics 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Ms. King is a taut, unsmiling crusader waging a war not only against breast cancer but also against the smug, dismissive, mostly male medical establishment that leaves her research perpetually underfunded. Movie Review: ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ Follows a Breast Cancer Discovery 2014-05-01T22:30:50Z But Daumier always found some element of the ridiculous, the fatuous, the smug, even in the poets, writers and critics among his subjects. Perspective | I returned to the National Gallery seeking comfort. But art no longer feels like an escape. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z I feel safe saying so because we had a lot of smug conversations over the years about how pointless marriage would be for us. Modern Love: Did Mother, Maybe, Not Know Best? 2014-02-06T23:27:15Z So this time Westwick is really, truly bad—not just a smug but ultimately sympathetic jerk. Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick Are Both Coming Back to Television 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z One of his colleagues, a woman from a Muslim background, explodes in rage at a smug imam who plans to marry off his underage daughter. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z Well, I say boo to the lot of you who have been passing this around and feeling smug. Why Yoko Ono doesn't deserve the hate 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z I enjoyed the juxtaposition of Maroni’s growing rage with the smug assurance of the Penguin, obliviously dressing down a waiter over dirty silverware as Fish ratted him out on the phone. 'Gotham' Recap: Hallelujah! The Penguin Escapes Again 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The group was brash and clever, its crooked sincerity often mistaken for smug acidity. Music Review: Together for 10 Years and Still Totally Committed 2010-09-17T20:08:00Z So is strolling through the squares of Santa Cruz, formerly the medieval Jewish quarter, taking in the orange trees and cobbled streets, and feeling smug that I’m wearing shorts in December. Random holiday generator: a new city break service to surprise destinations 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z “Couldn’t have anything to do with our cultural propensity for turning sexual violence against men into a smug joke?” How not to be terrible when talking about rape 2013-09-05T11:45:00Z An island off the coast of America — so goes the smug definition of Manhattan. Bicycling Across the Country: Bruce Weber Reflects 2011-10-21T18:50:10Z When we pass these other families in the supermarket, their dazed toddlers staring into iPads, we think — smug but terrified — we’re not that bad. Are iPhones Bad for Kids? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And you are so smug in your belief that she will know exactly how you feel as soon as she, what — has a child who doesn’t die!? Carolyn Hax: Staggering insensitivity for cousin who had stillborn child 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z After introducing the segment with some smug commentary about the “P.C.” police, Doocy interviewed a group of people on the street about the new sign. Watch a small child explain gender-inclusive bathrooms to Steve Doocy and the rest of Fox News 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z They are not faux-furious pundits with smug grins, though, merely your standard headline ciphers. "What We Do in the Shadows" prepared us for the disbelief that met the latest Jan. 6 indictment 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In a smug moment I dub it the Little House on the Prairie dress, right before I start to worry that we misjudged every other dress we saw. No Seat in the Fitting Room for Me 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z I felt more than a little smug when the train manager announced over the loudspeaker that traffic on I-70 was at a standstill for a 10-mile section between Winter Park and the Front Range. Aboard the Winter Park Express, train it from downtown Denver to the slopes 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The operation itself is utterly without tension and as for the final money shot, it's smug yet coy, not allowing us to get a good clear look at Public Enemy No 1. Code Name: Geronimo – The Hunt for Osama bin Laden – review 2012-12-13T21:30:01Z Morgan failed as a host because he was smug, arrogant, condescending and thin-skinned. Is Ronan Farrow the (successful) anti-Piers Morgan? 2014-02-25T17:57:07Z The conservative contingent at my aunt and uncle’s was smug on arrival and they wasted no time in expressing relief over the electoral disaster they had recently avoided. I f*cked a Republican on Thanksgiving 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z “Everything was looking peachy. I think everyone was feeling a little bit smug, too.” Remember concerts? In covid-free New Zealand, it’s a reality and not just a memory. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z They seem to be of one sensibility, with their playful, raunchy sex talk and smug, pleasure-seeking narcissism. Review: A Blistering Billie Piper Unravels Brilliantly in ‘Yerma’ 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The most controversial of Collier’s prescriptions will, given his likely audience, undoubtedly be those measures aimed at curbing the economic advantages flowing to the people he describes as the “smug skilled.” Saving Local Communities in a Globalized World 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Inside a gilded border, she sits beside the smug Rainier, and as the shutter clicks she glances sideways with barely suppressed panic. Grace Kelly: Style Icon at the V&A 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z First it challenged the idea that Joel McHale's smug Jeff Winger, the self-appointed leader of the study group, actually improved their lives. Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z But Ford's borrowings are both canny and canned: There's an aggressive artificiality about them that makes them feel smug and arty -- they exist for their own vanity, not to serve the story. 2009-12-10T01:10:00Z Many are touchingly altruistic—teaching, fostering children, engaging in public service—and aren’t smug about their good works. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z He found it “ridiculous on every level,” with a “smug, in-the-know name-dropping” even while failing to create anything like the real atmosphere of those years. Searching for a great American rock show: Why is rock ‘n’ roll on TV so hard to get right? 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Yet as his palsy fails to improve, the hallmarks of upper-middle-class ease, which used to provide him almost smug levels of satisfaction, begin to rankle. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z He describes his early influences as “not great,” explaining that “if I’m being honest, I saw a lot of racist comedy, self-congratulatory and smug.” A Comic With Many Questions About Jews and Whiteness 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And she puts to rest the smug assumption that there’s anything minor or unambitious about a witty domestic novel. Review | The perfect summer novel: ‘Strangers and Cousins’ is an unusually substantive comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Calls to literacy come in many forms, most of them smug and self-defeating. ‘Carsick,’ a Hitchhiking Memoir by John Waters 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Joe’s re-reinvention as a smug tech guru suits Mr. Pace, a striking but peculiar presence whom the show has struggled to use effectively. Review: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Time-Travels to Silicon Valley’s Dawn 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That canniness is a problem; if you’re not totally invested in Jack’s frustrations and his sense of superiority, the series can start to feel a little smug and sour. Watchlist: Boxers, Trekkies, Lilliputians and Other Favorites 2010-12-11T23:20:00Z But the tone of “Phantasmagoria” has a smug modern New York snigger within it — Oh those ghastly Middle Ages! Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z I’m not smug – smug would mean I was enjoying this. James O’Brien: ‘A former EDL member said my show saved his life’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z This is at once an attack on the 1960s generation, painting them as smug, hypocritical hippie capitalists, and also a defence, showing that they, like everyone, just did their best. We Had It So Good by Linda Grant - review 2011-01-30T00:38:01Z And so it went for someone called Rosie Mortimer, who wrote last week that having children in her 20s made her feel "smug. I'm so relieved my life is sorted". Forget Kirstie Allsopp's advice – listen to me, the Nigel Farage of fertility 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z But anyone willing to log off Instagram long enough to read “The Every” already knows all this, which makes the novel feel more smug than illuminating. Review | You won’t find Dave Eggers’s new book on Amazon. That’s the most interesting thing about it. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The man on the steps of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral was a caricature of every feminist’s worst nightmare: smug, jovial in his subjugation. Perspective | Abortion rights protesters have no more good options 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It's just more smug, and therein lies the rub. My verdict on Uma Thurman's Motherhood 2010-03-31T08:00:00Z Is it because of misplaced class hatred for Magdalen College Oxford's smug haircuts and insufferable self-deprecating smiles? TV review: University Challenge 2011-04-04T21:00:02Z With a couple of exceptions, the men in the women’s lives are pigheaded, arrogant, self-righteous and so smug in their power as to be repellent. Review: In ‘Parched,’ Women in an Indian Village Chafe Against Oppression 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He's unapologetic, smug, and cannot fathom how anyone would consider him to be anything less than the greatest of all great people. "The Good Place" tenderly approaches the final answer in its midseason finale 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In “How Late-Night Comedy Fueled the Rise of Trump,” Flanagan argues that “Sneering hosts have alienated conservatives and made liberals smug.” Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z However, the cannibalised plot and half-digested philosophy would have been more tolerable if the three leads hadn't seemed so insufferably smug. Rewind TV: Zen; Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent; Silent Witness ? TV review 2011-01-09T00:05:37Z Every now and again the Dada strain re-emerges like a mutated variant of the flu, convulsing the world when it becomes too smug and certain of its own righteousness. Breaking out 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He had been full of smug inner comments about what Big Sis needed to do. Readers’ advice on reacting to bad news, judging others 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Identity theft, economic collapse and an uprising of the disgruntled, disenfranchised have-nots against the smug, comfy haves also come into play. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z He’s alternately elated and enraged, and more than a bit smug and hammy. Theater Review : ‘Richard III’ Emerges Outdoors on the Lower East Side 2013-08-06T19:47:32Z It makes you sound smug — and the kind of person who shouldn’t be offered a drink. Social Q?s: Babes in Letters 2011-01-06T21:43:38Z We just have to absorb atrocious information as best we can, without being too smug about our ability at a glance to divide the past into its areas of light and dark. Django Unchained: tackling Lincoln-era America on film 2013-01-25T06:59:01Z Our dramaturge James Shapiro held forth on the number of “Howls” in the last scene, on the double entendre of “a smug bridegroom” and on the definition of the word “fut.” Learning 'Lear': Put It In the Blog! 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z But you’ve been trying to ignore it – because you don’t want to admit that these smug, annoying liberals were right! Jimmy Kimmel Calls Trump 'Completely Unhinged' 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z By this time, I was feeling pretty smug. 2010-01-11T22:17:00Z Back then I was all smug irritation, quite certain I would never bring about such annoyance to my fellow man. My NYC parenting nightmare: It’s either hell or Larry David 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z His version of the Almighty, he added, "loves welcoming atheists to heaven with a smug grin on his face". Gervais blogs on divine new role 2011-07-22T11:02:32Z The film's showiest turn, by Scott Eastwood, stands out because it is both broad and smug. In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Didactic, self-righteous and smug, full of easy slogans, this sort of art leaves people just as boxed in as the systems it supposedly critiques. ArtsBeat: Rabih Mrou? at COIL Festival: Making Sense of a Mysterious Disappearance in Lebanon 2012-01-09T19:00:24Z She messaged me a considerable growl, and five minutes later I went to bed with a smug grin plastered across my face. Words With (I Wish We Were More Than) Friends 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The two call a truce and end up clueless partners, spending their days in a solipsistic haze, alternately smug and sheepish, wandering into danger in search of their elusive first arrest. '21 Jump Street': Cop drama gets a funny, raunchy rework 2012-03-13T20:14:04Z He was equally comfortable as Batman’s alter ego in the series, the ascot-wearing, slightly smug millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Adam West, Known for Playing Batman on TV, Dies at 88 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Which makes it all the more satisfying to watch the smug teams confidently flog their substandard wares to a room full of smirking experts. TV highlights 19/06/2013 2013-06-19T06:00:05Z Attractive, trendy and smug, they’re a Fun Couple, or would like you to think so anyway, the sort who encase themselves into in an enviable cocoon-for-two of superiority. Theater Review: In ‘Stockholm,’ the Blades Are Drawn From the Start 2013-08-23T21:34:28Z Let’s make it official: All of us who believed that Joan did not go through with her abortion can now feel smug for having been absolutely right. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: A Whole New Kind of Clich? 2010-10-18T05:53:00Z Lush, lavish and thrilling, it nonetheless suffers from the fact that most of the time you want to punch smug Leonardo Di Caprio. The Guide's 1,000th issue - 1994-1999 2013-01-05T00:02:00Z Stilted, static and unbearably smug, “The Contenders” was originally written as a play, and it shows. | 'The Contenders': Marta Mondelli?s Troubled Beach House 2010-07-15T23:19:00Z It also marshals deliciously ripe turns from Donna English as the ill-fated Bunny Bixby, and Janet Dickinson as her conniving mother-in-law, who delivers a priceless ditty of smug, moneyed conservatism in “Everything’s Green in Greenwich.” Critic?s Notebook: New York Musical Theater Festival Is Under Way 2011-10-03T22:31:10Z He's at once buttoned-down and smug, yet, when pushed near breaking point, deceptively naked in his emotion. 