"It's like wearing a big plate," says Sylvie Guillem bluntly, "and sometimes it feels very dangerous - because you can't see your feet".
On May 10th, the Goodman Gallery, in Johannesburg, opened "Hail to the Thief II," an exhibit by South African artist Brett Murray that bluntly, and sometimes entertainingly, criticizes the African National Congress, the country's ruling party.
Mr. Mankoff said he regularly prods his charges to improve their drawing skills, sometimes bluntly.
But mostly they keep separate, with discreet songs and dances, sometimes bluntly announced as such ("Between Song").
The acting is uneven — sometimes bluntly functional, at other times full of soulful enigma — but the emotional payoff at the end is surprisingly fresh and strong.
But television, in which people speak off the cuff, sometimes bluntly and often with dramatic flair, gives the discussion an added intensity.
In his collaboration with Mr. Sater, a playwright who had never written songs before, Mr. Sheik has found an artistic soul mate whose lyrics recast the sometimes bluntly didactic sentiments of his own lyrics in a more elevated and arty diction.
Each day at Center Point is punctuated by group therapy sessions guided by a counselor, in which a client brings up an issue -- past sexual abuse, a craving for drugs -- and the rest of the family responds, sometimes bluntly, with opinions and advice.
Sometimes, bluntly declining is just the move.
Ain't we playing football?" Sometimes he bluntly told Harris: "Don't expect life to be fair.
