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Culture has learned a lesson from literature’s most prominent con man: A personality morphs and stabilizes depending on the circumstances, and the most common form of art being performed right now is the continual reinvention of the self.
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Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
That’s because the kooky performances help bring every wild scene and gothic set piece to life, as an oddly macabre clan (helmed by Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston) spars with a con man who resembles their lost relative.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Ripley follows con man Tom Ripley (Scott) after he is hired by a wealthy benefactor to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home from Italy.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.
—George Skelton, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
But Tartuffe is a hypocrite and a con man, who his scheming to seduce Orgon’s wife, Elmire, and get his hands on Orgon’s fortune.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
That’s because the kooky performances help bring every wild scene and gothic set piece to life, as an oddly macabre clan (helmed by Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston) spars with a con man who resembles their lost relative.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Ripley follows con man Tom Ripley (Scott) after he is hired by a wealthy benefactor to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home from Italy.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.
—George Skelton, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
But Tartuffe is a hypocrite and a con man, who his scheming to seduce Orgon’s wife, Elmire, and get his hands on Orgon’s fortune.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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