Phrases which give your away your favourite luvvie for the shallow lier they really are:

“It’s a very wordy play, isn’t it? How do they manage to remember all these lines?”

what they mean: “My god, I was bored out my mind. That fucking play could have been cut to half its length and still been too long.”

“What this play needs now is an audience.”

what they mean: “What this cast needs is a kick up the arse. Maybe if they face the prospect of paying members of the public baying at them they might get their act together. Both acts, in fact.”

“It was very… good.”

what they mean: “It was godawful, but I can’t bring myself to say it to your face.” (Often followed by “It’s a very wordy play…”)