Then, his makeup starting streaking where he played with it, and it was obvious that he was heavily made-up, to make his jaw look squarer and his face more tanned.
The redness was not due to the lights, but to his composure, as the redness/violetness would get worse, then better as he spoke/calmed down.
The cameramen started playing with the camera angles to make this less perceptible but at some points, I didn't even listen to what he was saying but just stared at him, wondering if death was imminent.
I also noted Sarko's adopted the method commonly used in the US now of pretending to scribble down notes (I wish we could have a look at those) while his opponent is talking.
Since there are questions about how he deals with stress - supposedly when he was separated from his wife - he was unable to function. This display of colour on his part should have been remarked upon by some commentators but all were too scared, it seems.
He botched the job.
Re: Royale. Botox or no, I think she is an elegant woman and to my eyes, very pretty.
trying to look all meta instead of relaxing into looking like an idiot, i fink. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
