He has lived much of his life in a bubble of privilege, and he has an above-it-all demeanor that contributes to a sense, especially in minority and working-class precincts, that he lacks empathy.
Eventually, they pause and introduce, in endearingly awkward fashion, "a man who shouldn't be up this late… David Letterman!" It feels like an eternity before Dave emerges through that sea of feathers, and he already emanates the to-hell-with-it-all demeanor that would become his stock in trade.
And if he was, well, sort of asexual, floating about with a kind of Sallman's "Head of Christ" above-it-all demeanor, reflecting serene disdain for the whole sexual enterprise, that wouldn't be too encouraging for the rest of us human beings looking for a guide to God who really, truly, fully shared our human condition.
Mr. Graves used his earnest, all-American demeanor in service of some of the movie's most outrageous moments.
Mr. Graves used his familiar earnest, all-American demeanor in service of some of the comic movie's most outrageous moments.
Meeting the 12C for the first time -- in this case, car PP9, a close-to-production, left-side-drive example -- does nothing to diminish the impression of McLaren's all-business demeanor.
Crowe's all-business demeanor cloaks a wry humor.
The friendly, apparently all-American demeanor?
While there, Fallon asked the actor to read a nursery rhyme in his typical creepy-as-all-hell demeanor.
Jesse McCartney seemed a throwback to the mid-'90s, the high years of boy bands: he danced and sang decently, helped along by a backup singing-dancing crew, but above all his demeanor held steady: fresh and aloof.
For all the icy demeanors on the front row and the oft-repeated rumors of rivalries among editors from competing publications, fashion insiders are for the most part a tight-knit bunch.
