_________The word rakish has appeared in 15 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 28 in “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’” by Thomas Vinciguerra:Frankly, I didn’t understand “The Sting” when it opened in 1973 and I was 10. In 1930s gangland Chicago, two handsome, sneaky crooks (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) were swindling another handsome, far more sinister crook (Robert Shaw). … “The Sting” won seven Academy Awards, including best picture, director (George Roy Hill) and original screenplay (David S. Ward). I can’t recall the last time I saw so many sharp, three-piece suits or equally classy men’s hats. Harold Gould as Kid Twist (with a great mustache) wore the best Homburg in recent memory, and Redford always kept his fedora atilt at just the right, rakish angle.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2020 07:00 UTC