The "starchitect" was charismatic at Monday's launch – and at times even self-deprecating.
His father, the television producer Hal Schaffel, was one of the old-school charismatic types, whose day would start at the dice table with his Teamsters and might end at the dinner table with President Kennedy.
Nobody can explain why a big, stupid movie loaded with special effects and starring the charismatic Will Smith (Independence Day) is a hit one summer while a big stupid movie starring the charismatic Will Smith (The Wild, Wild West) is a failure the next.
At the end of the day, charismatics make their final decisions very methodically, and the decisions are based on balanced information.
Bhaskar, in particular, is an odd choice for the charismatic comic, "Mr. Saturday Night", a role in which one expects a loose-limbed, endlessly inquisitive, repulsive-yet-mesmerising charmer with an unpredictability that at times veers excitingly close to danger.
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a blunt-talking preacher who braved beatings, bombings and fire-hosings to push Birmingham, Ala., to the forefront of the civil rights movement and advanced the historic fight with a confrontational strategy that often put him at odds with its most charismatic leader, died Wednesday.
(Chinen) Freddy Cole Quartet (Friday through Sunday) A charismatic and urbane vocalist, Freddy Cole treats the standard songbook with easygoing grace.
(Chinen) Freddy Cole (Friday and Saturday) A charismatic and urbane vocalist, Mr. Cole treats the standard songbook with easygoing grace.
(Tommasini) ★ 'The Makropulos Case' (Saturday and Tuesday) The charismatic soprano Karita Mattila is riveting in this operatic thriller.
(Chinen) Wycliffe Gordon Quintet and Friends (Friday through Sunday) A charismatic trombonist specializing in gutbucket swing, Wycliffe Gordon presides over the program "Hello Pops!
