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Peake’s staid and knowing portrayal stands in contrast and complement to that of Petticrew, whose resolute manner vacillates between a flinty swagger and true anguish.

But he has a consistent history of being a flamethrower in the staid halls of Congress.

In the latest in a growing list of these particular moments, the typically staid and reserved Martha Stewart was clearly not thrilled by the close proximity and intimacy with which Barrymore conducted a recent interview.

Leave it to Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson to take a staid loafer and make it surreal.

A Black South African with a global view in a field dominated by white Anglos and Americans focused on U.S. politics, Noah redefined one of TV’s most staid genres.