Denzel is the father of America. He is the everyman, plain in his drop jawed, closed mouthed stare. The extravagance, the opulence, is in his eyes. His eyes are the parallel histories of a deceitful, proud organization. Triumphs and losses. Near comical failures. When he laughs it strong and light, like a large weight being lifted from our communal shoulders and shot up to the skies. His teeth are lightning.
He has not, and never will, and could not, and doesn't want to, play a villainous character. This might be the one thing, the only thing, that saves us (him.)
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Yes, you could argue that his recent role in American Gangster (which I still have not seen) was villainous, but I would heartily beg to differ.
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