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She keeps him guessing right up until the last moment.
Dan may have written this report, but getting it published through the proper channels isn't up to him, it's up to the senator he works for. It was bad enough that he'd already been asked to prune the full report down from it's original 7k pages to a measly 400 page executive summary, but then even that summary was heavily redacted by the administration, further hobbling it's ability to call to account those responsible for the abuses outlined in it's pages.
Even in its reduced state, any report was better than no report at all, but the administration made it clear that they would much rather bury this account than publish it, using every excuse they could find in an effort to convince Feinstein to toe their line. Dan fought, argued, cajoled, and even pleaded the report's case in private, but the public arena was Senator Feinstein's purview, and she wasn't giving him any clues as to whether she was going to push through the White House's objections or not.
The subtlety of Adam's performance in this scene is extraordinary. He's essentially a piece of the background scenery, merely one of many staffers lining the walls behind their respective senators. He's doing his best to be impassive, sitting ramrod straight in his chair, but you can see the underlying anxiety in his micro expressions. His brow is furrowed enough to be rumpled, but not quite enough to lined, the brows still level, but just a hair away from being quirked inward and up. He's facing straight forward, but his gaze has slid all the way to his left so that he can watch Feinstein without turning his head, his eyes round. The impassivity is there in the straight slabs of his cheeks, but there's a subtle tension in the set of his mouth, the corners turned down slightly, his lips pouting ever so slightly from being pressed together lightly.
And so he waits with bated breath, to see if all of the work he's done for the last 6 years will ever see the light of day, if the quality of his work and the faith he's placed in following proper procedures will be rewarded.
Photo used for reference was a promotional still taken for "The Report" that was shared with my by the ever incredible Rabbit241Rat on Twitter. This was painted as part of a "two cakes" game with them, in which we each used the same reference and created a piece in our own style.
About 11 hrs of painting time.
Dan may have written this report, but getting it published through the proper channels isn't up to him, it's up to the senator he works for. It was bad enough that he'd already been asked to prune the full report down from it's original 7k pages to a measly 400 page executive summary, but then even that summary was heavily redacted by the administration, further hobbling it's ability to call to account those responsible for the abuses outlined in it's pages.
Even in its reduced state, any report was better than no report at all, but the administration made it clear that they would much rather bury this account than publish it, using every excuse they could find in an effort to convince Feinstein to toe their line. Dan fought, argued, cajoled, and even pleaded the report's case in private, but the public arena was Senator Feinstein's purview, and she wasn't giving him any clues as to whether she was going to push through the White House's objections or not.
The subtlety of Adam's performance in this scene is extraordinary. He's essentially a piece of the background scenery, merely one of many staffers lining the walls behind their respective senators. He's doing his best to be impassive, sitting ramrod straight in his chair, but you can see the underlying anxiety in his micro expressions. His brow is furrowed enough to be rumpled, but not quite enough to lined, the brows still level, but just a hair away from being quirked inward and up. He's facing straight forward, but his gaze has slid all the way to his left so that he can watch Feinstein without turning his head, his eyes round. The impassivity is there in the straight slabs of his cheeks, but there's a subtle tension in the set of his mouth, the corners turned down slightly, his lips pouting ever so slightly from being pressed together lightly.
And so he waits with bated breath, to see if all of the work he's done for the last 6 years will ever see the light of day, if the quality of his work and the faith he's placed in following proper procedures will be rewarded.
Photo used for reference was a promotional still taken for "The Report" that was shared with my by the ever incredible Rabbit241Rat on Twitter. This was painted as part of a "two cakes" game with them, in which we each used the same reference and created a piece in our own style.
About 11 hrs of painting time.
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Date: 2022-06-16 03:00 pm (UTC)From: