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2020, "everyday experiences of disrespect elevated cynical beliefs and vice versa. Moreover, cynical individuals tended to treat others with disrespect...

Cynical realism (simplified Chinese: 玩世现实主义; traditional Chinese: 玩世現實主義; pinyin: wánshì xiànshí zhǔyì) is a contemporary movement in Chinese art, especially...

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody is a nonfiction book by Helen...

HBO 1997 Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special 2000 Bill Maher: Be More Cynical 2003 Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home 2005 Bill Maher: I'm Swiss 2007...

as TotalBiscuit (/ˌtoʊtəlˈbɪskɪt/ TOH-təl-BISS-kit, TB; sometimes The Cynical Brit or TotalHalibut), was a British video gaming commentator and game...

"Cynical Girl" is a 1982 song by American rock musician Marshall Crenshaw. The song was released on his 1982 debut album, Marshall Crenshaw. Written as...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure is a point and click adventure game for the Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms. The game was developed...

"Cynical" is a promotional single by the American rock band Tantric. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Blue Room Archives...

In various sports, a professional foul is a deliberate foul which curtails an imminent threat from the opposition, where the prescribed punishment for...

select alternative personalities, such as "friendly", "efficient" or "cynical". GPT-5.2 December 2025 Discontinued Released in a context of competitive...

The Cynical Knight and Gentle Princess: Building Fairy Homes and a Life Together (ひねくれ騎士とふわふわ姫様 古城暮らしと小さなおうち, Hinekure Kishi to Fuwafuwa Hime-sama Kojō-gurashi...

Cynical Orange (Korean: 시니컬 오렌지) is a manhwa created by Yoon JiUn. In the United States iceKunion originally held the license; Yen Press later took the...

about accepting pain and finding beauty in it, and the closing track "So Cynical (Badum)", co-written by Le Sserafim members Huh Yunjin, Kim Chaewon and...

Critique of Cynical Reason is a book by the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, published in 1983 in two volumes under the German title Kritik der zynischen...

grievance studies affair. Lindsay has written several books including Cynical Theories (2020), which he co-authored with Pluckrose. He has promoted right-wing...

No. Title Length 1. "There Is No God" 6:07 2. "Cynical" (listed as "Cynical Fuck" in the album liner notes only) 4:41 3. "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"...

this post in April 2021. In 2020, Pluckrose released a non-fiction book, Cynical Theories, co-authored with James A. Lindsay and published by Pitchstone...

film The Man Who Wasn't There (2001). Her breakthrough came playing a cynical outcast in Terry Zwigoff's black comedy Ghost World (2001), an adaptation...

of Christian Nationalism to using the state to fight culture wars to cynically rejecting the idea of democracy. In connection to the last point, a popular...

with Shame (2012) Singles "Sarcasm" (2011) "Fail" (2011) "Whore" (2011) "Cynical Skin" (2012) "Built for Blame" (2012) "Don't You Dare Forget the Sun" (2012)...

constant criticism", he noted that the press had been "awkward, cantankerous, cynical, bloody-minded, at times intrusive, at times inaccurate, and at times deeply...

known for hit songs such as "Someday, Someway", a US top 40 hit in 1982, "Cynical Girl", and "Whenever You're on My Mind". He is also the co-author of one...

of the Man with No Name, Dirty Harry, and William Munny, here aged and cynical but willing and able to fight on whenever the need arose". Gran Torino...

and the producers' motives are not simply altruistic. Perhaps I'm being cynical, but I find it telling that this program has been remade and rerun so often...

Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott, it tells the story of a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney...

28 May 2016. Hayward, Paul (1 May 2010). "Fair Play 0, Foul Play 1 – a cynical classic from the Camp Nou conmen". The Guardian. Archived from the original...

Guardian gave the film two stars out of five, stating "It's hard not to be cynical about movies like Apex, or to second guess its format: a trajectory whereby...

was aired, critic Matt Zoller Seitz criticized the series' consistently cynical use of violence, stating that "The longer this series goes on, the more...

settlers arriving in the area. Ryan Robbins as Russell Kind, a grizzled, cynical settler. Kowen Cadorath as Caleb, an orphaned preteen boy who is taken...

comic book series. The film stars Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, a cynical exorcist with the ability to perceive and communicate with half-angels...

Express (2008), and The Dictator (2012). He had a guest appearance as the cynical, burned-out Dr. Kang on FX on Hulu's TV comedy series Reservation Dogs...

him reprehensible' and 'I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole... or that he's America's Hitler' Gomez, Henry J. (July 15, 2024)...

sensitively picks its way through unending grief and Realpolitik at its most cynical". The Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2024. Grimes, William (19 April 2006)...

reference to the music video channel) and sometimes characterized as slackers, cynical, and disaffected. Some of the many cultural influences on Gen X youth included...

masterpiece, and his great-grandson (also named George), a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist. The Broadway production opened in 1984. The musical...

described Fury at this point as a desk jockey, who has not yet become cynical towards bureaucracy and who learns in the film that there are superpowered...

Baltimore Police Department. Openly lesbian, she often displays a hardened, cynical demeanor, and has had problems with infidelity, alcohol, and relationships...

Hollywood had witnessed the introduction of sound films. Chaplin was cynical about this new medium and the technical shortcomings it presented, believing...

three children, and in 2016 lived in Shirley. 2001: Inverse Catch-22 by Cynical Blend – producer, keyboards 1994: "Midas Volume 1" by Midas 1995: "QSH006"...

Assembly, Israel's Ambassador at the UN Ron Prosor called the step "another cynical misuse of the UN ... in order to score political points". After the vote...

same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby cat. He is noted for his love of lasagna...

who performed on Music Bank. In March 2025, Hong co-wrote the track "So Cynical (Badum)" on Le Sserafim's EP Hot. In an interview, she discussed the project...

Child, Ben (October 4, 2013). "Willem Dafoe: Spider-Man reboot is a 'cynical approach to making money'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on...

2020). "Prince William – A Planet For Us All, review: It's easy to be cynical, but I found it surprisingly moving". The Independent. Archived from the...

the perimeter of human experience, or flashily pirouette their witty and cynical dialogue for our admiration." In 2000, Almar Haflidason of the BBC wrote...

appeared in Personal Affairs as Nicole Palmerston-Amory, a "man-eating, cynical realist (who) favours money over love". This was McCoy's first leading...

photographer, and musician who created the animated series Fundamentally Cynical, which streamed on Amazon Prime Video. Hazard was born in Nashville, Tennessee...

Robinson (parodying Fred Rogers, who found it amusing); and a morose, cynical Gumby, whose trademark slogan became an SNL catchphrase: "I'm Gumby, dammit...

these years to begin developing his film persona: a wounded, stoical, cynical, charming, vulnerable, self-mocking loner with a code of honor. Amenities...

and U.S. audiences stayed away. Some reviews saw it as "ruthless and cynical ... a distorted study of corruption, mob psychology and the free press...

Tomalin writes: Told in letters, it is as neatly plotted as a play, and as cynical in tone as any of the most outrageous of the Restoration dramatists who...

July 2021. Woodcock, Andrew (26 July 2021). "Boris Johnson accused of 'cynical rebranding' after appointing himself 'Minister for the Union'". Independent...

"modern human" and his vision of the world, which he attacks severely and cynically, and towards which he develops aggression and vengefulness. He considers...

annoyed by the other two commissioners: Lee, whom he thought paranoid and cynical, and the popular and influential Franklin, whom he found lethargic and...

2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023. "Hong Kong: Trial of Tiananmen activists a cynical attempt to erase historical memory". Amnesty International. 22 January...

Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour is a 1989 album by John Zorn featuring music written for a series of Japanese animated shorts that were created by...

January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020. "Was the delay of Netanyahu's trial cynical or legal? – analysis". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on...

(/nwɑːr/; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a Hollywood crime drama film that emphasizes cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as...

Critics have widely discussed the question of whether Hal's character is cynical or sincere. In the two plays, the diminutive "Hal" is only ever used of...

watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese Cynical Realist art movement developed in 1989, Yue rejects this label, but also...

(2023-12-05). "Emei Delivers a Powerful & Penetrating Show in Los Angeles on The Cynical Tour". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-11. "'Irresponsible' is a creative...

