respectability

The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and social commentary.

Colleen Dolan, an education expert with expertise in Stephen King film adaptations, tells Salon, “B***hery gets them out of the straightjacket of respectability, what Betty Friedan had called the ‘feminine mystique.’

She slated Warwick for using his position as minister to add a "veneer of respectability" to the scam.

He said Stewart was popular and "hid in plain sight behind a facade of respectability" and his victims were often afraid to report him due to his status.

At this point, Riley remaining on this downward trajectory feels considerably more likely than him guiding the Trojans back to national prominence — or even respectability.