The Singularity of Allison Williams

On a chilly but humane November night in Toronto, Allison Williams and I slip into an expansive conversation about the polite ways one can manipulate an audience. Williams is an actress, one of the more self-aware of her generation; audience manipulation is her not-so-secret weapon. I have interviewed Williams several times over the years, and each time is as lovely and warm and full of mutual compliments as the last. I would say, at this point, we like one another. Is it possible to have an "authentic" connection during a press commitment between two people who know how the personality machine operates and are each trying to work it for their own advantage?