Word: blustering
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Tablet, ". . . have been smug, condescending, derisive, some with unconcealed glee, some with an affectation of pity; all are agreed that there is a great failure to celebrate ... I believe the truth is that they have detected in him something they find quite unforgivable-Decent Feeling. Behind all the bluster and cursing and fisticuffs he has an elementary sense of chivalry-respect for women, pity for the weak, love of honor-which keeps breaking in. There is a form of high supercilious caddishness which is all the rage nowadays in literary circles. That is what the critics seek in vain...
...entire cast is based on 2½-by-4-ft. cue cards which are placed on top of the offstage monitor set. "It looks something like a drunken Van Gogh's nightmare," says Smith. "My dialogue is printed in black letters, How-dy's in red, Mr. Bluster's in orange, the Flubadub in blue, Dilly Dally in green, and the Inspector in yellow...