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Among the most attention-getting of the pickups (speaking of Carell) was Peacock and The Office creators trotting out their new show, a mockumentary shot at a mid-city newspaper, complete with the return of Oscar Martinez and his smarm.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
There is a ripe contrast between the smarm of Springhorn Jr.’s Theo and the squeak of Pinto’s Cohen.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Bill’s smarm has calcified into a kind of mad obsession; Hal is a starkly lonely and cowardly man.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
At its worst, the earnestness curdles into self-congratulatory smarm.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
There is a ripe contrast between the smarm of Springhorn Jr.’s Theo and the squeak of Pinto’s Cohen.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Bill’s smarm has calcified into a kind of mad obsession; Hal is a starkly lonely and cowardly man.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
At its worst, the earnestness curdles into self-congratulatory smarm.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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“Smarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smarm. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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