Its black cut-out paper, highlighted by saturated monochrome backgrounds, serve equally well for lavish clothing, gripping battle scenes, emotional expression and exotic architecture.
Andy Farrell and Richard Horne exchanged drop-goals in the last five minutes of this gripping battle to ensure that Wigan and Hull could not be separated for the second time this season.
At Le Mans, nothing is straightforward and, in a gripping battle that will rank amongst the greatest ever in the 76 stagings of this ultimate motor race, both of them took it right to the wire.
The Russian, who relieved the 26-year-old South Yorkshirewoman of her World Championship title last summer, remains a real threat and a gripping battle beckons, with reigning champion Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine also likely to enter the gold medal equation.
It was a gripping battle as the combination of the fast-wearing Pirelli tyres and a perfectly judged DRS overtaking zone finally cracked the problem of overtaking at Valencia.
Amid the Commander's Victorian mad-scientist office with its obscene library is one of the most gripping battle scenes in recent memory: a miniature illustration of male privilege and oppression.
