I came across two pictures with very different back-stories but similar visuals. The first one one is of Eliot Spitzer announcing his resignation as Governor of NY, while the second one shows the English gurning champion performing for the Queen. In neither case are the women in the pictures amused.
Here is a third photo, of Bill Clinton assuming a near gurn-worthy expression after Hillary withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
I don't know if there is any larger lesson here, other than what American politicians do spontaneously out of embarrassment or excess of emotion, British performers train for and do professionally.
