| The rich, complex relationships forged in necessity and pain in the telemovie were but blithe footnotes in the series proper. |
| Plenty of modern film-makers have attempted to emulate the blithe barbarity that lent Ealing comedies their sharp aftertaste. |
| The wonder was that they did it with such blithe, unflappable grace and good humor. |
| How do you strike the right balance between unnecessarily fostering fears and encouraging a blithe indifference to real and present dangers? |
| I admire your blithe spirit in the face of overwhelming reality, and your ballsy indifference to the same gloom that frequently swamps me. |
| But he never scorned security with the blithe indifference of the radical ideologues who used him as an authority on the evils of welfare. |