Washington Post, Carlson presents his perceived opponents "as endlessly cynical and duplicitous", and agitates his audience against them by cherry-picking...

scientists Henry Farrell and Elizabeth N. Saunders called Hawley's ploy a "cynical theatrical gesture" with Hawley "pursuing short-term political gain at...

Itchy & Scratchy Show. Despite his cheery onscreen persona, Krusty is a cynical, burned-out, addiction-riddled smoker. He has been the focus of many episodes...

influences (with a psychedelic twist) alongside mystical, oblique, and somewhat cynical references to religion and destiny. The Mighty ReArranger is a fate-like...

versus self-made wealth, gender, race, and environmentalism, as well as its cynical attitude towards the American Dream. The Great Gatsby is widely considered...

28, 2024. Kang, Inkoo (October 8, 2024). "Ryan Murphy's Latest Era of Cynical Hits". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on October 9, 2024. Retrieved...

1980s, he worked as a freelance writer, and published his Critique of Cynical Reason (German: Kritik der zynischen Vernunft) in 1983. Sloterdijk has...

comics is varied, but the stories generally present a pessimistic and cynical view of the conflict. In particular, Garth Ennis's stories portray it as...

Variety wrote that Taylor's "characterization is at once sensual, spiteful, cynical, pitiable, loathsome, lustful, and tender." Stanley Kauffmann of The New...

Amar Chadha-Patel as Dioneo, Tindaro's personal physician. A handsome and cynical opportunist, Dioneo has convinced the gullible Tindaro of his prowess as...

time-travels to 21st-century Manhattan, where he meets Kate (Meg Ryan), a cynical advertising executive. In 2001, Jackman starred in the action thriller...

everything I dreamed of: sin, exotic European glamour, the weary romance of the cynical newspaperman. When I saw it again, around 1970, I was living in a version...

Row Live Entertainment. Retrieved August 21, 2019. "Katelyn Tarver - 'Cynical' music video". Coup De Main Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2019. "Somebody...

being an enabler to her husband's indiscretions. They also accused her of cynically staying in a failed marriage as a way of keeping or even fostering her...

those poems, and hearing [the Oompa Loompas'] voice as a very sort of cynical, sarcastic, cruel, funny, but wicked voice, I went, 'Oh... That's sort...

character more like a James Bond villain. Gru is a grouchy, quick-witted, and cynical supervillain and the boss of the Minions, who also serves as a secret agent...

there) he believed Prague to be a dangerous place with "many brutal and cynical criminals". He hollowed out the rear seats of his Hyundai Atos in order...

debaser of culture." Steven Watts wrote that some denounce Disney "as a cynical manipulator of cultural and commercial formulas", while PBS records that...

status. In the 1990s, there was a cultural movement in China referred to as Cynical Realism of which Fang Lijun was a member. Living in China during this critical...

of Sony's films and whether the spin-off films were opportunistic yet cynical products. Vary further reported that while the deal between Sony and Disney...

appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking (and often tipsy) characters, and his rapid-fire delivery...

1551, was once regarded by historians merely as a grasping schemer who cynically elevated and enriched himself at the expense of the crown. Since the 1970s...

the film a 6 out of 10 writing in his review consensus section: "jaded, cynical folks like me may wish for a little more grit and a few more bold, unexpected...

turning point in her career; Variety wrote, "Fonda, as the unremittingly cynical loser, the tough and bruised babe of the Dust Bowl, gives a dramatic performance...

2024. "Olympic sponsorship deal with beer company AB InBev criticized as 'cynical' and 'an odd pairing'". CNN. February 25, 2026. "Allstate Named Founding...

condemned Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad for his alleged attempts to "cynically exploit the disaster to evade international pressure and accountability"...

In her autobiography, Temple describes the Baby Burlesks series as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence," and that the short films were...

2024). "Olympic sponsorship deal with beer company AB InBev criticized as 'cynical' and 'an odd pairing'". CNN. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024...

awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrait of a cynical, yet noble paraplegic, reportedly based on real-life Vietnam...

Words" "Hole Hearted" "Rest in Peace" "Stop the World" "Tragic Comic" "Cynical" "Hip Today" "Star" Tours Take Us Alive World Tour East Meets West Tour...

a jaded Nobel-winning physicist whose dysfunctional personal life and cynical ambition see him pursuing a solar-energy based solution for climate change...

his fast-rhyming chopper style, breathless-style, vast vocabulary, and cynical lyrics based on mental health issues, abuse, politics, and religion. Brandon...

Areas established in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The journalist Marcus Tanner cynically commented on how the Serbs from the 'UN-protected' Krajina were shelling...

(Milou in the original French edition). Other allies include the brash and cynical Captain Haddock, the intelligent but hard-of-hearing Professor Calculus...

system that has become as corrupt as the organized crime itself. Rendered cynical by this cycle of violence, the detectives of hardboiled fiction are often...

author Casey McQuiston. The novel is about a woman named August Landry, a cynical pseudo detective, who finds love in a woman named Jane Su she meets on...

their friendship; over time, the two start to reconcile. Kalinda has a cynical, misanthropic outlook on human behavior. She is openly bisexual and has...

the more conservative art dealer Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and the cynical lawyer Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon). Sex and the City received both acclaim...

without revealing that Rick has the letters. Then, the reason for Rick's cynical nature—former lover Ilsa Lund—enters his establishment. Spotting Sam, Rick's...

teeth with eyes named Gabriel. Although she is initially introduced as a cynical and cruel killer who kills anyone regardless of gender or threat, she is...

makes a convincing case that high finance is as toxic, reckless and deeply cynical as ever." Spotify's Audiobook Wrapped campaign in November 2025 listed...

Scott (November 10, 2011). "Newly Released Transcripts Show a Bitter and Cynical Nixon in '75". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2025. "The name-calling...

childish woman who is under strict orders not to exercise, and feuds with cynical fellow patients Brittany, Connie, and Amanda. Deena checks herself into...

narrator and authors voices when writing. Agathe herself is a disinterested, cynical and ambitionless woman working for a fraudulent professor and now responsible...

Side" "Used to Be in Evil Gazebo" "Slight Reprise" "It's Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas" "Visitor for Mr Edmonds" "Bottleneck at Capel Curig" "Emerging...

The film received negative reviews on its release, and hostility for its cynical, anti-authoritarian tone and graphic special effects. Some reviewers were...

which was based on the 1945 Cosmopolitan short story, "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog" by Ward Greene. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it was directed...

polarized capitalist society that we live in today in a very compressed and cynical way". For the song "Way Back Then" that accompanies children playing Squid...

from Popery ... I, for one, would have been on his side in those days. Cynical and selfish, as he was, he was better than a king out of St. Germains [James...

intransigence which made him the great artist he was—his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me ... I learned...

during the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the Bachman novels were darker and more cynical in nature, featuring a far more visceral sense of horror than the psychological...

view of other people and groups allegedly acting based on antisocial and cynical motivations. This is expected to lead to increased social alienation and...

created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is scarred on the right side. Despite his poor...

Questions About Time Travel, which follows two social outcasts and their cynical friend as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle...

Came, Daniel (22 October 2011). "Richard Dawkins's refusal to debate is cynical and anti-intellectualist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on...

States. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-374-71512-0. The Cynical Historian (June 2, 2016). The Philippine Insurrection (1899–1913) and the...

of the series believed her absorption powers would make her isolated, cynical, and insecure due to her desire to get close to others. She also appeared...

Andrew 2018. Dwyer, Philip G. (17 September 2016), "Conclusion: Talleyrand: Cynical Opportunist or Agent of Change?", Talleyrand, Routledge, pp. 205–210, doi:10...

(July 8, 2026). "'Moana' Review: Disney's Live-Action Remake Is A Craven, Cynical, Unnecessary Cash Grab". The Playlist. Retrieved July 8, 2026. Ramachandran...

According to environmental protection groups, this "decision was a victory for cynical lobbying and [...] Australia, as custodians of the world's biggest coral...

politicians with empathy, the show created a "subversive competitor" to the cynical views of politics in media. In the essay "The West Wing and the West Wing"...

O'Hara as Gail (season 2), Joel's therapist and Eugene's wife. She is cynical, not deceived by Joel's posturing. Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon (season...

