Author Topic: Can anyone help me finding the term for this expression (Read 1624 times)

dead-ced-dead · « **on:** January 07, 2021, 09:47:40 PM »

I'm writing a screenplay and I'm trying to describe the expression below. "Passive aggressive smirk" is kind of in the right ballpark, but I'm not sure it's 100% right.

TrenterPercenter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:49:17 PM »

Supercilious

pigamus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:51:02 PM »

Chinny reckon

GoblinAhFuckScary · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:57:11 PM »

haughty smirk?

Cerys · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:58:44 PM »

Simper, maybe. Either that or smug smile.

Cold Meat Platter · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:59:20 PM »

Sneer.

Shit Good Nose · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:59:31 PM »

Surely the best thing is to not write a screenplay that's already been written and filmed?

(b'boom, etc)

Keebleman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2021, 09:59:53 PM »

The sort of patronising smile you wear when you are waiting for the person you're talking to to stop speaking before you come in with something which was fully formed before they even started, confident that nothing they would say could possibly require you to revise. Though I suppose that isn't really a 'term'.

paruses · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:01:06 PM »

Condescending?

Fake Edit - it is quite patronising too. I hate her.

Shoulders?-Stomach! · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:01:37 PM »

Patronising/condescending

Dr Trouser · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:02:08 PM »

My dog makes that face when she’s curling one off

jobotic · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:07:11 PM »

Priti Patelling?

Actually I think TrenterPercenter is right

BlodwynPig · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:09:30 PM »

Witch’s Tickle

Pointed smarm

dead-ced-dead · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:10:47 PM »

Thanks for all the suggestions all

touchingcloth · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:17:11 PM »

O face.

idunnosomename · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:25:40 PM »

JaDanketies · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:31:26 PM »

Shit eating grin

Johnny Yesno · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:32:00 PM »

Coffee through nose.

Lord Mandrake · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:32:51 PM »

Barely concealed contempt.

Shoulders?-Stomach! · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:37:48 PM »

Quote from: JaDanketies on January 07, 2021, 10:31:26 PM

Shit eating grin

Grin is showing teeth

NoSleep · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:37:56 PM »

Cunt Of Death impression.

Jittlebags · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2021, 10:39:21 PM »

That's a 'You thought you could get away with a silent but dealdy' type of look. As sported by Mrs J on a regular basis.

gib · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2021, 11:04:53 PM »

Quote from: Keebleman on January 07, 2021, 09:59:53 PM

The sort of patronising smile you wear when you are waiting for the person you're talking to to stop speaking before you come in with something which was fully formed before they even started, confident that nothing they would say could possibly require you to revise. Though I suppose that isn't really a 'term'.

this is a great answer, gg

can someone post another pic, no Hans etc until at least page 4

Elderly Sumo Prophecy · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2021, 11:20:00 PM »

Tongueless belm

oy vey · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2021, 11:24:43 PM »

I'm swallowing. Happy birthday okay?

Non Stop Dancer · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2021, 11:31:24 PM »

A scowl disguised as a smile.

flotemysost · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2021, 11:43:36 PM »

Quote from: Elderly Sumo Prophecy on January 07, 2021, 11:20:00 PM

Tongueless belm

That's a beautiful combination of words, and is also spot on.

If I was qualifying the expression I'd say it was "tight" or "strained". I haven't seen the scene that still is from so I don't have that context, but rather than haughty or supercillious, I'm seeing it more as a sort of exasperated charade of being pleased/content, thinly veiling worry or unhappiness.

Not a million miles away from the taut purse-lipped smile Renee Zellweger pulls a lot in the Bridget Jones films (generally when dealing with humiliating situations or fending off invasive questions about her love life - again, can't remember exactly what's happening in the below scene, but you get the idea)

jamiefairlie · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2021, 12:33:11 AM »

Quote from: flotemysost on January 07, 2021, 11:43:36 PM

That's a beautiful combination of words, and is also spot on.

If I was qualifying the expression I'd say it was "tight" or "strained". I haven't seen the scene that still is from so I don't have that context, but rather than haughty or supercillious, I'm seeing it more as a sort of exasperated charade of being pleased/content, thinly veiling worry or unhappiness.

Not a million miles away from the taut purse-lipped smile Renee Zellweger pulls a lot in the Bridget Jones films (generally when dealing with humiliating situations or fending off invasive questions about her love life - again, can't remember exactly what's happening in the below scene, but you get the idea)

Aye, she's the queen of this... whatever it is.

Although, Anna Maxwell Martin is quite good too (can't find a good photo to illustrate though)

jamiefairlie · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2021, 12:34:16 AM »

On reflection, does 'rictus grin' capture it?

Elderly Sumo Prophecy · « **Reply #29 on:** January 08, 2021, 02:11:34 AM »

I believe it could also, at a push, be described as a Sling Blade.

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Author Topic: Can anyone help me finding the term for this expression (Read 1624 times)