He was his own man, liberal in his instincts, serious-minded, earnest, level-headed.
I was in no way prepared for this level of earnest schmaltzywaltz when my sugar levels are low and I haven't eaten lunch yet.
But if it was Dick's gift to find, again and again, these extended hyperbolic parallels, it was his genius to take them to a level of earnest madness that makes satire touch the edge of the sublime.
I Went Too Far's only downside is that I haven't felt anything in six years, so I can't truly relate to something with this level of earnest emotion, let alone the kind that reduces someone to sadface acting to camera in a music video.
Awareness of trans issues is expanding, and we deserve expansive news sources, too -- a news media that opens to a new level of earnest sensitivity and accountability for information they provide about trans/genderqueer people, if only for those teen queers looking for positive, accurate reflections of themselves in the world.
The low production level of the show combined with the earnest, un-Reality TV approach of the cast members made for pretty excellent programming.
As the general election season began in earnest this week, Gov. George Pataki found himself on the defensive about the level of state support for New York City schools.
'"idea that I had going in, but after we filmed the pilot, all of the performances were so good and there was a level of it that was so beautiful, but it felt a little too earnest.
It was as if some deeper level of his being had been tapped: his life as an originative thinker began in earnest.
There was the expected level of farce, the Proudman clan trotting from stage left to stage right, Nina nearly giving birth in transit, Billie in earnest-overdrive.
