every so often, gear techs involved with filming interviews can do silently heroic things
I don't know if this is a case of that, but given the skin shine from reflections, whoever set this up wasn't trying overly hard to make him look good. good on 'em
my personal theory is he refused makeup because it's an unnatural affectation that could have compromised his bioengineered skincare immortality routine
Dude looks like he's in full fight or flight mode if I'm being honest. Quite possibly induced by some pharmacological substance, but a base physiological response nonetheless. What could he be afraid of, I wonder?
reminds me: earlier today I saw a toot reflecting on "it's not radical to have $x. the american right have just dragged it so far away that gov doing it's job is now radical". topical