Not least because I've been accused of being miserabilist in other films – which is nonsense. |
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Actually, that is not the way satellite orbits work but why should a dreary matter of fact stand in the way of a good miserabilist image? |
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In the light of this sexist, miserabilist orthodoxy, surely clear-eyed, hard-hearted happiness is the most maddeningly subversive weapon a woman can wield. |
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The theatre of fear is a cultural expression of our miserabilist times. |
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Whatever the case, it's a sign of our miserabilist times that precisely the time of year when there is the most fun to be had is overshadowed by tales of gloom. |
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But, unlike so many songs by the Mancunian miserabilist, this tale has a happy ending. |
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An ex-member of miserabilist indie band Arab Strap, Middleton is as short as 8-1 to claim the spoils with his song We're All Going To Die. |
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Despite his angst-ridden, miserabilist reputation he seems to be someone who is very happy with his life andwho is very positive. |
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Next time you're at one of indie miserabilist Morrissey's gigs keep an eye out for Swinging Sixties pop chick Cilla Black. |
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An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist. |
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Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted. |
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Many of the British contestants previously appeared in the sort of miserabilist soap operas, set in launderettes and fish-and-chip shops, which mystify American visitors. |
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When the black bluesman Leadbelly was toured around by his sponsor, John A Lomax, for an audience of white liberals between the wars, he was made to wear prison stripes and stick to miserabilist heritage blues. |
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Ah, there's a hint of the pessimism, or possibly realism, that's endeared the miserabilist stand-up to both audiences and TV bosses. |
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He rocks it up for the narrative Ain't No Way To Behave and the deliciously acerbic Pampered Pop Star Millionaire Miserabilist Blues in which he takes a pop at rock's gentry. |
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