Morgenstern, left the program. A running gag was how Sue Ann's aggressive, cynical personality was the complete opposite of her relentlessly perky TV persona...

asking this particularly of young people that watch: Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism; for the record it's my least favorite quality. It doesn't...

no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "king of the road". It was Miller's fifth single for Smash Records...

He played many different types of characters, including manipulative, cynical, obsessive, or crazy characters. Stewart found that acting allowed him...

"With billions at stake, a federal judge just nullified the GOP's most cynical attack on Obamacare". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on...

negative reception over its use of generative artificial intelligence and its cynical, negative depiction of the holiday season. On a bleak, snowy day, various...

find her reserved villa is double-booked, so she has to share it with a cynical British man. The film was released on Netflix on September 1, 2022. Minneapolis-based...

accept deviations from his vision, particularly ones that transformed the cynical tone of his script into something more optimistic. With "innumerable voices...

Gunn, Green did an impression of Danny DeVito, "being sort of a gruff and cynical sarcastic character [who] doesn't know what the Earth species of duck even...

Minds direction. Standout tracks include 'Current Stand', 'My Life' and 'Cynical'." Brendan Swift of AllMusic described the group, which "exemplified the...

Beetlejuice (2024)—a sequel to Beetlejuice (1988)—playing Astrid Deetz, the cynical teenage daughter of Lydia Deetz. It opened the 81st Venice International...

script. Edward Dmytryk's World War II epic Anzio (1968) starred him as a cynical war correspondent, with the directing and acting considered uninspired...

might otherwise have been on our backs in the Bocage. And it made the most cynical sit up and take notice when we learned from German field officers that...

and band ("Road to Hell"). Eurydice and the Fates describe Eurydice’s cynical worldview as well as the harsh weather and famine ("Any Way the Wind Blows")...

became a regular occurrence for Tracy, who was increasingly lethargic and cynical. He began production on Tribute to a Bad Man in the summer of 1955, but...

Governor Cuomo created ahead of the 2014 New York gubernatorial election, a cynical, centrist group that endorsed male incumbents over female challengers like...

also qualifies as a cinematic white saviour. The film portrays Allenby as cynical and manipulative with a superior attitude to Lawrence, but there is much...

the supernatural and science fiction super-technology co-exist. Dark, cynical, and humorous, the books offer an adventure into the Nightside, where classic...

Fox News and CNN. Sorkin told TV Guide that he intended to take a less cynical view of the media: "They're going to be trying to do well in a context...

the main cast this season include Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera), a snarky, cynical cheerleader struggling with her sexuality; Brittany S. Pierce (Heather...

Robbins) who is promoted to president of the Hudsucker Corporation by a cynical director (Paul Newman) in a scheme to devalue the company's stock; a fast-talking...

their visual effects. Third, the franchise has been criticized for being cynical and reductive. For example, film studies scholar Reynold Humphries dismisses...

a result, a talking boil grows on his shoulder, a manifestation of the cynical and unscrupulous side of his personality. The film was produced by HandMade...

dispositions—sensitive, flippant, romantically charming, hyperintelligent, neurotic, cynical, sinister, and menacingly violent". He has been credited for a positive...

later denied by Warner Bros. and others. Cox starred as Lucy Spiller, a cynical tabloid editor, in the FX television drama series Dirt, which premiered...

[verification needed] It is rendered with the German expression Galgenhumor (cynical last words before getting hanged). The concept of gallows humor is comparable...

addition, his two dominant personality traits are his fiery temper and his cynical attitude to life. Donald typically starts off every cartoon in a jolly...

have identified aspects of his thought as variously Platonist (duality), Cynical (asceticism), Stoic (adiaphora), Epicurean (ataraxia, pleasure as virtue)...

first season, beginning with Andor "being really revolution-averse, and cynical, and lost, and kind of a mess". The season shows the destruction of Andor's...

(July 8, 2026). "'Moana' Review: Disney's Live-Action Remake Is a Craven, Cynical, Unnecessary Cash Grab". The Playlist. Retrieved July 8, 2026. Wilkinson...

that of Richard Brody for The New Yorker, who dismissed it as a "sickly cynical feature-length directorial pitch reel for a Marvel movie", and that of...

Trumbo's draft, George Bailey is an idealistic politician who grows more cynical as the story progresses, then tries to end his life after losing an election...

negotiate. Powell said that "it would be difficult to imagine a more cynically wicked or criminally absurd or insultingly provocative action". As 102...

Eyes' musical style often covers topics of personal introspection with cynical, often humorous, observations of the modern world. While their genre has...

police officer in the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD) and Nick Wilde, a cynical fox hustler who becomes a police officer at the department himself. The...

Retrieved September 3, 2024. "'¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!' Review: Two of Our Most Cynical Comedians Get Surprisingly Sincere About Restoring a Beloved Kitsch Restaurant"...

Babylon's end scene showing Singin' in the Rain), albeit in a much more cynical and sarcastic way than in Babylon. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019):...

airy and light feel", in contrast to the "super-brooding, super-dark, cynical summer movie". The director focused on "big, beautiful, sophisticated visuals"...

Aanaaya. They are Cyan’s research partner, much to their annoyance. They are cynical and have lost passion towards their job. Ashley Johnson as Purple, the...

before she and Becky depart for home. Eleanor Bron as Maria Minchin, a cynical, cruel woman and a greedy and heartless headmistress. She runs the boarding...

Dennis Peck, played by Richard Gere. In 1992, he played John Bubber, a cynical everyman in Stephen Frears' Hero starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis,...

They come to rely on the help and advice of the Raja's British agent, a cynical Englishman whose attractiveness and panache become a source of temptation...

The main character of the stories is Thomas Covenant, an embittered and cynical writer afflicted with leprosy and shunned by society but fated to become...

Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her...

Inspired by the antiheroes of hardboiled fiction, Max is a weary and cynical ex-NYPD officer who becomes a vigilante and uncovers various criminal conspiracies...

Perrine as Eve Teschmacher: Lex Luthor's girlfriend and accomplice. Already cynical about his increasing grandiosity and disturbed by his cruelty, she saves...

equivalent character named Franklin Webb because he considered Lowery too cynical to take part in the sequel's plot. Before being written out, Johnson had...

self-reflexive signature style, it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs. The...

against any Muslim loyal to the French. Kedourie charged that de Gaulle had cynically sacrificed the colons and the harkis, disregarding his constitutional...

emerged when grunge was mainstream were simply musically derivative, or a cynical response to an "authentic" rock movement. From 1995, former Nirvana drummer...

beaten by Camilo as Billy looks on. Afterwards, Homer confronts Billy, who cynically says the MPD is obsolete and joins the MetroCom. A worn-out Homer meets...

ally in Amjed Bhai, a patriotic driver. Their lives intertwine with a cynical officer, Radhakrishna, as they unite to thwart a terrorist plot involving...

Celia (17 August 2023). "Pass the absinthe: This 'Moulin Rouge!' is a cynical steamroller". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 July 2024.{{cite news}}:...

Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made...

one of the few who can read properly. He is sceptical, temperamental and cynical: his most frequent remark is, "Life will go on as it has always gone on –...

was released posthumously in 1959 and became immensely popular for its cynical tone and candid depiction of the world of filmmaking in Hollywood. My Wicked...

working-class diner, who talks her way into a job as assistant to grumpy, cynical private eye Bernie Fox (Margolin). The head writer for the show was Chris...

performance as "compelling" and "the always-excellent Jean Smart [playing] a cynical, heroically-damaged middle-aged version of Laurie Juspecyk." The series...

pulls his endorsement, implying that those not supporting McGovern are cynical and diabolical, dreamers and fools. Deciding to officially pass on her...

barrister Stryver. Carton is portrayed as a brilliant but depressed and cynical drunkard who is full of self-loathing because of what he sees as his wasted...

as its most positive aspect: "It's not an album turned on the lathe of cynical pop manipulation, rather it's been squished out of a lump of clay on a...

by Sarah Vattano) Honey Bear (voiced by Kensington Tallman) - Bossy's cynical cousin who likes to bully Bossy and Turtle. She has a father who is mute...

it just doesn't have the juice to make the most of its ideas... It's a cynical film struggling with the possibility of optimism, and that has some power...

conniving Alderman Richard Hughes in the Xbox 360 game Saints Row; and the cynical, foul-mouthed Lt. Anderson in Detroit: Become Human. For animated television...

ethnic communities complained that this attack on multiculturalism was a cynical response to polls showing Hanson's rising popularity. Hanson claimed credit...

at the time, it has since developed cult film status due to its dark, cynical humor and the Zemeckis style. It was marketed with the tagline, "Like new...

for Lancer not to be a dystopian sci-fi setting, as they were tired of ''cynical'' sci-fi. They wanted the game to be fundamentally optimistic in its worldview...

rhythmic blues piano solos, jazz-tinged progressive rock compositions and cynical lyrics. Beginning with the band's debut album Supertramp in 1970, Davies...

famous by being included in La Fontaine's Fables (VI.21). Originally a cynical attack on female inconstancy, later treatments were more thoughtful. The...

environment. Hence, the notion of "conquering nature" can readily be seen as cynical and negative. It is alien to Islamic perceptions and betrays a shameless...

