solemnness

“He just stood there and just kind of took it. And I think had a lot of appropriate solemnness for the moment that made me very proud to be sitting next to him when it, when it was happening,” said Blanche, adding that he thought Trump was still handling himself well on Friday, the day after the verdict, even as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee railed that the trial was unfair.

His warm and approachable demeanor, mixed with his innate solemnness, made him attractive to filmmakers trying to explore darker themes and material in a subtle fashion.

And with his visit to the karaoke bar, as a way to ensure their support of the GoJo deal, there was a solemnness to his words that didn’t simply feel like a manipulation tactic as they have in the past.

There’s a kind of complexity and solemnness within it.

“They did a lot of work for us in that installation. There was a solemnness and space of reflection even in the chaos.”