A Howerd performance is as unvarying and identifiable as a Bogart or a Groucho Marx.
A film, whether experienced in a theatre or at home, is, in its delivery systems of light and sound, under the complete control of the director and the studio; unlike the fallible medium of live performance, it is unvarying with each repetition.
But frankly, his facial expression is here jammed on "hunky-sensitive", switching occasionally to "vulnerable", and there is something unvarying and even slightly baffling about his performance.
Every hour, in almost unvarying sequence, hosts must begin with a "classic performance" like Miles Davis's "Solea," followed by a "power vocal" by one of a few well-known singers (Lena Horne, Natalie Cole, Carmen McRae), followed by a new recording, followed by a slightly older favorite (with a heavy emphasis on Latin jazz) and so on.
Far from conveying a romantic figure, Jonathan Gillard Daly's performance in the title role hits an unvarying note of wide-eyed testiness.
In spite of this diversity of cultures, the musical content of every performance — the basic structure of a song — is unvarying.
He could arrange them as six unvarying triple bills, each of which would have two or three performances.
Dynamically he maintained an unvarying, medium-loud level that lent an unfortunately mechanized quality to many of his performances.
In spite of this diversity of cultures, the musical content of every performance the basic structure of a song is unvarying.
The routine at the airport is unvarying.