Cynically Tested to satirize life as a Millennial and to mock the false perceptions of Generation Y. The series was co-produced by fellow Cynically Tested...

suited Kit's character. Kaboodle (voiced by Jschlatt), Kit's brash and cynical mechanical backpack sidekick Gobbles (voiced by Arin Hanson), an anxious...

information. Journalists are also encouraged to be skeptical without being cynical, as per the saying "If your mother says she loves you, check it out," popularized...

Detection Club during the Golden Age, was known for his stories involving cynical, unpleasant protagonists. He was strongly influenced by Anthony Berkeley's...

story primary and the fantastic adventures secondary. Also, the book was cynical and colder than the movie. In the movie, Gump is a completely decent character...

day-to-day lives of best friends Enid Coleslaw and Rebecca Doppelmeyer, two cynical, pseudo-intellectual, and intermittently witty teenage girls recently graduated...

individual welfare versus the common good. The book has been criticised as cynical for portraying humanity as inherently selfish and violent. It has been...

stars frequently when she was very young and partly to becoming "jaded and cynical" when she saw many of her father's former friends disappearing from their...

renowned writer whose prior biography won a Pulitzer Prize. Though externally cynical, intimidating and aloof, Hayden eventually reveals vulnerability and depth...

Speaking for his portrayal of the character, Highmore said, "He's not cynical, he's not judgmental." At Series Mania, Highmore argued that Murphy plays...

Nations Security Council member Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo), cynical detective Josephus Miller (Thomas Jane), and ship's officer James Holden...

February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020. Khatouki C. "Clandestine Cults and Cynical Politics: How South Korea Became the New Coronavirus Epicenter". thediplomat...

and premiered on November 7, 2025. Her performance as Carol Sturka, a cynical fantasy romance author who discovers that she is one of 13 people in the...

Wicked Years is aimed at mature audiences and presents a dystopian, more cynical version of the Land of Oz than in other adaptations. The series explores...

work on his own spec script in order to direct Juno. Cody says she had a cynical attitude when writing Juno ("I didn't ever think this film would be produced")...

later inducted into the band. On January 9, the band released the track "Cynical Skin", the first release with Faviere, as a single. The track spawned mainly...

threats against Hindley. Writing in 1989, Topping said that he felt "quite cynical" about Hindley's motivation in helping police. Although Winnie Johnson's...

their pride to defeat them. Sometimes accompanying them is Coconuts, a cynical, monkey-like Badnik who has been demoted to Robotnik's janitor and aims...

2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024. "Mickey Mouse Horror Movie Makers Are as Cynical as You'd Expect". Gizmodo. January 8, 2024. Archived from the original...

published one volume with Open City. His lyrics were multifaceted and cynical, often discussing his struggle with substance abuse and depression. These...

overwhelmingly positive, and many of Crenshaw's most famous songs, such as "Cynical Girl," "Mary Anne," and "There She Goes Again," are featured on the album...

His Big Love co-star Chloë Sevigny remembered him as "one of the less cynical, jaded people [she'd] ever met in the business" and said, "He believed...

of Sex, she won a fifth Emmy. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2021), Janney won two more...

murderer. He quickly followed that with a supporting part in Saved!, as a cynical wheelchair-using, non-Christian student in a conservative Christian high...

Nathanael West. West's first novel, it presents a young man's immature and cynical search for meaning in a series of dreamlike encounters inside the entrails...

merchandising and media franchise. The series centers on the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty...

philosopher Philip Kitcher called this the "cynical species concept", and arguing that far from being cynical, it usefully leads to an empirical taxonomy...

Days in China review: Big hair, cheekbones, and the soft diplomacy of a cynical pop exercise". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2026. Maher, Kevin...

produced, and co-written by Billy Wilder. The film stars Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who creates a media circus surrounding a man trapped...

Martin of Anime News Network noted that the series' strength lies in its "cynical take on the high school power fantasy," specifically highlighting the protagonist's...

Disney+ on November 17, 2023. Eddie Garrick is a social worker who is cynical about the holidays due to an incident in his youth when a mall store Santa...

While this was initially done to prevent others from using the name for "cynical political purposes", it quickly became active in Ukrainian politics, with...

and killing everyone. Miner described the film as "comic relief for a cynical time" during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, when economist "Milton Friedman...

It was executive produced by Taika Waititi. The film is about two women cynical about love, who run an agency that helps break couples up. The film was...

school. Jhanvi is recovering from a bitter breakup and initially holds a cynical view of romance, but despite their massive socio-economic divide, the two...

various big-city bosses, but his open alliance with hardened criminals, his cynical subversion of the democratic process, his monarchistic style of living...

accusations. In an official statement, the UAE described the case as "a cynical publicity stunt". On 5 May 2025 the ICJ rejected the case, stating that...

portrayal of the character. Renee Montoya (portrayed by Rosie Perez) is a cynical, alcoholic detective in the Gotham City Police Department building a case...

romantic, but his strength and practicality usually wins through, while the cynical-sounding Mouser is prone to showing strains of sentiment at unexpected...

there is little else to enjoy from this clumsy, poorly conceived, and cynical live-action Disney remake. Even Gal Gadot's hilariously bad line reads...

55:14 Label Elektra Nonesuch Producer John Zorn John Zorn chronology Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (1989) Naked City (1990) Attention Span (1990)...

small-girl-voice. Her movements are sudden, fear-indulging, her tone is cynical. Peter tries to flee from her and hides under the bed. Suddenly, the door-bell...

property for development, alongside Rugrats and Doug. However, the show's "cynical and gross humor" was a poor fit for a conventional, "warm and fuzzy" family...

31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual...

murders opponents for fun and profit. Behind his cold and stony stare is a cynical mind powered by a dubious morality. Unlike earlier cowboy heroes, Eastwood's...

Cornelius, the Pope who wants power. Lucien, Quasi and Duchamp's mean and cynical boss. Erik Stolhanske as: Cardinal Claude, Pope Cornelius' personal aid...

first solo album, Heart Maid, which featured the singles "Blue!" and "Cynical" alongside the previously released single "Balloon in Love". All the credits...

Several critics have noted that The Good Place often eschews antiheroes and cynical themes in favor of likable characters and positive messages. James Poniewozik...

Herrera, a close friend of Maddie and Simon Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda Rosen, a cynical teenage spirit who was murdered by her guidance counselor Nick Pugliese...

published. His Maximes portrays the callous nature of human conduct, with a cynical attitude towards putative virtue and avowals of affection, friendship,...

Voiced by: Yuichi Jose (Japanese); Lucien Dodge (English) A sarcastic and cynical student who has a strong distaste in honor and chivalry. He enjoys fighting...

played by John Cleese. The proprietor of the hotel Fawlty Towers, he is a cynical and misanthropic snob, desperate to attract hotel guests from the British...

pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken...

