Ebullience

Hancock, 41, is known at Westminster for his Tiggerish ebullience, and the iron-clad self-confidence that propelled him into the Tory leadership race last year (slogan: Let’s Move Forward).

Many made a point to swing by the far corner of the party where Netflix chief content officer was holding court with the ebullience and good humor of a man making the absolute best of a terribly disappointing awards season showing.

Or is it that the cares of office during a pandemic have dragged him down so far that his natural ebullience and optimism have been replaced by fatalism and a taste for the hard smack of oppression?

While conditions have improved vastly from lockdowns that froze economic activity in the country where the pandemic erupted, the Beijing autoshow is a far cry from the usual ebullience as fewer attend, new models are scant and prospects remain uncertain.

That’s thanks in no small part to the comedic stylings of Byer, a Upright Citizens Brigade alum whose ebullience is infectious, and whose praise (“It’s edible!”) can be understated, sure, but it is warmly delivered.

Where Brown’s ebullience and spiky flow conjure the claustrophobic intensity of a party at its peak, Tip brings space and melody to sugar the rapper’s nasal squawks.