While he possesses the right physicality for the role, he is too loud and zany for a character that Steinbeck's stage directions call for speaking "softly" and "timidly".
While he possesses Johnny Carson's talent for listening and George Carlin's gift for observation, his comedy remains rooted in his informed reactions to what Tom Wolfe once called "the irresistibly lurid carnival of American life," the weird happenings in "this wild, bizarre, unpredictable, hog-stomping Baroque" country.
It was the power of one police officer in Westlake, Ohio that prevented a white male from remaining in a Westlake theater while he possessed a loaded Glock handgun, two loaded magazine clips, and several knives.
While he possessed the ideal temperament for a charismatic conductor, his personality type represented a considerable challenge to symphonic composing, which is essentially a solitary activity.
"It is a striking paradox in all child myths that the 'child' is on the one hand delivered helpless into the power of terrible enemies and in continual danger of extinction, while on the other he possesses powers far exceeding those of ordinary humanity," said Jung.
Yet on other occasions, while he implied that he possessed a spiritual force, speaking of "my revelations" and referring to himself as a medium, he gave no hint that he embraced the transcendental story that he was portraying in, say, "The Way of the Cross".
We're not convinced by Uber's attempts to distance itself from a former star engineer it paid $250m to come to Uber while knowing he possessed Waymo's proprietary information.
And while he is possessed of impressive speed for a man of his build, he has not developed the kind of technical ability necessary to upset top-level defenders 1v1; a shame, given his rocket of a right foot when given time and space to get a shot off.
While he doesn't possess lights-out power (17 of his knockouts have been of the technical variety), he has become a ferocious body puncher whose shots have visibly discouraged many opponents.
Graduating from high school while still a virgin is embarrassing enough, but add getting killed by your best friend while he's demonically possessed and then becoming a wandering demon who has to inhabit body after strange body for all eternity unless someone decapitates or incinerates you, and you'll begin to understand a bit of Jasper Van Arsdale's lot in Peck's new novel.
While he may not possess the emotional depth of his mentor, Robbie Williams, both artists combine an end-of-pier likeability with cut-throat commercial nous.