'Festen': Shocking revelations and a 4-star review 2011-05-06T19:58:49Z In the school playground, small boys, smug Arsenal and Spurs fans mostly, gather round me frequently to offer faux condolences for that looming disaster. 20 reasons to be cheerful in middle age 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Even though it is 75% smugger than it needs to be. Westworld annoys the hell out of me – but is it OK to give up on it? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Pollsters were wrong, Now smug elites sure can stew ... Style Invitational: Do over the do-over — enter any of the year’s contests 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z And this gels so well with the evolution of Nicholson’s face throughout; morphing from smug and clean-shaven to craggy and wide-eyed, broken only by his terrifying rictus grin – a perfect foil to Shelley Duvall’s incredulity. I've never seen … The Shining 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Throughout the film Landa has been the epitome of smug self-assuredness, swaggering from scene to scene without ever questioning that he is untouchable. Watching Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" in the Trump era 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Every time I see her, I can almost see the smug look on her face and feel her thinking, "If only she knew all the things I did behind her back." Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She feels the need to confront your husband’s former mistress? 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z With smug satisfaction, I whipped out the repellent we had brought as part of our preparedness plan. We walked half of Scotland’s West Highland Way to fulfill an old hiking dream 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z People keep saying to me, "I can't wait till you turn 40-45 and start piling weight on, because then you are going to be a lot less smug." What I see in the mirror: Ralf Little 2013-07-27T06:00:05Z The smug big shot with his suit and his cellphone. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z A similar fate of smug, too wacky mediocrity seemed inevitable. Catch-22: has George Clooney broken the curse of the unfilmable novel? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z More importantly, those types of jokes certainly don’t make us smarter; in fact, they may just make us smug. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z There's nothing more irritating than a smug couple, which is why songs about marriage are so hit-and-miss. Can music and marriage mix well? 2010-05-05T14:48:00Z I still love the fact that I'm not actually at an art gallery, teetering on bad shoes, drinking Sauvignon Blanc with a bunch of sniffling wieners with overpriced scarves tied jauntily around their smug throats. My new TV addiction: Bravo's "Work of Art" 2010-06-05T22:01:00Z Not only do we get to see the terrified reaction of the person being filmed, but also the smug, disbelieving face of whoever they're talking to. Paranormal Activity 4 trailer: it's behind you! 2012-08-08T07:44:19Z That’s a bit too smug for my tastes, but perhaps a suitable marketing angle for an artist who has been lauded as the savior of jazz. ‘Heaven and Earth’ by Kamasi Washington Review: Musical Miracle Worker? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Spacey, the only man in American movies drier and more ironic than Bateman, dines out on the role of Bateman's boss, a smug control freak. 'Horrible Bosses' offers a cast, script that kill 2011-07-07T14:54:00Z Yet this is the alternative it presents: smug, petty stunts demeaning women and queer people. Kanye West and the smug cruelty of the anti-”cancel culture” movement 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Their genial naïveté is blinding them to the grossest sin here: the smug self-satisfaction, the hubris of the alleged good deed. This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z “It’s just Twitter,” I said, with the smug dismissiveness of a thirtysomething late millennial who had tweeted a grand total of twelve times in her life. What It Felt Like When “Cat Person” Went Viral 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Two abiding fixations were fear of Germany’s encirclement and a conviction that only smug, malevolent Britain stood in the way of German hegemony in Europe. A toxic monarch 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z It is not an indefensible position, yet Ms. Abbate and Mr. Parker deliver it in the smug tone of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z After World War II he finds his calling as an oilman but ignores his wife and children; after hitting it big, he sees how spoiled and smug his kids have become. Movie Review: ‘The Ultimate Life’ Shows What Money Can and Cannot Buy 2013-09-06T03:53:55Z He can be clever and engaged and funny and humane – or smug, humourless, and cold to the point of cruel. Psycho, genius ... fraud? 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z And the culture as a whole has a bit of a smug, seen-it-all attitude when it comes to both utopian idealism and the straightforward expression of emotion. Why "Glee" is the new "Rocky Horror" 2010-10-19T15:45:00Z Spotting the references is apt to make you smug, like shouting answers at the telly while watching University Challenge. Turner prize 2010: Dark nights of the soul 2010-10-04T17:53:00Z Observe his smug grin when Megan becomes an even more efficient and effective version of him at work. Riff: What Don Draper and Christian Grey Have in Common 2012-06-22T21:48:00Z In any case, the story no longer reads, if it ever did, as simply the conflict between a smug hearing person and a defensive deaf one. Review: Sound, or Silence? A Passionate Debate in ‘Children of a Lesser God’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z And I have to say I was feeling pretty smug about this until Tom the Butcher helpfully reminded me of something. Weingarten: Can’t get no SATisfaction The public conversation is so much better without name-calling and sneering and smug superiority. Perspective | Why making your diet part of your identity is bad for your health — and society 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Some of this no doubt seems weird, annoying, but to me such oddities become jewels when gift-wrapped in the benefits of timeliness and dusted with a smug sense of personal tidy completion. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z Now he ventures into the home-invasion nightmare genre with Cherry Tree Lane: a smug, troubled London couple are distantly aware that their teenage son is mixed up with drugs. Pick of the Edinburgh film festival 2010-06-09T21:00:00Z He had been full of smug inner comments about what Big Sis needed to do was just _____. Carolyn Hax: Readers offer advice on cancer, judging others and dealing with nitpickers “A lot of smug young men who wanted to prove how sophisticated they were by saying ‘There is no God’ over and over,” she said. The Stylish Socialist Who Is Trying to Save YouTube from Alt-Right Domination 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In those days, liberal audiences wanted comedy to validate a smug worldview -- that even though our side was getting its teeth kicked in, at least we were cleverer than the Red People. Can three comedians transcend the red-blue divide? 2011-08-26T20:30:00Z Stewart Lee could easily come across as smug or judgmental – and by his own admission, plenty of critics have interpreted his act that way. How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian 2010-07-31T23:14:00Z Again, without being smug, I have the privilege of never having made such a film. