Word: profounder
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Walker sees the play's interpretation of that experience as contemporary and relevant, and presents what she calls a "profound disillusionment with the values of the state," in a "narrow, legal and power-obsessed society." Dionysos, held in myth to be the inventor of theater, imposes on civic order a dancing, crowded and angry disorder that could sweep, perhaps, over Boston as readily as over Thebes...
Martin also gamely tries to add depth to Picasso by exploring such universal themes as love, inspiration and the beauty of science. Unfortunately, sometimes the shift from the ridiculous to the sublime can be jarring, as the play occasionally moves from absurd humor to would-be-profound statements in a single line, interrupting the flow of the play. Several times, a string of non-stop jokes is followed by a crisis of realization which feels strained and unnatural. Martin, does, however, make some good points, and his effort to address more thought-provoking issues does broaden the scope...
...action currently taking place. In other situations, though, the statements are so unrelated to the plot that they degenerate into non sequiturs, eliciting only confused laughter from the audience. Many of Fassbinder's visual and aural techniques also fail precisely because they try so hard to be profound and meaningful: one can't help but wonder, for instance, whether there is supposed to be some deeper meaning to the playing of Janis Joplin's "Me and My Bobby McGee" during certain scenes in Biberkopf's dream sequence...
Rudenstine's efforts on this issue achieved national prominence when he authored his 1995 President's Report on the history of diversity in higher education, a document which explored the thoughts of such disparate authors as John Stuart Mill and Henry Adams, Class of 1858, to explain the profound importance of a diverse environment on the development of the mind...
...recent recipient of the Heinz Award in the Human Condition, Comer was honored "for his profound influence on thousands of disadvantaged children through his visionary approach to public education...