Ben Ottewell (from the band Gomez), Shawn Colvin, Glen Hansard, Mason Jennings, Joe Purdy and the team of Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando all did earnest impressions of Mr. Young.
Cue Elin Louise Peterhofff, who does earnest intensity with an aplomb that calls to mind Jodie Foster and Gunnarr (Sven Nordin) working out the conspiracy that's caused so much bloodshed.
While the Rivonia trial would make Mr. Mbeki and his fellow defendants famous, the man known to his friends as Oom Gov, or Uncle Gov, had done earnest grass-roots work for years before that.
Do we think the judges are guilty of stereotyping at all? Group one was awkward "College A Capella" group, which included Bieber-wannabe Drew Ryniewicz and boy band The Anser doing earnest interpretations of Radiohead's "Creep".
"There are certainly other things the president would like to do," Mr. Earnest said, citing other provisions of the jobs bill.
"I actually did my segment first," Mr. Buchmann, now a senior at Smithtown, said of getting his friends to do the earnest interviews that are interspersed between tricks and some excellent wipeouts.
The Italian director and actor Nanni Moretti, who's the subject of a mini-retrospective at Metrograph Oct. 18-21, delves deeper into political ideas and practicalities by way of antic fantasy than many more heralded political filmmakers do with earnest realism.
What Saudi Arabia needs to do, in earnest, is take steps to diversify away from oil dependence.
"We have consistently made our position known to Beijing, and will continue to do so," Earnest said.
