surly

As a surly, teenage combination of self-aggrandizement and self-doubt, she is the instantly recognizable character that makes the rest of the world believable.

She also had to get used to the idea of who Lydia had become: a widowed mother with a surly unfun daughter who doesn’t believe in ghosts, dating a suspiciously doting hanger-on.

“We called him Angry Clown because he seemed so surly,” Tudyk says.

She’s entering surly adolescence like a hot comet and not thrilled to have a new stepmother.

But there can be striking similarities, like the parallels between that surly California contest 22 years ago and Biden’s tough reelection fight.