intensity

“Yeah he was awesome. He was awesome. He, I think given the workload of today, I was impressed that he was able to sustain his level of intensity for as long as he did.”

Lewis, who delivers Orwell’s words with a steely intensity that builds toward alarm, says his warnings have only grown more urgent.

And as others have said, while his intensity remains, he has learned to control it.

But because Jem, like so many of these characters, is underwritten, Bean has to fall back on generalized manly intensity, which turns their showdowns into actorly exercises.

I’ve experienced it all, and we are grateful for the opportunities to play stadiums, but I do like the smaller shows more, for the intensity and the intimacy of being so close to the audience.