Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minor characters are more effective in suggesting motivations than Huck, who is forced to state them, either through slightly too earnest philsophizing or in songs such as "How Much Does It Cost to New Orleans", a song whose glossy sentiment sounds more like something from Yentl than the tone of this production...
McKinley's thoroughness and control of plot are marvelous. Up to the last chapter, the fate of his characters is in doubt. And although it is possible to see the novel from a purely moralistic views, the tone is never preachy or unnecessarily gloomy; McGinley shuns intellectual, moral, or narrative pomp. Rather, what is most striking in this work is the verisimillitude of the feelings he ascribes to his characters. For example, just after his marriage, Kevin tries to ease out of his relationship with his sister, who still wants to sleep with him. However, McGinley poignantly describes Kevin...
...dark"-combine to create a strange, dreamlike atmosphere. And of course, she still retains her knack for turning banal statements into bizarre, funny catchphrase like "Thank you lucky stars", "Deep in the heart of darkest America," or "I'd rather see this on TV. Tone it down...
Even if the tone of U.S.-Soviet relations continues to improve, it will be difficult to resume productive arms-control negotiations. One obstacle is very much of the Soviets' making. They justified their walkout, and have set conditions for their return that are not acceptable to the alliance: that the U.S. agree to withdraw from Europe the nine Pershing II and 32 cruise missiles that were deployed last December...
Some of the works are as schematic as engineering diagrams. Others, including his famous study of two skulls cut across their cranial vaults, are done with an exquisite realism of tone and shading that rivals the most delicate passage in his studies of inanimate nature. Others still, like the wonderfully plastic red chalk drawing of a naked man seen from the back, can hardly be distinguished in aesthetic intention from his figure drawings for paintings. In short, what drawing conveys is never subordinated to style, even in the work of this most consummate of graphic stylists...