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At times his "pride and petulance" became intolerable, writes classicist Robert Graves in The Greek Myths . In Mythology , Edith Hamilton writes, "He is represented as falling in love with one woman after another and descending to all manner of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife."
M&S are testy—which they may have every right to be in light of the trials and tribulations of women—but their moody petulance does not lead to a winning, let alone diplomatic style, and their purpose is accordingly ill served.
As a member of Broderick's team, the spiky, forward redhead Vicki Lewis could have walked off with the picture if she hadn't been brushed aside in favor of a dumb blond aspiring TV reporter, played by Maria Pitillo--a sitcom actress who can't utter a line without the left side of her mouth curling up in Valley Girl incredulity or down in Valley Girl petulance.
General conclusions: 1) Star player David Beckham was an idiot to have committed the foul that got him kicked out of the game ("an astonishing display of petulance," says the Mirror ); 2) Beckham's infraction was harmless and did not warrant an ejection; and 3) 18-year-old phenom Michael Owen is a brilliant talent.
Her Anna is such a cauldron of unresolved impulses--rage, petulance, fear, deceptiveness, promiscuity--that it's no wonder that the filmmakers had to tack on a corny, too-pat coda that spells out the couple's happily-ever-afterhood.