Earnest young disciple Valentin Fyodorovich Bulgakov James McAvoyy) is appointed by sinister Tolstoyan purist Vladimir Grigorievich Chertkov Paul Giamattii) to act as Tolstoy's secretary.
Earnest, guitar-strumming disciples of the 1950's folk revival, which was the soundtrack to the civil-rights movement and then to anti-Vietnam War rallies, were able to squeeze into the Top 40 of the late 1950's and early 60's.
But because so little of that language is in the film, Sal emerges as an earnest, passive, almost drippy disciple more concerned with gathering material for a novel than with living high in the moment.
It's a hodgepodge term, but it indicates how consciously the creators of this earnest work -- an updated retelling of the story of Jesus'last days among his disciples set amid inner-city poverty -- have tried to mix musical styles, not just gospel and opera, but jazz, rap and popular song.
Sheeran's appeal has always been rooted in his earnest wholesomeness, and while his 02 performance was imbued with a bashful confidence, he was in complete command of his ever-growing disciples.
Isabella Blow became a disciple.
chants started in earnest.
