Word: discomforting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought it was important to speak up on these issues even if, on a personal level, it might cause discomfort,” Abromowitz said. “We hope that it encourages others in the private sector who are concerned about their civil liberties...
...doesn’t believe in God and doesn’t feel at ease praying with the patient. That attending is an exceptionally capable and compassionate physician. But she’s probably uncomfortable with dealing with the role of faith in death and disease. And that discomfort is all too common...
...That Woman?" number, in which the aging chorines come to terms with the difference between the 20- and 50-year-old selves, Bennett lowered a stage-wide mirror that caught both the middle-aged actresses on stage and the middle-aged audience, staring at the women and sharing their discomfort. In the second act, the animosities festering in the two main couples explodes into rancorous fantasy in the faux-Ziegfeld "Loveland" section, and Bennett gave Sondheim's comic-poignant torch songs and novelty numbers a splendor that both mocked and deepened the characters' self-pity or numbness...
...even if somebody made them up—they were composed with a very specific comical image in mind.I love Washington, and I love to laugh, but I have come to realize that laughing at Washington and its embarrassments is a means of deflecting self-criticism and discomfort. Pride in one’s hometown need not be pride in its screw...
...Most of the drama takes place at center stage, but the actors often move to sit among the audience. It’s a design that could lead to awkward discomfort, but in this production, it worked to perfection. If ever I felt awkward, it was only because I, like Nick and Honey, felt as though I were intruding upon the marital problems of my hosts...