Orthodes cynica, the cynical Quaker, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America. "Orthodes cynica Report"...

grossing ₹48.02 crore worldwide. Rehaan "Ray" Mehra is a high-flying, cynical wedding planner based in Los Angeles who runs the agency Hitched Forever...

accused Garland of whitewashing. Garland responded by saying, "nothing [was] cynical or conspiratorial" about the casting, and that the book in which the characters'...

was dedicated to Irish poet Thomas Moore. The story centers on Conrad, a cynical, mysterious pirate captain, a "Byronic hero", who leads a daring raid against...

and band ("Road to Hell"). Eurydice and the Fates describe Eurydice’s cynical worldview as well as the harsh weather and famine ("Any Way the Wind Blows")...

on the particular broadcast calendar date about which Lydon would offer cynical commentary. The series was originally developed as a radio vehicle for...

illicit romances or social scandals, are secondary to the sharp dialogue, cynical atmosphere, and observational commentary on human flaws. Historically,...

Barry. Hader struggled to find financing due to the "disturbing" and "cynical" nature of the script, and briefly shelved the project. He revealed that...

main wage earner at just 16. Rogen's acting debut was as Ken Miller, a cynical, acerbic "freak" in Freaks and Geeks, an eventual cult hit series first...

investigate his brother's death, and goes undercover as a teacher, facing cynical and reluctant faculty, violent and disruptive students, and a system that—to...

curse. Alongside Bhavabhuti, two others arrive at the mansion: Anubhuti, a cynical misandrist construction worker seeking funding for a new business, and...

since preschool. She is a mischievous schemer with an egotistical and cynical personality who is experienced in manipulating others to get her way, but...

as representing the elderly populace of Russia, because he is old and cynical. Others feel that he represents the Menshevik intelligentsia as he is just...

protect state interests. Ron Perlman as Frank Napier – A powerful and cynical CIA Section Chief who utilises ruthless, clandestine tactics to protect...

condemnation of war into a much simpler story of virtuous soldiers and cynical leaders who betrayed them." Mark Kermode says that, although it is on Netflix...

along with "We is Us". The series follows Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), a cynical novelist who soon finds that she is one of the few survivors of an alien...

Home Secretary Charles Clarke described it as an attempt by the BNP to "cynically exploit the current tragic events in London to further their spread of...

of 'pinkwashing,' which they said is a 'PR tactic used by Israel which cynically exploits support for LGBTQIA people to whitewash its oppression of the...

of the ICC]: The inclusion of settlement activity as a "war crime" is a cynical attempt to abuse the Court for political ends. The implication that the...

of Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Queneau, the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...

replied: "We have become synonymous with chaos and lunacy. The title is a cynical reference to that image. A Serbian Film is also a metaphor for our [Serbian]...

series was released on 7 August 2026, on Netflix. Ricky Gervais as Gus, a cynical and lazy overweight bengal cat Tom Basden as Rupert (aka Ponce), a logical...

and McCartney's booming walking bass on 'Taxman' illuminates the biting, cynical tone of Harrison's lyrics... Revolver still sounds so vibrant." It would...

character as having a romantic outlook of the political world while being cynical elsewhere. He talked about his character's emotional and intellectual maturity;...

fifteen, the show shifted to more complex characterization and Stan became cynical and depressed due to his dysfunctional family. Stan is modeled after Parker...

brother of the character played by Philippe Noiret in Père et fils and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in L'Ivresse du pouvoir. He also...

his wife's beliefs while they were dating. He described himself as a "cynical atheist”. In July 2020, he started to feel unfulfilled with life despite...

Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B−, writing "The new Clash isn't a cynical rehash. It has the flavor of a certain pre-CGI innocence." James Berardinelli...

congresswoman investigating her. Though a comedy, the film has a serious and cynical political tone, attesting to the fascination of both Wilder and American...

сприймати всерйоз [If the Kremlin is looking for a "casus belli" by throwing cynical fakes, the world should take it seriously]. Ministry of Defence (in Ukrainian)...

Retrieved April 16, 2026. "Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns. Here's how deep it all goes". The Guardian. April 30,...

Jarda Klapek, in the third season. Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, a cynical journalist in his 70s with Parkinson's disease and a long history of drug...

Dempsey admits he wants to find the dinosaur to rebuild his career, left cynical by his failure to find the Sasquatch. Dempsey later receives Dr. Abernathy's...

terms, it is blisteringly funny and endlessly clever, offering grimly cynical history lessons, comedically grimdark holiday specials, and occasional...

Maguire seems too full" and also commented that the film "starts out looking cynical and quickly becomes a heartwarmer." Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote "An...

as a way of dealing with cynicism, stating: "I noticed myself becoming cynical. In people, leaders, in reality—even myself—not believing in them, and...

Moscow Times. Retrieved 21 November 2014. "Terrorists and militants planned cynical terrorist attack at Aeroflot civil aircraft". Security Service of Ukraine...

aristocratic Prussian officer who covets winning the Iron Cross and a cynical, battle-hardened infantry NCO. The screenplay is based on the semi-autobiographical...

Benjamin and Lucky's best friend. Kathleen Turner as Benjamin, an elderly, cynical donkey and Boxer and Lucky's best friend. Iman Vellani as Puff and Tammy...

gave excellent reviews for Morrison's character: "Her Emma is predictably cynical and prickly – fairy-tale princess, my Aunt Fanny – but she's sharp and...

criticized war critics, calling them "opportunists" who were peddling "cynical and pernicious falsehoods" to gain political advantage while U.S. soldiers...

perceive his show as cynical. "It's so interesting to me that people talk about late-night comedy being cynical," he says. "What's more cynical than forming an...

described by Empire's Nick de Semlyen as "the ultimate New York hero: cynical, sarcastic, secretly sweet-natured", "a man possessed by manic spontaneity...

adventurer and forms his own dysfunctional party. Initially shown to be cynical and sarcastic, he can show selflessness and compassion towards his friends...

action-bromance tricycle. But Irene feels in this movie more like a somewhat cynical commercial contrivance. She offers a little something for the ladies and...

enters Billy's head to recover her nerve. Mandy recovers her tough and cynical attitude without her nerve, which is successfully retrieved from Billy...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "an arrogant, deceptive, cynical, manipulative a**hole" and said he had "sanctioned the murder of over 2...

.. "The proposed settlement," the judge continued, "suggests a rather cynical relationship between the parties: the S.E.C. gets to claim that it is exposing...

"Good Bones" "Easy" (rock ver.) "Swan Song" "Sour Grapes" "Blue Flame" "So Cynical (Badum)" "Impurities" "The Great Mermaid" "Fire in the Belly" "Smart" (remix)...

either fawn or bully, and could be grossly impertinent. He had one kind of cynical humour, which was more offensive than amusing, and always laughed at the...

Unger (Lemmon) and Oscar Madison (Matthau), respectively neurotical and cynical. Lemmon's company signed a deal with Cinema Center Films, that included...

Compères. In the film, Collette Andrews (Kinski) enlists two former lovers, cynical lawyer Jack Lawrence (Crystal) and lonely, ex-hippie, suicidal writer Dale...

exactly the reverse of hers." However, Hitchens argued that the issue was cynically used by self-described pro-life politicians, and doubted that they sincerely...

Bradshaw's mixed review praised Murray: "[He] knows how to shine as the bleary, cynical companion to a younger person dragooned by fate into being both his pupil...

character in the play Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare. He is a cynical and misanthropic philosopher. His name means "feeling no pain". Early in...

Cousineau was originally written to be "much darker, much colder—really cynical", but after Winkler added his own insight, the character became more affectionate...

physically imposing Julius as he travels to Los Angeles to find Vincent, a cynical small-time crook, and the two set out on a journey to uncover the truth...

The Matchmaker, a 1997 romantic comedy film about the misadventures of a cynical American woman who reluctantly visits Ireland; it is Garofalo's first and...

Rolling Stone gave it three stars out of four and wrote: "It's not the cynical, cash-in cheesefest you feared. OK, Jurassic World is a little of that...

to significant fame after starring in Hulu's dramady series The Bear as cynical cook Tina Marrero. She received critical praise for her performance and...

waiting until Hong Kong had been disposed of – "would be seen as highly cynical", as Baroness Symons, a Foreign Office minister, has conceded. Bantustans...

"changed my whole life and whole attitude again, made me feel bitter and cynical again when I was starting to feel good about the things that had changed...

was brought to a swift conclusion by shelling from British cruisers. The cynical attitude towards recruited infantry in the face of ever more powerful field...

