He also looks much more confident, expectant even.
The atmosphere was expectant and even festive, with people greeting each other with hugs and kisses, at least on the side of the room I was on, which was filled with diplomats, activists from prominent human-rights organizations, cultural figures, and well-known journalists from Mexico's small and ever more beleaguered opposition and independent media.
You know how expectant moms, even those who were drinking and staying out late and eating everything before they got pregnant, often do a complete turnaround and become super-vigilant about everything once they know they're having a baby?
Looking forward turned into the Spielberg occupation par excellence; from it derives his signature genre (sci-fi), his signature tone (optimistic), his signature narrative mode (Hitchcockian suspense), even his signature shot (an expectant face in closeup).
It reached its nadir when two women working for Utah's main welfare agency stole the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and even the due dates of expectant mothers of some 1,300 mostly Latino people whom they suspected of being in Utah illegally.
Citrus Lane even offers a box for expectant parents, which includes swaddle blankets, newborn skin balm, body wash, a gift card to Minted for baby announcements, a tin that allows you to take a print of your baby's first hand or footprint and a rattle; as well as for newly pregnant women.
It's as simple as educating and alleviating some fears in young expectant mothers and even seasoned veterans in motherhood.
Expectant mothers may even lose their baby.
Even as audiences queue up, an expectant grin on their vacant maws, I like to watch them through a crack in the dressing room door and think: I'll wipe that smile off your face.
It can take months or even years to connect with an expectant mother, and the anxiety of waiting and not knowing when "the call" will come can feel overwhelming.
