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Almost immediately, Carrie made the character her own, bringing in a sort of aw-shucks Midwestern sweetness.

With his country twang and aw-shucks mannerisms belying a keen intellect, he was the lasso-roping star of vaudeville and Broadway stage.

You’d have to imagine that the thoughts and doodles Lynch put down on napkins there ran counter to his aw-shucks public persona.

He has a similar aw-shucks, genial manner — easy to laugh and quick to offer a cup of tea — that belies the strange hive of imagery buzzing inside his head.

And now an aw-shucks Pennsylvania fry cook has taken control of the country.