2024. McFerran, Damien (December 20, 2024). "Ubisoft Defrosts Rayman For Cynical Blockchain Outing, Captain Laserhawk: the G.A.M.E.". Time Extension. Retrieved...

services. Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal called the attack a "cynical and targeted attack on energy sector workers." DTEK, the company that owns...

American personnel, whose attitudes Platon considered as "mockery" and "cynical". He then was employed by a plantation owner in southern France; this job...

Elmaleh, Lannick Gautry, Emy Letertre, Florent Peyre and Sylvie Testud. A cynical lawyer is forced to relive the past and learn lessons from history. The...

he believed it, and delighted in handing it down to history in its most cynical form." In the 2005 novel The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis, Caterina...

as a career-focused, Harvard-educated lawyer with a pragmatic and often cynical view of relationships and men. Over the course of the series, her outlook...

by talking to dead bodies. Fern Sutherland as Detective Kristin Sims: a cynical and intelligent young woman who has had many dating misfortunes. She is...

that bands labelled as post-grunge were simply musically derivative, or a cynical response to an "authentic" rock movement. Bush, Candlebox and Collective...

Lightyear, a Space Ranger action figure Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, a cynical Mr. Potato Head toy Jim Varney as Slinky Dog, a dachshund slinky toy Wallace...

Times of India. Retrieved 2025-11-23. Kyung-min, No (2024-11-27). "Why cynical, 'memeified' makeovers of kids' characters are so appealing". The Korea...

died of a heart attack. Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli: A "wisecracking, cynical" cocktail waitress, who treats customers badly. When the series premieres...

Uxbridge police station, in a move described by political opponents as a "cynical" attempt to influence voters. The closure of the station was long opposed...

College in Westward Ho!), whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. According to his family, Kipling enjoyed...

world is killed at age eighteen. Theo Faron, a former activist turned cynical, depressed bureaucrat, is kidnapped by the Fishes, a militant refugee-rights...

car, come out of retirement. The two are joined this time by somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). The film follows...

to his cynical nature, he continues to believe that life never gets better. He is briefly outraged by Boxer's death but becomes ever more cynical when Squealer...

Zorzi, Bill Atlas, John; Dreier, Peter (2008-03-25). "Is The Wire Too Cynical?". Dissent Magazine. Vol. 55, no. 3. pp. 79–82. Retrieved 2026-03-25. Boedeker...

two series in 2002 and 2004. Initially aired on BBC Choice, it follows a cynical Vince and his naive flatmate Errol (Benedict Wong). It attracted a cult...

season three, Rick's character arc developed him into a more world-weary, cynical, ruthless, and hardened person. Erik Kain of Forbes said that Rick started...

the film four out of four stars and called it "seductive and beautiful, cynical and twisted, and one of the best films of the year." He later included...

screwball comedy." A.O. Scott of The New York Times was critical of the cynical tone of the film, writing "something ever so slightly dishonest about this...

Additionally, the theme of innocence is a central focus, as the film shows how a cynical world is transformed into a magical one through the eyes of a child, highlighting...

having "cut a wide swath through a wall of female flesh," he is honest and cynical enough to understand what this says about himself. This is a part of his...

Harding also drew a humorous newspaper strip, Cynical Susie, for United Feature Syndicate from 1932 to 1934. Cynical Susie revolved around the exploits of the...

motorcycle 2 years ago. Will's mother hopes Lou will lift Will's depressed and cynical spirits. Will is initially cold towards Lou. Will's ex-girlfriend Alicia...

American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical, and rebellious—an innocent who knows better, a Romantic who is tough enough...

Diodorus's account. According to A. Wolpert, "it would not have required a cynical reader to infer even from Xenophon's account that he (Alcibiades) was seeking...

regimes, relentless prioritization of American corporate interests and cynical arrogance on the part of two men who were once among the most powerful...

Hippolytus (the original focuses more on Phaedra), who is rendered lazy and cynical by his upbringing as the son of King Theseus. Unlike classical drama, most...

rigged his last official match). These events cause him to become more cynical and deluded by his country's corruption. When the war between the Mishima...

There Were None, based on the Agatha Christie novel, Turner played the cynical mercenary Philip Lombard. Joining him in the ensemble cast were Maeve Dermody...

of this view would likely benefit everyone, as cynical expectations of others lead them to become cynical actors themselves. If society were less adamant...

can do? Come out, folks." Again, that's a more cynical outlook, but hey, maybe Cuomo is being cynical. Maybe this is the self-defeater in him, acknowledging...

worked in theatre, radio, films and television. He frequently portrayed cynical and sinister characters throughout his career. A friend and associate of...

biologist Michael Worobey commented that the document seemed to be either "a cynical effort to try to win Republican votes" in the November 2022 midterm elections...

of international pop culture" while not following the music industry's "cynical labels game" and being pigeonholed. His music and showmanship have inspired...

comedian obsessed with a talk-show host. Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond: A cynical single mother and Arthur's "love interest". Beetz, a huge fan of Phoenix...

clear the way for Catherine to marry the King. At this point, however, cynical self-interest may have made Henry hesitate to act immediately against Cromwell...

in. I wasn't really able to shoehorn [Lowery] into that, he's kind of a cynical guy". Actor Jake Johnson had met with Connolly to discuss his character's...

Jazeera. Retrieved 14 August 2014. "Americans Shouldn't Accept Erdogan's Cynical Stance on the PKK". American Enterprise Institute – AEI. "Iraq's Kurdistan...

episode, "Pirate Lady". The series follows Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), a cynical novelist who soon finds that she is one of the few survivors of an alien...

which may have hurt it at the box office, and has been called a rare "cynical musical". Three ex-G.I.s, Ted Riley (Kelly), Doug Hallerton (Dailey), and...

Bassett was cast in his first major role, as the male lead Ricky Bowen: a "cynical but charming high school [student]", on Disney+'s mockumentary musical...

rush there as well, with Evelyn reminiscing how Bernie is selfish and cynical, but always becomes a great person in a crisis. He goes out on the ledge...

sustained by a network of ghostwriters. David instills in Sachin the cynical belief that a manufactured reputation outweighs the truth. Meanwhile, Peter...

with her mother. On the flight, she meets Charlie, a sharp-tongued and cynical boy with whom she disagrees on everything, including on whether boys and...

It’s outrageously inventive and gaudy; funny yet chilling; humanistic yet cynical." Writing in The Los Angeles Review of Books, John Knych of the IÉSEG School...

Lapdog"), which depicts what at first seems a casual liaison between a cynical married man and an unhappy married woman who meet while holidaying in Yalta...

original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2020. Ray, Bill. "Europe too cynical for iPhone". www.theregister.com. Archived from the original on November...

slaveholders and clergymen who defended slavery as the most brutal, sinful, and cynical of all who represented "wolves in sheep's clothing". In What to the Slave...

Imperial Regent. The actual participants of course were considerably more cynical of the position of the Emperor, both the English and Scindia treating their...

than a recall", highlighting that Volkswagen had engaged in a pattern of "cynical deceit". The Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal has joined the ranks...

Haggunenon flagship. Zaphod was let on board by the Number One, who was cynical about the Guide's editors becoming soft. He admired the fact that Zaphod...

Machine "raw, cynical, pockmarked poet" https://www.prrb.ca/articles/issue02-bukowski.htm Archived May 19, 2026, at the Wayback Machine "cynical, sharp-minded...

barrier. Dennis Lee (voiced by Alexander Polinsky) is Juniper's grumpy, cynical 15-year-old elder brother who does not take June or Ray Ray seriously and...

noted the EPs nature, stating it was "silly, stupid, and doesn’t warrant a cynical thesis." Moreover, noting that despite the absurdity of the EP, fusion...

and events he is not present for are not detailed. Its tone is also more cynical and nihilistic: Leland visits his drug-addicted daughter at the Klaxon...

acquainted with Baniszewski during her incarceration and who described her as a cynical con artist who had never expressed remorse for her crime. All signatures...

