| Ms. Gambatese's Constance, in cheerful, cleanly cut 1950s dresses, exudes a wholesome pertness that suggests Donna Reed, and her bell-bright soprano hasn't got a throb of anxiety in it. |
| So there's Girl and NML parading around in thongs of varying stringiness and bottom pertness, making we mere bottom-mortals feel bad. |
| Ms. O'Hare plays Sibella with pertness and poise, and has a bright, clear soprano. |
| Indeed there's a very animated conversation about whether one should compromise jiggliness for pertness. |
| The film is largely in black-and-white, yet the result, far from seeming gloomy, has the pertness and the simplicity of a cutout. |
| Her rich, clear soprano captures infinite shadings of mock-hauteur, pertness and good humour. |