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Bill Maher is a complicated guy: Smart, funny, articulate, and smug as all hell, he veers between being truly engaging and deeply self-satisfied. Bill Maher tangles with Stephen Colbert: The “Late Show” host brings out the best and worst sides of his complicated guest 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The worst offender, at least at first, is Topher Grace’s wonderfully aggravating as smug Ph.D. Smart Watch: Ebola drama "The Hot Zone" has all the symptoms of a classic miniseries 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The stereotype included everyone from men in gray flannel suits to the slick professionals of “Thirtysomething,” stuck or smug in their world of bourgeois comforts. Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z All of them are pretty meaningless in Geldof's view, largely a collection of the "complacent" and "smug." Bob Geldof: American music 'exhausted' | Kot at SXSW 2011-03-17T19:16:45Z I have always found this ballet a little smug, even cold. Ratmansky’s Beauty Wakes Up 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The villains in this piece are the smug, cynical Republican Party bigwigs who would like to see the pushy, sweaty Nixon erased from the presidential ticket. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z But he is so utterly unforgiving of his own flaws that it is foolish to think his laser-sharp mind is a place where he could ever be comfortable enough to be smug. How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian 2010-07-31T23:14:00Z Of course we’re supposed to notice this moment of smug confidence and laugh, but there’s an insidious cleverness to “The Overnight” that keeps the audience just a bit off balance. “The Overnight”: Jason Schwartzman and Adam Scott ask whose is bigger in this edgy all-night comedy 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z We all know this guy, or a version of him, anyway: smug, entitled, yet always somehow kept around. ‘Toros’ Review: Why Are We Still Friends? 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Judy’s there as a witness, along with Joey the Clown, loose-jointed old Jim Crow, Toby the Dog, loudmouth Mr. Scaramouche, and the Bobby, looking smug under his yawning helmet. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Here are strategies to transform you into the slightly smug person listening while others whine about the high cost of the travel — but no gloating allowed. The frugal traveler’s essential list of budget travel hacks 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Branding the film "slothful" and "indulgent", Empire Magazine's Simon Crook its "lumpen slapstick, casual sexism and a smug tone". Grown Ups 2 tops Razzie nominations 2014-01-15T10:46:57Z And though several Scofields hold strong political beliefs, they don’t suffer for them, even when someone finally lets out a howl during a smug discussion about the Rosenbergs at the Garden Club Christmas dance. Books of The Times: Staying Civil as the World Convulses 2011-01-02T22:21:30Z His smug entitlement and impotent anger are by turns disturbing, sad and hilarious. The underrated genius of Steve Buscemi 2010-09-20T21:01:00Z "It defines how unspeakably bad British films can be... smug, self-satisfied and deeply convinced of its own coolness, yet in fact completely clueless..." The Guide's 1,000th issue - 1994-1999 2013-01-05T00:02:00Z His entitled character shifts from being a smug politico to engendering sympathy, and Paou manages that tricky balancing act with aplomb — especially as Stéphane endures some rather extreme experiences. "Bloody Oranges" star on playing a French political beast & "a revolution in this notion of revenge" 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Asked how he is, Vegas magician Burt Wonderstone answers “I am incredible” with smug glee; he considers this an utterly honest answer. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: Strange Magic 2013-03-15T03:30:24Z But Democrats shouldn’t feel too smug about Trump’s fluency in Newspeak. Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Comfortable, smug and demanding a musician with little ambition for anything other replicating what was done before. Is guitar music on the way out? 2012-06-29T11:40:00Z Putting smug network news on notice with two words he doesn’t even say aloud: Brian Williams. “Your hair is so white, it tried to punch me at a Trump rally”: 10 best lines from Larry Wilmore’s scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner monologue 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z But in "Taking on Tyson," the boxer talks about how D'Amato taught him to believe he was better than everyone else -- "smug" and "superior" and entitled to do as he pleased. What Charlie Sheen can learn from Mike Tyson 2011-03-03T15:40:00Z I got this job because they were looking for someone to portray a self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, glib idiot. Catch me if you can: The Comic Strip reunited 2011-08-28T20:30:01Z But just as one is feeling quite smug, a character will present our very own suspicions to Algy, who will convincingly cut them down. ‘The Derek Smith Omnibus,’ by Derek Howe Smith They’re hardly prosperous, but they still have eggs left to steal and to make them feel smug; what they don’t have is any real reason for suspicion. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s a look that amounts to a smug, if possibly premature, “checkmate.” ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane,’ by the Edge of the Universe Players 2 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Or that other unforgivably smug architectural programme on the ABC, Dream Build. My first house rule: don't watch property programmes 2013-06-27T02:32:05Z Great, something else for people to be smug about while they chug their kombucha. Stand up! 2013-01-10T19:40:00Z All the Halls overflow with such snug, smug warmth that the gods are pretty much obliged to punish them for excess adorability. REVIEW: If I Stay and Life After Beth: What If She's Not Dead? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Managing the situation, just barely, a smug thought arose, as if to provide some badly needed accolades: My husband? My motherhood martyr routine 2014-04-10T23:00:00Z Except for their accents, these people are identical to a certain class of spoiled, supercilious New Yorkers who exude a smug sense of entitlement. ‘Unrelated’ Explores the Manners of Well-Off Britons 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Pete, meanwhile, is back to looking like a humiliated lackey and back to a position of smug moral disgust where Don is concerned: gone are the glory days of detente between them. ?Mad Men? Watch: Power Plays and Panic Attacks 2010-09-27T14:22:00Z Many of my fellow atheists are smug about this, which is a shame. Perspective | Gene Weingarten answers your religion questions. Heaven help us. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Now, perhaps, you, the United Kingdom, respond: "Is this smug Yank complaining about the stature of British celebrities from his perch over there in Kardashianland?" David Beckham's chest. That's seriously all you've got for us Americans? 2012-05-25T12:49:36Z The lion's share of the barbs were reserved for Franco, who was variously described as smug, distant, bored. No prizes to Oscars hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway 2011-02-28T13:19:43Z The proximate cause of his blues is a smug Barack Obama, who appears in the scene with arms folded as he steps on the first page of the Constitution. Year of “The Forgotten Man” 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Before I clicked on their report, I felt smug. Motherlode: 'Gut' vs. Data When Choosing Day Care 2011-07-14T17:05:15Z Larry is that rare creature, a good man who is neither smug nor a drip. Clare Clark reviews Motherland by William Nicholson 2013-03-07T08:00:01Z The music of the punks’ older siblings had become its own smug alternative establishment. How a TV Series Undersells the Danger of the Sex Pistols 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z If Stockholm residents seem particularly smug these days, it’s for good reason. 