Word: poignantly
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...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...
...wasn't self-conscious in that respect, but at the same time it allowed me to get close with him and get to know him. I don't think I would have spent as much time with my grandfather had I not had these reasons." In a particularly poignant sequence, her grandfather struggles to brush his hair, put on his shoes and button his pants. Agnes helps the viewer and herself to explore the pains of everyday life that age forces us to endure: "He's really great to hang out with. I think my family thinks that...