Nettlesome

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–adjective 

1. causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to [cope with] a nettlesome [situation]. 

2. easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome [over] trivial matters.  





　

The [Fox]-[Warner] tiff turns on matters potentially more nettlesome to the industry [at large]. Central to Fox’s complaint is the mysterious matter of what is called turnaround. 



tiff

(酒的) 一口;小飲

(無關緊要的) 口角,爭執;生氣





　

Typically, [controversy] always finds →Smith -- a rep that began with 



MPAA tiffs over "Clerks" 

to 

Catholic groups' gripes [over] 1999's "Dogma."



His latest romp, at least on the surface, should prove [no] different. Set outside his New Jersey "view askewniverse," "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" -- made for $24 million -- centers on two friends who fall in love with each other after making an X-rated pic. Smith submitted "Porno" three times to the MPAA and went through an appeals process before 



earning an [R] rating in lieu of [NC-17].