Despite the air of disquiet, Timbers, who talks like a cool high-school teacher lots of vocal fry, the repeated use of "awesome"—addressed the cast with rousing enthusiasm.
Instead of filling the stage with gleeful enthusiasm, the cast moves mechanically.
Regina Huber, a Republican, stopped to talk as she headed to cast her vote without enthusiasm.
Gadgets, photography, women, fast cars were picked up and cast aside with equal enthusiasm.
The 18-strong cast radiate verve and enthusiasm, and there are some terrific cameos – James Hogarth's gauchely tentative projectionist deserves an award, and Henrietta Imoreh offers touching tenderness as Faith (there's a covetable showdown, too, between a sharkish estate agent and a hallelujahing Pentecostal church party bent on buying the cinema).
Watching Today I'm heartened by the cast and crew's enthusiasm for the guide dog movement and I'm reminded that it really does take a village to breed, raise, and train every single service dog.
She also had a strong interest in death, most obviously manifested in her enthusiasm for casting mortuary slabs.
By referring to Major as "one prime minister who loves sport", could Boris have been casting doubt on the enthusiasm of David Cameron?
While some of today's contests, notably the Senate primaries in New Jersey, are expected to draw voters, there is not likely to be a lot of enthusiasm for casting a Bush or Gore vote at this late juncture.
With such a large cast of personalities onstage, the enthusiasm was contagious.
