doltishness

The sound designer, Sanae Yamada, wafted a series of audio cues through the room, giving an ominous backdrop to the posturing and occasional doltishness of the agents, which can often be quite funny.

His doltishness is endearing, not annoying.

Two performances stand out: Frechette captures with comic affection the emperor’s doltishness, and Liesel Allen Yeager manages to convey both the ditzy ebullience and sorrowful loyalty of Mozart’s wife, Constanze.

Photograph: Reuters Much like blowing a two-goal lead, conceding in injury time is a sign of a team with raw doltishness.

As the grotesque comic figure of Cloten, Mr. Linklater, wearing an absurd Monkees wig, is in his element, winning laughs with the character’s juvenile peevishness and his doltishness.