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grump

noun as in cranky person

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Why it’s key: “Playing a lovable grump is hard; you can lose the audience if you play it too far,” says writer-director Cord Jefferson.

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Howard is an old-fashioned grump, but he’s too nice to ever go full Archie.

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But as he bickers amusingly with his old friend Roger, the kindly grump who owns the store, she is too bone-weary to engage.

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At first, the grump does his best to scare off the invader.

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“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said.

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