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Despite their fierce appearances, many of the barbers who work at Liem’s shops are soft-spoken and humble and reject any perceptions of violence and crime.
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Without the textures of soulful tragedy that etched his face in Alice Rohrwacher’s film, here his JB is a soft-spoken, put-upon nice guy.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 May 2025
Its setting is a tumbledown farm in Kentucky in 1910, the home of the soft-spoken, musically minded Lionel Worthing (Mescal), who has grown up obsessed with regional folk music.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 May 2025
He is spurred by a confidence, even a soft-spoken cockiness, in his own instincts.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Without the textures of soulful tragedy that etched his face in Alice Rohrwacher’s film, here his JB is a soft-spoken, put-upon nice guy.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 May 2025
Its setting is a tumbledown farm in Kentucky in 1910, the home of the soft-spoken, musically minded Lionel Worthing (Mescal), who has grown up obsessed with regional folk music.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 May 2025
He is spurred by a confidence, even a soft-spoken cockiness, in his own instincts.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Soft-spoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft-spoken. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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