"man up" (v) makes the NYTimes

[Joel S. Berson]

Ben Brantley, in his review of "La Bete" today, writes "Here he [Mark
Rylance, in the title role] mans up to become the comic aggressor,
the unstoppable, primitive force of chaos that rages through Mr.
Hirson's 1991 play ...".  (This is contrasted with his "passive,
put-upon patsy" in "Boeing-Boeing" two years ago.)

Joel

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