The choice of central subject, the decision as to when to begin and when to end the story, the characterization of the principal actors, the drawing out of moral import, and the identification of turning points are all activities that both historians and novelists perform.
Because the book gives them only a wash of characterization, the actors must impose the force of their own strong personalities on their roles.
In addition, their evidence for the characterization of the Glasgow School was actors' published statements; they did not explore how hospital-based clinical research was conducted in practice, and whether the relative role of clinic and laboratory were the same in reality as in the rhetoric, or changed over time.
He contrived delightful miniature comedies and dramas, excelling in the rapid characterization of his actors, sometimes by deft sketches of their appearance or indications of their gestures and always by the expressive discourse he invented for them.
Pronunciation is only an entryway to characterization, and the actors' concentration on nailing the rock-a-bye lilt is evident, even at the high-decibel level at which too much of the play is conducted.
In fact, there is an important aspect of such analytics, that is, the detection and characterization of influential actors in social networks.
Critics and politicians, including a bipartisan group of Senators, members of the media, and even the CIA itself have taken issue with what they feel is the filmmakers' incorrect suggestion that torture played an important role in finding the elusive terrorist -- though it's worth noting that the writer, director, and some of the actors dispute this characterization.
But all of the actors contribute droll characterizations.
-- In particular, the judge's characterization of the FARC as a legitimate political actor would suggest that insurgent groups in southern Thailand are likewise political in nature, perhaps outside the scope of Thailand's new counterterrorism laws.
Part of the problem is an uneven cast; some of the actors seem to be still working on their characterizations and even their accents, which fluctuate from southern Ireland to South Boston.