Sox. The Peaches are managed by former star Cubs slugger Jimmy Dugan, a cynical alcoholic. He initially treats the whole concept as a joke, forcing Dottie...

terror. Pitchfork wrote that Yorke's lyrics on A Moon Shaped Pool were less cynical, conveying wonder and amazement. Radiohead are cited as one of the foremost...

out a politically motivated prosecution, in this case, compounded by its cynical untimeliness. In Scotland (with a separate legal system from that of England...

mistake because of making that story with Cary Grant. Unless you have a cynical ending it makes the story too simple". Geoff Andrew of Time Out believes...

known for their cryptic nature, often laden with irony and containing cynical or philosophical themes. Much of the band's lyricism contains subtle and...

than its prestige television cohorts, and in many other ways it was more cynical. Reconciling those two seemingly contradictory impulses over seven seasons...

Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Mary Dibley. A cynical journalist attempts to seclude a naive monk, but he is rescued by a beautiful...

Buddy Ebsen and Peter van Eyck. The cinematographer was Joseph Biroc. "A cynical and grim account of war", the film is set in the latter stages of World...

review for Vulture, critic Nicholas Quah described the show as largely "a cynical corporate experiment, engineered within an inch of its life", while noting...

Riggan goes to a bar for a drink and approaches Tabitha Dickinson, a cynical and highly influential theater critic. She reveals her hatred for him and...

write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical, fake way." The programme received favourable reviews for its in-depth...

an officer in Grim's CID unit. He is a very laddish cop, intelligent, cynical and pragmatic. Mark Addy as Detective Constable Gary Boyle (series 2),...

One revolved around the personality traits of the theorists themselves (cynical, anxious, belief that they are freethinkers). The second revolved around...

M500. James Lance as Trent Crimm (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2), a cynical, pragmatic sports reporter for The Independent who is a regular member...

Izzy Moreno (Martin Ferrero) appeared. Later the content was darker and cynical, with Crockett and Tubbs fighting corruption, and storylines emphasizing...

international morality." The American press generally construed the war cynically, as a hypocritical and politically motivated action by Menon, with Time...

shaped by his experiences fighting in an unspecified war, developing a very cynical view on life. After becoming involved with a Russian crime syndicate and...

teenage son Rusty is secretly infatuated with his classmate Kate, and their cynical, college-aged daughter Sam prefers one-night stands to relationships. On...

of Fox News. He said Obama encouraged him not to make young Americans cynical about their government and Stewart said that he replied that he was "skeptically...

(November 2011), plus a number of short stories since 2012. Wicked is a cynical, adult-oriented revision of the characters and setting of L. Frank Baum's...

theme in the history of love literature, with the observations sometimes cynical or satirical. Socrates: "you must not offer it to them when they have had...

Manchukuo were either disillusioned Pan-Asian idealists or more commonly cynical opportunists and mediocre hacks who lacked the talent to get ahead in Japan...

prefer them to be marred by life and experience. Miguel alternates between cynical advice and derisively ridiculing romantic notions of journalism. Miguel...

Down" contains samples of the song of the same name by Snow Mantled Love. "Cynical One" contains samples of "Song of the Magic" by Sagittarius. "Every Stupid...

a "time of terror", but focused on embracing and unleashing it while cynically setting up a sequel. Stephanie Zacharek and David Edelstein criticized...

inspiration behind Simpsons character Krusty the Clown, a corrupt and cynical TV clown. Groening described Allen as "a very nice guy and a very sweet...

introduce the Grateful Dead and its music to the world," which prompted a cynical Jerry Garcia to quip in reply, "I just want to say what an honor it is...

and personality traits. Mistaken for a mentor, Joe is assigned to 22, a cynical soul who has been in the Great Before for thousands of years and hopes...

teachers (such as To Sir, with Love) being confronted with a class of cynical teenagers, disengaged by conventional schooling, and loosely parodies Blackboard...

Pugh, "with Natasha's awkward shyness counterpunched by the lively and cynical Yelena". Of the performances, Hammond said: "Johansson is again a great...

achieves early in 2011. From the Ukraine, Frieda is a sardonic goth. She's as cynical as she is honest. Happy to take the night shift to avoid the politics and...

his oblivious peers for doing so. Supporting characters include Dib's cynical and apathetic sister, Gaz (Melissa Fahn); Zim and Dib's demonic teacher...

centers on the titular character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high school student, voiced by Tracy Grandstaff, who had voiced the character...

some controversy among long-time fans by introducing Billy Batson as a cynical foster child who comes to appreciate his potential as a hero and the concept...

of "Let It Go" and the film's positive messages, but called the film a "cynical ... attempt to shake things up without shaking them up too much" and noted...

Greenshirt movement, exploiting anxieties about jobless and the economy in a cynical ploy to raise money from his followers. Prowd and Rata Sensation Comics...

salute American soldiers, although some have suggested that it has a more cynical meaning, in that it criticizes their transformation into an identical,...

satirical list of definitions of computer industry terms. It is an example of "cynical lexicography" in the tradition of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary...

White's portrayal of the concept of free labor and industrial progress too cynical, saying "[y]ou do not have to love the Gilded Age to sense something terribly...

worse treatment. Elwood befriends fellow student Turner, who has a more cynical view of the world and Nickel's administration. Elwood attempts to serve...

title track that do not appear in the actual song, including the line, "So cynical, so hip, they told us to shut the fuck up and write another hit." When...

Tycoon (1941). Wilson described Fitzgerald's style: "romantic, but also cynical; he is bitter as well as ecstatic; astringent as well as lyrical. He casts...

agitation followed the step, partly on the grounds that this was part of a cynical policy of divide and rule, and partly that the Bengali population, the...

Archive, his "turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of...

(March 6, 2025). "WWE 2K25 review: A solid annual improvement despite its cynical new game mode". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on November...

Bolin. Forced to take on adult responsibilities at a young age, Mako is cynical and serious. Physically, Mako is tall, lean and handsome. Mako is Korra's...

the marketing strategy employed by Guinness known as Arthur's Day as "a cynical piece of exercise in a country which has a huge drinking problem". Honours...

these women are probably giving in to cynicism, and I think if you get cynical about life, you lose the real meaning of it." In 2007, she became a member...

Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist Richard Riehle as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager Alexandra Wentworth as Anne, Peter's girlfriend...

awe—hardboiled fiction deviates from the tradition in the detective's cynical attitude towards those emotions. The attitude is conveyed through the detective's...

relations in the world Gibson depicts. An exception to her cold, somewhat cynical approach to life was her relationship with Johnny (of "Johnny Mnemonic")...

mayor of the fictional Inju City, and her romance with an ambitious and cynical deputy mayor. For the past seven years, Shin Mi-rae has been the lowest...

Avellone provided feedback on the story and wrote two companions: Durance, a cynical priest betrayed by his own god, and the Grieving Mother, a cipher with...

Seung-hoon as young Yoon Hwa-pyung Kim Jae-wook as Choi Yoon / Matthew, a cynical and cold priest who alienates people but is recognized by his abilities...

and the levelheaded, mature Brenda (Brittany Murphy). His sarcastic, cynical and manipulative ways made it easier to deal with his class. Drexell's...

Reitman's previous two films." Jonathan Romney of The Independent wrote, "Its cynical wit almost places it in the Billy Wilder bracket: Up In The Air is as eloquent...

Fowler to help him understand more about the country, but the older man's cynical realism does not sink in. Pyle is certain that American power can put the...

of literature, that was kind of our rhyming dictionary." "Cynical" Opening track "Cynical" contains a mistake from Barker on his opening drum roll; his...

Grim Reaper / Wang Yeo Kim Min-jae as young Wang Yeo A good-looking and cynical, yet humorous jeoseung saja, or grim reaper, who guides souls to their...

Caleb, Tony's boxing trainer and boyfriend Bryce Cass as Cyrus, an edgy, cynical mischief maker who serves as an unexpected champion of the downtrodden...

regular through the entire run of the series from 1993 to 1999, Munch is a cynical detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide unit, and a firm...

Franco regime and Luciani, writing in 1992, wrote that it has the "hip, cynical, stylish, iconoclastic" attitude that came to characterise post-Franco...

the fourth and fifth seasons. She has a reputation of being a bitter, cynical and shrewd middle-aged widow. Everyone who lives on Wisteria Lane knows...

editor. He was described by The New York Times as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic...

of the era, particularly those written by John Hughes, by presenting a cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire. Filmed in Los Angeles...

the Morskoy district, called the methods of his fellow party members "a cynical mockery of the right", stating that "the results of the vote in our district...

surviving through booze and women, with his biting sense of humor and a cynical view of the world. An autobiographical account of Bukowski's years working...

complex character: humanistic and God-fearing in his views yet somewhat cynical and disillusioned with other people, regarding his art more as a craft...

nomination for Best Supporting Actress along the way for her portrayal of the cynical magazine photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story. Bernstein...

to accuse François Mitterrand of being an unprincipled opportunist, a cynical politician who proudly confirmed death sentences of FLN rebels in the 1950s...

