The best reason to stay with it is Vaughn, whose lanky wryness wards off the threat of pomposity.

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Truth be told, Barzelay's work has always mixed wryness with unmistakable warmth, and he's never gotten enough credit for both the subtlety of the former and the sincerity of the latter.

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