Word: poignant
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...dreamy world of giant dogs, talking squirrels and love unrequited has come to a quiet, poignant finale. Today's "Puck Willoughby" marks the end of a beloved comic strip, drawn by Jason Y. Cho '01, that has graced the pages of The Crimson for the past two years. And, like so many student-drawn strips that have come and gone, "Puck" will be fondly remembered...
...tragedy as the country was, but instead of simply talking about lawlessness, he talked about the larger issue, that you cannot "love your country but despise your government." He put it in the framework of American political argument over the past 20 years in a way that was poignant, moving and powerful...
...into the old complaint of postmodern isolation. She takes a teddy bear that has only eyes and ears, sews room for Level Best human arms and legs and sticks this figure on a branch of a birch tree set in a line of darker trees. The result is a poignant, even wrenching, display of innocence alone in a cold environment. Podmore's work doesn't actively attempt to be theoretical and, as a result, is not overbearing like everything else in the exhibit...
...without actually cutting anyone with it. If anything even vaguely experimental ever happened in the Loeb Experimental Theatre, then Shrew might have had a home. As is, this production is both a remarkable exercise of an under-utilized alternative theatrical space and an effective revisitation of a powerful and poignant comedy...
...people impugn people's motives the way he has, it marginalizes the issue and that's a tragedy," she says. "They can dismiss him as a little bit nutty and that's a shame. It's a poignant issue...