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• "Buscemi and Miller nail their roles well enough, but the dynamic between them is never quite as sensational as the screenplay seems to think; much of the repartee is awkward and airless and the exchanges meant to shock (things get personal very quickly) don't make much of an impact," writes —  GreenCine Daily
• "His arm's just as good as a new wooden one, and his repartee is as sharp as the cutlas that broke the skin on it She smiled as she began on her grapefruit. —  The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
• Even if a chance oath may float on the air from the stable-yard to the lodging of a French cook, 'tis of the newest fashion, and, if responded to with less of novel charm, the repartee is at least conveyed in the language of the most polite of nations. —  Tancred Or, The New Crusade
• Now this time, as the repartee is about as rude a thing as any vulgar cad of an 'ARRY might have uttered, the professional Jester, who evidently does not owe his appointment to the Lord Chamberlain's favour, and is exempt from his jurisdiction, grins all over his countenance, and hops away to explain the jest to some of the courtiers, while Hamlet himself, to judge by his smiling countenance, is clearly very much pleased with his own performance in showing a Jester how the fool should be played. —  Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892
• As long as I remain in power you shall obtain nothing Well, Monseigneur," replied De Bernis, "I'll wait This repartee was an event; it was repeated and applauded everywhere until it reached the ears of royalty itself On Madame de Pompadour coming to power, the Princess de Rohan deigned to write to her in behalf of her dear abbé. —  International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850

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