It is an improbable conversation with an improbable artist, a lumpen local hero with an international reputation, an attack dog with a noticeably sweet side, the creator of both superabundant,
wiseass installations and delicate paintings made by using antique lace as a stencil.
She lucks out at an early age, meeting the
wiseass Scoop Rosenbaum (Jason Biggs), who will be the love of her life.
Occasionally a
wiseass would say something like, "The box scores are paying for the Baghdad bureau," and we thought, Well, maybe that cross-subsidy exists, maybe it doesn't--but the whole package seems to be doing just fine.
6 Around 30-years-old, Mach is an "aggressive
wiseass." The character is set to be a recurring role.
Taking inspiration from the "
wiseass goofs and collaging phraseologists" among New York's poets, Meyers spearheaded an on-the-cheap poetry journal and exhibited the youthful fecklessness of rejecting a poem by Allen Ginsberg, "which he'd kindly sent on receipt of our pathetic solicitation." Meanwhile, Meyers's own poetry had begun to attract some serious critical attention.
Wiseass in the backseat: "Hey, they could have given us a bushel of changes, but instead we got a peck!"
some
wiseass friend no doubt, would have plenty to say, that iconic
In discussing one day the four candidates for president in 1824--John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and William Crawford--I mentioned in my typical
wiseass manner that Crawford was not related to Wahoo Sam Crawford, who is featured in a wonderful new book, The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It.
By fixating a bit on the sexuality of the young woman, a
wiseass in the Juno mold facing an unplanned pregnancy, the play is able to later unpack a truckload of confessions without edging into cliche or sentimentality.
After 30 seconds, one
wiseass started clapping, and a few people around him, those that weren't quietly weeping, started to laugh.
Doctor, originally from California, tends to be very centered, while Benton comes across as the group's resident
wiseass. Martinez is reflective, mellow and open.