Americans will be intrigued – and many heartened – by his cooler than expected portrayal of Bush.
What technology leader or billionaire wouldn't love to be seen as being as cool as Downey's portrayal.
At the very least, it offers a viewing environment in which subscribers who tune in to watch, say, rebroadcasts of "Egg the Arts Show" can encounter "Lost Highway" and "High Lonesome" and come away with the sense that country music is richer and, well, cooler than simplistic portrayals of it suggest.
The Carradine portrayal makes him cool and magnetic, a man who can take a beating and still glide through his crises.
After her celebrated portrayal of too-cool-for-school girl Beca in the surprise hit "Pitch Perfect," Kendrick has become increasingly busy.
Mr. Linney's version makes her feisty, and Beatrice Winde's portrayal gives her a cool wit to express her impatience and inner rage.
Growing up, I learned that there are religious Muslims and "cool" Muslims ones who resemble Sarah Koenig's portrayal of Adnan Syed in Serial: a "normal American teenager" who "drinks, smokes weed, has sex".
It wasn't always that way: in the sixties, of course, Batman was the embodiment of camp and cool, not only in Adam West's portrayal but in the entire feel of the short-lived and highly influential series co-created by Bob Kane and William Dozier.
For the most part, Mr. Kerry's reception these days has been warm, and he is clearly benefiting from a lowered expectation created by the portrayal of him out of Washington as cool and aloof.
He praised the usage of CGI, the portrayal of Peter's life, and the "cool" ending.