36 Hours in Stockholm 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z All of them – all of us – are lumped together to form one gigantic amoeba of smug elitism, the out-of-touch liberal media that looks down its nose at people in the flyover states. Don Lemon, this is no laughing matter 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Occasionally they appear self-deprecating, but often simply smug. Swedish House Mafia: 'We don't travel on jets every day' 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z A show like this could have easily been fashioned to make a viewer feel smug as they witness others problems, but this doesn’t do that. Smart Watch: A week to look back with "The Deuce" and . . ."The Brady Bunch"? 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Its gaggle of material either allures or it doesn't, and the infamous poets, penning topical verse as the programme progresses, will either be the icing on an irresistible cake or an unbearably smug, alienating feature. Radio head: Saturday Live 2011-03-23T08:00:08Z Hoover’s men are smug, citified so-and-sos in trim suits who set great store by fancy crime-fighting techniques like fingerprint analysis, wiretaps, two-way radios and aerial surveillance. ‘The Highwaymen’ Review: Grumpy Old Men on the Trail of Glamorous Killers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z And then the universe punched me right in my smug, dumb face. The Subway Crush Who Crushed Me 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But mostly it was a joy to simply listen to French and Saunders chatter in the background of my mum's busy kitchen, emitting exactly the right frequency of festive jolliness without being smug or irritating. A week in radio: a diet of nibbles and nostalgia from French and Saunders 2012-12-27T20:00:01Z Yet you can’t help but feel smug when she tells you that “You look great!,” even if you’re wearing the only dress you could afford to buy with your virtual money. Why Kim Kardashian's Game Has Perfect User Ratings 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Is the Thimister message of destruction as powerful now as it was when it seemed like a rebel yell in a smug, rich world? 2010-01-25T19:11:00Z Charlotte was more smug about her plot to safeguard Ford’s intellectual property than Logan was about his nebulous military title. 10 Questions Westworld still needs to answer 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Key, who received almost as much curtain applause as Schumer, is dressed like a smug movie director with a litany of sex scandals waiting to explode. Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key lend star power to 'Meteor Shower,' but it's still space junk 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The smug and familiar humor with which this play hooks us winds up exploding in our faces, like a poisonous prank cigar. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Having known a few smug super lefties in my time – and technically, these are supposed to be my people – I'm guessing the answer would be "nothing," because that is morally superior and boring choice. For the rest of us, there's Festivus: Celebrating 25 years of a "Seinfeld" holiday about nothing 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z He was out of work; she remained smug; but she became subject to vicious sexual comments on the web bulletin board 4chan/b/. Review: ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ Delves Into Infamy in the Age of Social Media 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The way she said it didn’t sound smug. Motherlode Blog: Bragging About the Kids 2011-08-11T14:51:11Z Henry is no Babbitt; he is far from smug or vacuous; he is not a dupe. Review: In ‘The Adventurist,’ an Executive’s Search for Meaning and Small Raptures 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z She makes Ben charming enough for a weekend affair but smug and dishonest enough that the reader will feel no great regret on Lena’s behalf if she chucks him. Books of The Times: ‘The Scent of Pine,’ by Lara Vapnyar 2013-12-31T21:47:12Z I almost felt smug about how well we fit. Can I date a Republican? 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z I am insufferably smug about what my ex-husband and I have managed to pull off, but I won’t pretend it was instant. ‘We're very close. We couldn't not be’: the secret to a friendly divorce 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Highest praise goes to Trieste Kelly Dunn, as Sunny: not too smug or gorgeous, but smart and attractive, she steadily, wordlessly conveys her character’s internal struggle. | 'The New Year': Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment Ryan O?Nan and America Ferrera in a Soldier?s Tale Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation Brett Haley With a Promising Feature Debu 2010-07-30T00:10:00Z In this respect, I am very, very grateful for "Over the Rainbow" and the happy little bluebird that is Gwyneth Paltrow doing Judy Garland with a smug man-child with great hair. When terrible is fine: Gwyneth Paltrow sings "Over the Rainbow" on "Glee" 2011-04-11T18:12:00Z Will the Chancellor, his snide daughter and smug friend get in the way? Laura-Bella Bergamotta by Emerald Everhart - review 2013-07-26T08:00:00Z Or smug, or righteous, or vindicated in your beliefs, no matter what they are, about an endlessly divisive subject. Review: In ‘The Appointment,’ the Fetus Sings Out 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The songs on his fifth album, “Night Train,” maintain a consistent attitude about that generalized regional identity — not defensive, but comfortably smug. New Music: Jason Aldean’s ‘Night Train’; Sky Ferreira’s ‘Ghost’ 2012-10-15T22:07:43Z And if, after reading this, any Europeans are feeling smug, they shouldn't. Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran – review 2012-07-06T10:00:02Z Most people, unless they're legitimately berserk, would rather keep their marriage intact than win a little golden trinket at a smug little awards bash. Sandra Bullock proves the Oscars curse exists | Stuart Heritage 2010-03-19T15:14:00Z It is hard to overstate how satisfying it is to see smug criminals get caught right now. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Columbo’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Besides that, it looks like there will be lots of dumb, smug humor pegged to explosions and other special effects. “Star Trek Beyond” looks like a corny, frantic mess: This is supposed to distract us from “Star Wars” mania? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z This smug survival sentiment also affects my attitude towards illness, having only taken a half-day off work sick in my entire working life. The films our critics walked out on: 'There was no way in hell I was going back in' 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Instead, today’s bad mommies are as smug, and even sometimes smugger, than those good mommies they aimed to resist. The tyranny of the “bad mother”: Slacker moms are just as intimidating as perfect ones 2014-02-17T23:00:00Z Few exchanges are that obvious, but most are that smug and tiresome. Review: Wait, Wait … I Want to Tell You. