Word: snob
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...right about here that Payne gets nervous that he's coming across as a wine snob. His Midwestern self is suspicious of phony behavior. In Sideways, a waitress reads a special that includes "root vegetable foulon and wasabi whipped potatoes." No one in the film knows what foulon means. That's because Payne made...
...last glass, the sommelier brings the very wine Giamatti's character, a wine snob, rails against: American Merlot. But it's a 2001 Pahlmeyer, and it's impressive. "It's got so much going on. So much acid, so much tannin, so much fruit--you taste them so distinctly that with age they'll meld into one distinct flavor," Payne says. It's that same blending that Payne does, mixing the effete and the unpretentious, the banal with the surreal, the painstakingly honed with the unretouched, that make his movies so good. At least that sounds smart after four really...
Kerry offers his bio as the story of a devoted family in which the children, by virtue of their father's foreign-service career, got to explore other cultures and acquire early on a commitment to serious public service. His detractors tell the story of an effete snob who "looks French" and can't possibly understand the concerns of average Americans. An ad by the conservative group Citizens United mocked Kerry for his $75 haircuts and million-dollar yacht and closed on this note: "Another rich, liberal elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a 'man of the people' ... Priceless...
Sandy Beall eats dinner out five times a week and regularly laments the choices he sees on the menus--unless, that is, he's eating at a Ruby Tuesday, the restaurant chain he founded in 1972 and still runs. It's not that Beall (pronounced Bell) is a culinary snob. Far from it. "I love all kinds of food," he says. But like millions of other Americans--and millions more who should be--he's watching his weight, and he notes the obvious: "It's a real challenge to find good restaurant food that will help you maintain a healthy...
...school glamour a dead end as a marketing strategy? Has it been replaced by its chintzy cousin, glitz? While it's true that glamour is no longer reserved for the lucky few, the original definition survives more or less intact. Consumers respond to celebrity, individual style, mystery and scarcity. Snob-appeal companies like Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co. and Neiman Marcus certainly have an easier time, since they own the upper end, yet--in Tiffany's case--can still sell $50 trinkets...