Germany and the United States. The album featured the single "Drop Dead Cynical", which reached number twenty-seven on the Mainstream Rock chart in the...

but Anderson's idea was executed in the final cut as Richie was the only cynical member of the group after Stan's death. Seth Green plays young Richie....

United Artists on 25 December 1954. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude towards violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character...

and find the light and see the best in humanity. Gordon J. O'Brian is a cynical handyman and war veteran who is on probation from his employer due to his...

(1989–1991), as Cajun cop Beau Jack Bowman in Broken Badges (1990–1991), and as cynical, wittily abrasive FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks...

the way. He was so organized." Tourneur said he saw the film as "a cynical, cynical comedy, a little bit in the old René Clair tradition." Matheson called...

others and speakers and orators, but they can also be fearful, nervous, cynical and eccentric.[citation needed] It is thought that people born under this...

to the Guild disavowing King Gorilla, embittering him and fostering a cynical attitude towards the organization. Despite kidnapping and attempting to...

Mengele family. A Holocaust survivors' organization described the sale as "a cynical act of exploitation aimed at profiting from the writings of one of the...

Gottfridsson. Based on Joakim Zander's novel of the same name, the film follows a cynical law student (Simon Lööf) as he falls in love with a young radical (Nora...

write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical fake way." In June 2007, Ramsay's show was sued by the terminated general...

up." Walon Green, the screenwriter, said that he and Friedkin "wanted a cynical movie where fate turns the corner for the people before they turn it themselves"...

is presented as a Cynic, a traveling sage and philosopher preaching a cynical and radical message of change to abolish the existing hierarchical structure...

an emphasis on dialogue, with little action. Highly disillusioned and cynical, it is heavily laden with expletives. The majority of the clip art used...

this play as a "Faustian journey" which he says however is "strangely cynical", and "lacks the requisite amount of drama", with the "three main characters...

Frazier a white champion with black skin?" Frazier thought that was "a cynical attempt by Clay to make me feel isolated from my own people. He thought...

laid down in the Geneva Convention for prisoners of war. The SS used the cynical term Sonderbehandlung ("special treatment") for these criminal executions...

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his portrayal of a cynical, tough veteran LAPD street cop in the television film The Blue Knight,...

Spunky. Living next door to Rocko is a middle-aged couple, Ed Bighead, a cynical and cantankerous toad who despises Rocko, and his compassionate and more...

Grows in Brooklyn. In the Frank Capra classic Meet John Doe, he played the cynical, "hard boiled" editor brought in to pump up the newspaper that runs with...

considered as "citizens" of the nation-state, and the imperialist drive to cynically exploit populations deemed inferior began to surface. Some, in colonizing...

resolving conventional narrative tension. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is...

countries Paris, Angelique Chrisafis in (27 May 2006). "'Vulgar, bigoted, cynical': France warms to Le Bureau". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2015...

government portray China's role in providing weapons and aircraft as a cynical attempt to obtain oil, just as colonial powers once supplied African chieftains...

well-paid consultant for a major defense contractor but remains deeply cynical about the world and about his country. He stays mostly in the hospital...

since the press conference in Baghdad of Comical Ali", calling the claim a cynical rebranding of what he considered one of Ireland's most right-wing governments...

(see for instance the title of a documentary film produced in 2018, in a cynical sense), but a different form altogether. We shall use Hebrew to substantiate...

tells her she can stay at the Ross household. Angela (a contrast to the cynical, rude Agatha) is seemingly sweet at first but Jessie slowly begins to suspects...

Waid in 2000, positioning the character in a world he described as "more cynical [...] in terms of how we view our government, our politicians and people's...

November 2024). "I'm a farmer – and I'm glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 December...

Bachchan starred alongside Rajesh Khanna. His role as a doctor with a cynical view of life garnered Bachchan his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting...

in Cacoyannis's screenplay), it features a gruesome murder, and Zorba's cynical, egotistical and manipulative personality combined with his determined...

Bruce's moral anchor while providing comic relief with his sardonic and cynical attitude; as an amnesiac, he has also served as the supervillainous Outsider...

Tyrion. Although Jaime first appears unscrupulous, immoral and highly cynical, he later proves to be more complex, honorable, and sympathetic. His lengthy...

is a slapdash adaptation of the He-Man mythos that can't overcome its cynical lack of raison d'etre, no matter how admirably Frank Langella throws himself...

connected the "psychodramas of the American soul" resulting from "the cynical mood of our age [arising] by default from the wreck of traditional religious...

Phillips of the Chicago Tribune echoed this, saying, "[I]n a gleefully cynical bid for a preteen audience (a few years too young for the violence in Iron...

children that were in the car were injured. Kiper called the attack a ″cynical war crime″. On 30 September, a convoy of six civilian cars and a van on...

sense of innocence...'DikinBaus Hot Dogs' proves that even in the often cynical world of South Park, it's possible to maintain a sense of simple ethics...

Max Glenn's hand-held camera adds realism, right down to a wonderfully-cynical San Gennaro Festival climax (where it's obvious the crowd didn't even realize...

who allegedly quipped "this slogan will survive centuries", expressing a cynical attitude as to whether the goal could genuinely be attained. Communism...

and critic Lord Macaulay described the character as "a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind...

USMC, a 1964 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, in which he played the cynical and easily exasperated Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter opposite Jim Nabors'...

according to him specifically at the Treblinka ramp local Poles were cynically selling water to Jews, while Maletka provided it for free and his heroism...

three out of four stars and wrote, "June Zero is a tender, if sometimes cynical, portrait of a new country on old land struggling through the growing pains...

Shaad (April 29, 2026). "Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns. Here's how deep it all goes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077...

Jack. The show's humour derived largely from the tensions between Terry's cynical, everyman, working class personality and Bob's ambition to better himself...

French dramatist and novelist, a satirist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor. His family moved from Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Paris shortly after...

a negative review, David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called it "A cynical, insufferably smug satire stuffed to the gills with stars that purports...

extremely useful. The name "Talleyrand" has become a byword for crafty and cynical diplomacy. Talleyrand was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when...

heart-wrenching finale, The Green Mile keeps you wonderfully high above the cynical ground." Some critics had a less positive response. Kirk Honeycutt of The...

Bell described bowling to him as, "heart-breaking ... with his sort of cynical grin, which rather reminds one of the Sphinx ... he never seems to perspire"...

job at Global Credit, a credit company. She soon befriends assertive and cynical fellow temp Margaret Burrell, who teaches Iris the many ways to deal with...

which cause negative emotions and a concomitant vicious character. The Cynical life rejects conventional desires for wealth, power, health, and fame,...

foreign screenwriter and a foreign director could have made the witty and cynical Anna, a movie about an expatriate Czech actress in New York, struggling...

Biden's National Security Council called the sanctions "unproductive and cynical". In his nomination hearing, Blinken endorsed Pompeo's report that China...

"spirituality, ethical purity and moral integrity", in contrast to a "cynical, corrupt and deceitful" West. In 2023, Russia adopted a Eurasianist, anti-Western...

on September 1, Poland has been the victim of the most brutal and most cynical of aggressions. Her frontiers have been violated. Her cities are being...

provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada. An obituary describes him as cynical and self-deprecating, a boulevardier and a maverick. Richard Holden is...

causes. While broadly praised by the public, the Bukaneros criticised it as cynical and superficial move by management and accused management of not genuinely...

The "Views" factor is related to beliefs that are self interested and cynical, the "Tactics" factor focuses on the endorsement of manipulation as a means...

Michael (August 22, 2011). "Jack Layton brought inspirational politics to a cynical age". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 7, 2024. Whitehorn, Alan (January...

of the War Committee on 23 March 1916 show, no less than his colleagues cynical of the arrangements his department had let itself become committed to negotiating...