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And though “Tony” doesn’t entirely lack that heady romanticization, its choice to amplify its introductory quote — making Bourdain an even more insufferable lout for dramatic effect — feels antithetical to Bourdain’s raw candor.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

He’s a lout, he’s a slob, he’s a mess — and he is enormously fine company on the page.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2023

The major debut is that of Alexander Birch Elliott, who’s Enrico as the drunken lout of your nightmares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

At light speed, the action zips to Siberia, where it momentarily bogs down in an extended dance-off between a bald and shirtless Russian lout and Sonic and Tails.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

With a barrage of squeals, the guests gathered around him, leaving the black-leather lout with no one to torture.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Like yours, there were good moments and bad, great bosses and real louts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2020

Failing to find beauty in these carnival customs, louts of the old school primarily celebrate their own freedom from consequences.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018

A 2010 Vanity Fair reminiscence by James Verini wrote: “They call Ames and Taibbi, singly or in combination, children, louts, misogynists, madmen, pigs, hypocrites, anarchists, fascists, racists, and fiends.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2017

Instead, they sink into a fictional landscape: Mr. Williamson’s character is irritable, moody, a bit loutish, even as he shouts down louts.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2014

Mr. Redfern’s low voice causes the louts to step aside uncertainly, and he leaps into the railcar with an easy grace.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland