irreverence
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And yet the movie’s central storyline hints at writer-director Bassam Tariq’s inclination to subvert his own brooding-antihero saga, allowing room for unpredictability and the slightest whiff of impish irreverence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Yet while the basic gesture of translation is reverent, sometimes a foxy irreverence yields pleasing results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
What stands out in Annie is its relaxed, unvarnished portrait of student life: messy hostel rooms, friends lounging on charpoys smoking and arguing about everything from bureaucracy to exams, and a breezy irreverence toward authority.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Not far away, at Pepa Bar a Vins, irreverence was the raison d’être.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
Not the paws of a leopard walking upright, turned against men by irreverence.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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