"Fuckers. You chose this deliberately." Maybe Tom's growl is a cliche, but whatever. Cliches become so for a reason.

Ryan smirks, but Max replies serenely, "Compromise. You and Sean wanted Bang to be the first single instead of Damn Thing's Over. In exchange for giving in on that, Ryan and I get to make the final decision on the video concept."

Tom would reply, but he's distracted by the way Sean's ogling Kristy and Thad strip each other, oblivious to his bandmates' presence and Tom's displeasure.

Snarling is absolutely an acceptable response to this. Nevermind that Max has a point.