“It was the self-evident uneasiness in his own skin that helped to make Guinness more than just an uncommonly gifted actor. The characters he played came over time to be seen as symbols of England’s own postwar uncertainties, sharply drawn parodies of a fearful middle class that continued to cling to the empty shell of manners in order to ward off its final demise…”
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
