The mesh bag was long enough that if we caught a tiger swallowtail or a spicebush swallowtail, or a mourning cloak, or a European cabbage, or a common sulphur, or a red admiral, or a painted lady, or a monarch, or a viceroy we could, with atwistofthewrist, flip its tapered tip over the wire rim and trap the butterfly inside.
With atwistof his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film.