The serious themes of the Holy Grail and death of Arthur left no mark in Italy.
Louis Wood: "It's almost a bit like Greene's wanting to write a comedy but he can't help the serious themes bursting through".
She also knew that Ms. Moss would leaven the serious themes of her play with humor, "so when we take it into prisons, it's not this depressing vision of women ending up on the scrap heap," she said.
The serious themes in Japanese cartooning, like industrial history, aren't likely to appeal to Americans.
"Birdman might not have novelty of Boyhood, the serious themes of The Imitation Game, reflect the zeitgeist like Selma or be as moving as American Sniper, but, like two of the past three winners (The Artist and Argo), it's about showbusiness," he wrote in the latest edition.
Rodgers also saw it as the opportunity to write a pure musical comedy, without the serious themes which had marked their early works—such as the attacks on racism in South Pacific, and the cultural tolerance in The King and I. Hammerstein was initially unenthusiastic, thinking the subject matter trivial, but Rodgers pressed the matter.
It has the right serious theme (the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks) and the right cast (Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, who dropped in late in 2009 to become a best actress winner for her no-nonsense mom in "The Blind Side").
There are moments of exquisite Brookmyre inspiration, but in the end the more serious theme does not always sit well with his writing style.
The first serious theme show to be organized in the vaulting refurbished factory spaces of Mass MOCA, which opened to the public last year, it is thoughtfully installed, coherent yet diverse, and presents most of its participants to good advantage.
The campaign seeks to build on ads bearing the "Less serious" theme that have been running for five years in regions like Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
