Word: poignantly
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...amateur cast delivers amazingly deep performances, which can either be attributed to the strength of Hood’s vision or to its own African backgrounds. More often than rousing speeches (which could lose their effect on American audiences since the movie is in subtitles), silence and poignant facial expressions dominate the majority of the film. Hood’s actors pantomime his sermon of love for humanity and his hope for the alleviation of its suffering. Bottom Line: The juxtaposition of violence and beauty, of blatant subtlety and masked naivety, elevate the simple story line of Gavin...
...team’s three seniors, starting together for only the second time this season, catapulted Harvard to an early 18-6 lead. Captain Matt Stehle helped stave off a Lions comeback with a monstrous and poignant dunk late in the second half to seal the win and cap a storied four-year career in Cambridge...
...Previous seasons have introduced new characters and rivals to the mix?Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Tony Blundetto-but the four episodes of season 6 screened for critics focus tight on the existing circle of characters. (Though they do, in a twist I can't possibly spoil, find an ingenious, poignant way to turn a major character into an entirely different person...
...modern classic about periods, childbirth, rape, orgasms and, of course, the vagina. Directors Nowski, Beth McLeod, Jen H. Rugani ’07, Amy Stebbins ’07, and Cat P. Walleck ’06 injected the familiar material of female suffering and pleasure with new, poignant Harvard-based stories of trans-gender youths. Produced by Rebecca L. Eshbaugh ’07, Kristen D. Lozada ’07, and Erinn M. M. Wattie ’06, the show ran from...
...Shockey show just how hard it is to really change the way things are done on Capitol Hill. Granted, many lobbyists chase pork and members of Congress regularly exchange favors with webs of family and ex-aides. But Shockey's straddling of K Street and Capitol Hill is particuarly poignant and visible-even if, as in most cases, his lawyer and spokesman say it is all perfectly legal...