self-importance

"The entire film reeks of self-importance and a need to remind us all that those behind the camera are smarter than anyone in the audience," she said.

As a kind of counterpart to the Captain’s mental division, Robert Downey Jr. plays four characters who might be seen as one, in that they’re all aspects of American self-importance.

“Becoming King” exhibits the kind of self-importance that ultimately diminishes the subject, be it Dr. King or Oyelowo.

Ohtani doesn’t walk around with the self-importance of a player who signed a $700-million contract over the winter, and his low-key demeanor has won over many of the people who share his new workspace.

“I think I got a sense of self-importance” from conspiracy theories, Perez said.