It is a wonderful gift, this versatility, but does he always need to use it?
Their book, which contains nearly a hundred trifle recipes from the last 500 years, is a wonderful example of the versatility of this classic dish; anyone who believes that the only bone of contention is the inclusion of jelly is in for a surprise.
His voice is wonderful, an instrument of silky versatility; it's arresting to hear tales of strippers, jail and drug dealing, interspersed with the occasional bout of chest-beating angst, sung in such a seductive style.
After his final teen script, Some Kind of Wonderful, Hughes seemed intent on proving his versatility as a writer-director outside that genre, first with the rambunctious but ultimately sugary road-movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), then the romantic comedy She's Having a Baby (1988).
It would be wonderful to find an American conductor with both versatility and charisma, but it behooves Mr. Mehta to hire someone with international cachet regardless of national origin, and this for business as much as artistic reasons.
Both Chris and Comfort (what a great partnership name) have wonderful personalities but I felt, especially in the case of Comfort, that she doesn't yet have the versatility necessary to do well in styles other than Hip Hop, though her Hip Hop rocks.
His calling card: versatility.
