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| | Jason, David |
 | | Jason's histrionic instincts are basically comic, and the majority of his roles have been in the situation comedy format. |
 | | Jason's skill was to interweave the opposing forces of selflessness and selfishness, working-class background and pseudo-middle-class tastes, brotherly condescension and "paternal" devotion into a successful balance. |
 | | This is perhaps Jason's greatest acting challenge yet, for it largely denies him the "punctuation" of comic acting, the rhythm of regular comic pay-offs in any length of dialogue or action, instead demanding a slow building, a gradual revelation of character, as each long episode augments the previous. |
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