angry young man
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Indian cinema's, and especially Bollywood's, fixation with the macho hero goes back to Amitabh Bachchan's "angry young man" image of the 1970s.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
To understand the gap between how Nitram saw himself versus how others perceived the inarticulate, angry young man, Kurzel assigned Jones tasks: film himself with a video camera, doodle in a diary.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022
“He was an angry young man, and who wouldn’t be under these circumstances?”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021
An angry young man runs cross country on his own terms at the British reform school Borstal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2020
No,” he continued, turning away from the angry young man with cool contempt, “old Uleeta has no son.”
From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
