During the early 2000s Behn was often portrayed in Norwegian media as a pretentious poseur. He could play to the audience, but he was never a phony poseur. "Salon" writer Joan Walsh calls US politician Paul Ryan a Randian poseur. Idol was also cast by many as a naive, tech-illiterate poseur. Matt and Luisa then argue; she calls him a poseur, while he calls her childish. Some poseur tables are used with high stools. He makes Bunthorne a good-natured poseur, and admits his dependency on adulation with endearing simplicity. The English term poseur is a loanword from French. Labour leader Harold Wilson wrote that his "role as a poseur was itself a pose". In the ancient Greek comedy "The Clouds", the playwright Aristophanes portrays Socrates as a "poseur". The playwright Oscar Wilde has been described as a "poseur". Trump the outrageous poseur becomes sadder and more real in this fine book. His fame as an artist seemed to require that he present himself as a poseur. Poseur tables are used in bars, lounges, clubs and convention centres. The Music Lover's Comic Anthology by Poseur Ink.