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z For much of Monday's concert he was coasting — not with the smug self-satisfaction he flashed last year but with the honest confidence of someone who's been on the road for more than a year. Justin Timberlake less regal, more intense at Forum 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s like being trapped at a dinner party with a bunch of self-infatuated hipster bores all competing to outdo one another in smug pseudocleverness. Theater Review: ‘Feast’ by Andrew Ondrejcak at Incubator Arts Project 2012-07-17T22:21:57Z Think of cutting alerts like a digital detox, but less smug, more sustainable and still with access to Google Maps. I turned off phone notifications and instantly felt calmer and happier 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z I’m on the cusp of 40, a smug married living in the Hudson Valley with a middle-management job. 'Girls' Recap: Season 4 Begins, and Hannah Is in an Iowa State of Mind 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z There are redistricting emails encouraging the closed-door committee in Michigan to “cram Dem garbage” into the south-eastern districts, and portraits of smug political analysts flown in to skew North Carolina’s district lines. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Time for someone to wipe that smug smirk off his face. The Scenes We Have Yet to See From the Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailers 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z While Melisandre apparently resurrected Jon Snow in Episode 2 — though another explanation could emerge later — the formerly smug priestess’s new vulnerability has been an undercurrent throughout this season. ‘Game of Thrones’: 8 Questions for the Finale 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But there’s an awful lot that’s made of, oh, the smug liberals and they condescend and that’s what has driven conservatives. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z If you call your book How to Be Right, is it fair for people to accuse you of being smug? James O’Brien: ‘A former EDL member said my show saved his life’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z As smug as he seemed, the hair smoothing betrayed him: Dr Wei was self-conscious, of what was unclear. Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – extract 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z But even those of us who reject the idea of the museum curator as social engineer would regard this position as smug and retrograde. Museums should appeal to the heart 2010-06-28T09:59:00Z After this account, not much remains of Haggard’s smug claim that a strong work ethic is all you need to be successful. Bob Dylan in Trumpland: The workingman in "Modern Times" 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Lonely, frustrated Marion, who yearned for marriage and respectable love … perhaps something within her snapped with rage at the thought of this smug little rich girl and her unearned day of happiness. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z Larry’s descriptions are a little smug and simplistic and patronizing, which is both an expression of Larry’s perspective in particular and prison outsiders’ in general. Dead Tree Alert: Orange Is the New Black Is the New Way of Talking About TV 2013-07-25T13:02:58Z Thus, as I previously wrote, the series presents the wealthy enclave of Shaker Heights, Ohio in the 1990s as a hotspot of a smug and clueless privilege where women like Elena can comfortably judge others. "Little Fires Everywhere": An honest finale clears the smoke and reveals signs of hope 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z With a light touch, the film captures Toronto's paradoxical, smug inferiority towards the US, and specifically New York. Location location location: Scott Pilgrim's love letter to Canada 2010-09-02T15:36:00Z There's no smug reassurance in discussing a shared belief when almost everyone shares it. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z He spends the whole film looking smug or baffled, possibly smaffled. "Abduction": Taylor Lautner's chest gets a movie 2011-09-23T17:45:00Z And as a smug crocodile in our capital city’s swamp of high-priced fixers, Andre calls ordinary human constituents writing their congressmen “quaint.” Review | Steven Wright’s ‘Coyotes of Carthage’ pulls back the curtain on how democracy works. It isn’t pretty. 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z After the first scene — the undead pasting a girl’s brain into their mouths in the aisle of a supermarket — I was felling pretty smug about my zombie dismissal. “In The Flesh”: a suicidal, gay, post-zombie story 2013-06-06T19:11:00Z They and their sybaritic buddies are smug in their social insularity. Review: A Flock of Shylocks Transforms ‘Merchant of Venice’ 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Their contentment radiated outward as smug entitlement, as they expected their co-workers to fawn over them they way they did over each other. Cross Cuts: The Hard Work in ‘Before Midnight,’ Amour’ and Other Films and Shows 2013-06-19T15:15:49Z Bond is deployed well: Connery is relaxed and at home, the whole thing is confident without being smug. My favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice 2012-10-04T15:29:14Z His dialogue, peppered with Shaw’s own sayings, is smart without being pretentious, and witty without being smug; in plot and tone there are also hints of Oscar Wilde, Shaw’s contemporary. | 'Engaging Shaw': A Writer Woos With Wit at Abingdon Theater 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z If the movie often borders on smug, it's equally happy to be only lightly reverent to the comics it's based on. You review: Iron Man 2 2010-05-04T11:23:00Z For those of you who haven’t read the books, good news: Those of us who have will finally have to shut our smug pie holes. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The mature Rimbaud shuns “the clever, the arty, the smug” and is “increasingly horrified by the cynicism, the selfishness and the rampant irresponsibility of writing.” Books of The Times: The Prodigy Burned Out. Why Not Blame Mom? 2011-08-23T20:39:20Z We are what Bridget Jones would call “smug marrieds.” Porn on demand, dating apps and nonstop Internet commerce: Technology is ruining our sex lives 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Beneath the surface of smug quiet fat Mormonism there is a sufficiency of unrest and criminality. From the Observer archive, 11 November 1979: Through Gary Gilmore's eyes 2012-11-11T00:10:00Z On paper, this might sound smug, but it's sharp enough and funny enough to get away with it. Portlandia: box set review 2013-06-27T14:00:01Z Greene liked to complain that Yankees were “plump, smug, sentimental, ready for the easy tear and the hearty laugh and the fraternity yell.” When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z But there was something smug about the Xeroxed buildings, something formulaic and inauthentic, as if even the architects didn’t quite believe their own pastiche of styles: If you squinted, they looked like a cartoon. ‘Times Square, 1984,’ at the Skyscraper Museum 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Here is what I’m trying to avoid: smug condescension at those ugly, fat Americans who are totally unable to appreciate foreign travel unless it’s wrapped in as comfortably American a package as possible. I went on a freaking cruise 2012-12-09T13:00:00Z The language is definitely button-pushing, but it is the smug smile that really grabbed my attention. How to tame a 6-year-old’s potty mouth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z My smug sneering at this unimaginative venue quickly turned to awe when I saw gowns from the Costume Institute archives. 2010-01-29T14:30:00Z The eminent film scholar makes the provocative case that the erotic life of movies shapes and misshapes us, and suggests that since the Production Code of the 1930s, cinema has helped subvert smug heterosexual pieties. