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Ah, well. Let them write what they want. I shall just rise above it, I shan't let this thing....affect me...(stares hard at newspaper) Bastard! No! No! No!
— Patsy · Absolutely Fabulous
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker announces they will rise above whatever is written about them and stay unaffected, but the composure collapses as they read it. The hard stare and the burst of 'No! No! No!' show the brave pose giving way to open fury, played for comic effect.
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