#Latest news with #passiveaggressiveWall Street Journal20-05-2025EntertainmentWall Street Journal‘Creditors' Review: Liev Schreiber's Master ManipulatorNew York The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was long dead before the term passive-aggressive was first coined during World War II, subsequently to become so ubiquitous as to be rendered almost meaningless. But his 1889 play 'Creditors,' being revived off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in a sharp and stimulating production, offers a master class in the psychological manipulation the term loosely describes.
Wall Street Journal20-05-2025EntertainmentWall Street Journal‘Creditors' Review: Liev Schreiber's Master ManipulatorNew York The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was long dead before the term passive-aggressive was first coined during World War II, subsequently to become so ubiquitous as to be rendered almost meaningless. But his 1889 play 'Creditors,' being revived off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in a sharp and stimulating production, offers a master class in the psychological manipulation the term loosely describes.