> if you need an American English translation, maybe "theater kid energy".
replyIt wouldn't have occurred to me to call twee a foreign word. However, my feeling of its meaning was... very close to the gloss given on wiktionary (and marked "UK"):
>> Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
The unambiguously American Merriam-Webster agrees:
>> affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint
"Characteristic of theater kids" conveys something different to me. Do you disagree with the dictionary gloss, or do you think it's a good description of how people might describe a performance by theater kids?
I think that definition is missing something, yes. Modern(?) British twee is less "dainty" and more "manic and campy". Which is not to disparage Monty Python, who were good at it, but everyone descended from them can't really pull it off.
replyhttps://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-unstoppable-rise-of-british-t...
(nb I'm not sure about the political analysis here but the citations are good.)
IIRC the show runner changed at the same time that Matt Smith became the new doctor. The tone change is pretty noticeable pretty much right at the start of Season 5 in my opinion, even as someone who enjoyed pretty much all of it before and after (although I haven't kept up with it the past few years mostly due to my TV watching habits having changed due to different life circumstances).
replyNew face, new showrunner and better budged worked pretty well and maybe even better than during Tennant's time. They hit a good spot with 11th and Amy - social media were thriving and I've seen characters all around in fan works, memes and discussions.
replyDid you entirely miss David Tennant? He was pretty different than the Matt Smith version, and quite good. They had some great storylines too.
replyHe was good. Have you seen him try to do an American accent? Kind of sounds like he's from everywhere except California at the same time.
replyTheater kid energy is a great description of the Matt Smith era onward.
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