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z By the ’60s, Leonard Nimoy’s thin, dark eyebrow was a crucial Mr. Spock tool in “Star Trek,” displaying superiority over humans without being smug. On the Screen, an Arched Eyebrow Speaks Volumes 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Perencz occasionally lacks majesty, but descends convincingly from smug certainty to tragic self-knowledge and despair. Die Walküre – review 2012-06-17T16:01:30Z But nobody believes this, especially not the assortment of smug white folks who utter that incantation, including an art critic whose disdainful half-grin during her first appearance announces her as future hanger steak. No sweets for the sweet in new "Candyman," which neglects the legend's seductively scary legacy 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Kids must have felt smug and ultra-nerdy, telling their pals in the playground that wookiees celebrate Life Day – intriguing solely because it represented a theological tradition other than the Force. May the farce be with you: the Star Wars Holiday Special they want us to forget 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z A hirsute beast the size of a small elephant lurks behind a smug human couple in their suavely appointed living room. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z One, in a smug vegan coffee shop where asking for "milk from an animal" is a faux pas. This week's new tracks 2012-09-28T23:05:00Z For the six months we’d been together, we had endured more than our share of stares, from curious to smug to hostile, from Chinese and Westerners and everyone in between. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z In another scene, a smug industry honcho gloatingly surmises that the American thirst for oil is so enormous that if the supply were cut off, the economy would collapse within hours. ‘The Great Invisible,’ on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Viewers who have already read the comics can now stop feeling so smug, as the final minutes of this episode – with one more week to go – show the story now taking a very different route. Tonight's TV highlights: I'm A Celebrity Get me Out Of Here! 2010-12-03T00:05:00Z Glasgow was a great place to grow up – you couldn't be smug about anything, as you wouldn't get away with it. Pam Hogg: this much I know 2013-05-18T18:07:01Z Throttled by a corrosive self-awareness, the latest “Scream” is a slasher movie with resting smug face, so enamored of its own mythology that its characters speak of little else. ‘Scream’ Review: Kill Me Again, Again 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z For better or worse – likely the latter – people are likely most familiar with the version of Pepe that is smug, sneering, crudely drawn and racist. In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Thankfully, he only rarely lapses into the wink-winkiness he employed in "The Big Short" and "Vice" that gives his films a smug, condescending sensibility. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z "The whole point of what we were doing was surely to challenge the smug hegemony of the Oxford, Cambridge, public-schoolboy comedy network, as well as destroying the old-school working men's club racists!" Alexei Sayle: 'I'm still full of hate' 2013-01-22T18:45:01Z Poor old political songwriting: so often held at arm's length even by those who practise it, lest they seem too serious, worthy or smug. An Evening of Political Song 2010-06-18T22:20:00Z Contemporary Composers Bring Britain Into the Musical Spotlight The often-heard put-down of Britain as “the land without music,” mostly voiced by smug Germans of earlier times, is a bit unfair. Music Review: Juilliard’s Focus! Festival at Alice Tully Hall 2013-01-27T21:14:09Z His smug son-in-law becomes involved with a real estate deal that gravitates into drug-money laundering. Review | For your playlist, three great new audiobooks 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z "We have everything," she tells Henry at the end of the episode, but as she watches Don smile at baby Gene, the smug conviction in her face starts to fade. "Mad Men" recap: I was blind, but now I see 2010-09-13T12:40:00Z And, most recently, Sherlock’s divisive latest season either sees comment threads discussing its labyrinthine fakeouts and resurrections, or saying that, in no uncertain terms, Sherlock is smug, nonsensical guff. #TeamLogLady! How the world finally caught up with Twin Peaks 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Gerri though, on the plane ride over, encourages her people not to be so worried about these smug Swedes. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap: Bleed the Swede 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z In the new series, Cumberbatch’s detective is less of the irritatingly smug know-it-all we saw in earlier episodes. The return of Sherlock: ‘Being a hero isn’t about being bigger, richer, more powerful' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The ABC commissioned 27 episodes on the strength of Denton’s reputation but viewers didn’t warm to the format, which many found smug and self-satisfied. Andrew Denton: his final farewell? 2013-06-26T04:16:27Z There is a certain smug hands-off paternalism to this image, as though the rewilder is watching from a safe distance while nature, like an adorable little child, wanders off haltingly on its own path. Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism? 2013-07-06T07:01:00Z Two versions of meta-reality collide: the delusional gaze of dead-end Leninism meets the smug smirk of dumbed-down postmodernism, and the world explodes. The Year in Fear: From Ebola to street violence to Comrade Kim 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Without the Nasty One, most modern reality shows would devolve into a gloopily smug hour of syrupy mutual appreciation. Dancing on Ice: why Jason Gardiner should not be fired 2011-02-08T14:49:14Z And no, it’s not that ethical shoppers are just insufferably smug and therefore annoying. Ethical consumers are unattractive and boring, aren’t they? | Oliver Burkeman 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Henry’s screenplay, which was nominated for an Oscar, appropriated much of Mr. Webb’s dialogue but softened the smug, unpleasant edge evinced by Benjamin in the novel. Buck Henry, Who Helped Create ‘Get Smart’ and Adapt ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But by the time of our visit, that smug notion had evaporated, and Nixon’s doom was little more than four months away. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Ustvolskaya was, in this playing, unfailingly grim but never icy or smug. A Quirky Violinist and a Festival to Match 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The last perforated pipe I laid became home to a smug chipmunk. If 2018’s rains wrecked your garden, it might be time to try something new 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z His trawling for screams felt smug and unappealing. Music Review: Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift at Z-100 Jingle Ball 2012 2012-12-09T22:53:03Z I fear it sounds smug or self-righteous, and I don’t intend it to. Laurie Frankel: We adopted by choice not necessity 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Too smug, too self-regarding, a little too knowingly “woke”, but this animated journey into a day while high on mushrooms saw the show do something genuinely innovative and new. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Howell came out again, with his smug and insolent face, now lit only by oil lamps, and clambered noiselessly about the same furniture holding two pails of water. Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z It's a smug purveyor of alternative digital media and infotainment, subtly, insidiously pressing rival claims to your attention, while you're supposed to be concentrating on the film. Why I've seen the light over my flashy iPhone 2011-01-04T12:37:12Z Think of every movie where a woman's clothing has involuntarily come off, and how often it's been played for laughs or thrills or smug comeuppance. "Birds of Prey" is a fantabulous, feminist grenade 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z The only thing worse would be if the Times turned its smug wedding announcements into little mini-documentaries about elite mergers — and I probably shouldn’t even type that, lest they get any more bright ideas. Review | The ‘Modern Love’ TV show is just like the newspaper column: Sweet, self-centered and nauseating 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But the hopefulness is also a refreshing artistic change of pace, a backlash against generations of smug finger-pointing and knowing raised eyebrows. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Expect huffy indignation, smug monologues about the death of civility in America, and hallways. Who should direct the Donald Trump biopic? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The smug, menacing, megalomaniac Walt, parading around like he invented drug dealing, is the walking incarnation of this tension. I hate Walter White 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z It sparks arguments, or at minimum, smug amusement. ‘The Approval Matrix’ Begins Monday on Sundance TV 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z It is the standard posture of the conspiracy theorist to strain to seem more erudite than any of his doubters, which is usually tiresome and also smug, unless you arrived agreeing. Comedy gold: Rob Newman's History of Oil 2013-05-03T14:59:15Z Admittedly, there is something a little smug about the whole TED thang, but if you're looking for surprise and humanity, as well as memorable stories, then you might enjoy this one. Rewind radio: If I Were You; TED Radio Hour; Stuff You Should Know; Stuff Mom Never Told You; Desert Island Discs – review 2013-07-27T17:05:00Z Following on from last year's Sicily series in which the pair looked sunburned and smug in the south of the country, Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli visit the north of Italy. TV highlights 11/01/2013 2013-01-11T13:08:15Z “He thought that was kind of too smug,” Cocker says, “and he was probably right.” Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Among the great summer classical musical festivals of Europe, the monthlong event in this scenic city surely has the most cause to feel smug. At the Lucerne Festival, even hip-hop skateboarders love Pierre Boulez 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z "OK, thank you," says Ruth with a smug little laugh. TV review: Country House Rescue 2011-08-18T20:05:01Z And somehow he lends the whole affair a smug note of … I’m not sure the word is class?… Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The insufferably smug Pearson likes nothing better than to "imagineer the narrative" or "take a few turns on the ideas carousel". Stage revival of film giant Laughton 2013-10-19T06:55:43Z I have always been rather smug about the intellectual justification for unauthorised biography, arguing that it is ethically cleaner than writing an authorised life. Confessions of a celebrity biographer 2010-08-03T23:27:00Z The smug jingoism of the show's advertising is a clear example. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Everyone was trying to do irony and incorrectness, but without his brilliance it just looked smug. Pulp Fiction review – Tarantino's mesmeric thriller still breathtaking 20 years on 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Thus what was first thought to be a demonstration of smug white privilege , embodied by gleefully smiling young white man standing in way of a Native American elder, soon became something more complicated. How the media centers whiteness: "Today," Nicholas Sandmann and "the others" 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Then we could really afford to be smug. Where is Brighton's cutting-edge gay theatre? 2010-05-19T12:12:00Z The smug do-gooder with her fancy recipes and her African art. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z On the other hand, the list of dissenters to suffer the smug scorn of snazzy sportscasters is long and distinguished, from Jack Johnson and Paul Robeson to Bill Russell and Carlos Delgado. Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z The smug, preening male characters bear the brunt of the satire. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z Her visit to a smug, shallow man about to be knighted will radically change his selfish, well-ordered world. Review: 2 J.M. Barrie comedies smart, breezy 2013-05-07T21:01:15Z But however smug I felt bypassing the line, the tenders cut me down to size. As Seen on TV: A Road Trip Tracks the Shows of the South 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Jojo Rabbit received one- and two-star reviews in the Guardian and three stars from the Observer, with reviewers calling it “intensely unfunny”, “smug” and “oddly indecisive”. Taika Waititi says Jojo Rabbit's six Oscar nominations vindicate risks of making 'divisive' film 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Everyone is smug, slick, spoiled and mired in sentiment. TV review: The Chinese are Coming, Fame in the Frame, Cougar Town, Chimps of the Lost Gorge, The Big C 2011-02-09T08:00:06Z The beginning of the trailer shows a family gathering in a nice house in the country and acting all smug. Horror movies: the personality test 2013-03-29T17:17:07Z The rural gentry and village hoi polloi of “Midsomer” are reliably smug, venal and pretentious, and a fair share of the murders seem largely justified, if still regrettable. DVD: New DVDs: ‘Midsomer Murders,’ ‘George Gently’ 2012-06-29T21:58:00Z What should be a cute story about a mischievous orange tabby cat instead becomes an ironic, even vaguely smug movie in the vein of something like “Deadpool.” ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Review: A Cool Cat and His Band of Merry Rodents 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z I bet she felt pretty smug when those precise things happened to her in Paranormal Activity 2. Paranormal Activity 3: Is there a demon in the house? 2011-07-27T07:58:18Z Generally it involves four middle aged blokes, paunchy and smug, moist of brow from all the back slapping and banter. Food TV: a crop of lemons 2013-01-23T10:45:00Z It was the night before Mother’s Day, and I was pretty smug about the whole motherhood thing. The Half-Empty Nest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In his personal stories, Louis C.K. rarely plays the loser anymore and is more likely to present himself as a smug or entitled bore. Review: Louis C.K., Performing His Best Stand-Up Since 2010 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It sounds arrogant and smug, but we thought that with 'The Office' and 'Extras.' Barbed-wit alert: Ricky Gervais back as Globes host 2011-01-13T19:53:04Z Mr. Willard’s turn as a smug, clueless oaf peppering a dwarf with inadvertently offensive questions about his size is priceless. Review: ‘Mascots’ Suffers From Mockumentary Fatigue Syndrome 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z When death finally managed to shut her down just weeks later, there was much smug and charmless talk of ‘karma’ on social media sites. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z |
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