She said once that the male viewpoint was like asbestos gloves, which let her handle themes that might otherwise be too painful.
Although Neorealist productions were often crudely and hastily made, their radical departure from the escapist idealization of traditional moviemaking and their boldness in handling contemporary themes had an international impact.
Admirers and critics alike acknowledged Dr. Hofstadter's brilliance in handling big themes in American history and his ability to express himself in a crystalline and often aph oristic manner.
Between Sonezaki shinjū (Love Suicides at Sonezaki), written in 1703, and Shinjū ten no Amijima (Love Suicides at Amijima), written in 1721 three years before his death, Chikamatsu composed for the puppet theatre a dozen domestic tragedies handling the theme of lovers' suicide.
In his books Dr. Keilson handled heavy themes with a light hand.
"Distant Star" handles similar themes, but is more surreal in tone.
All evening I kept thinking how other writers have handled similar themes.
Euripides handled his themes on the plane of skeptical enlightenment and doubted the traditional picture of the gods.
The destruction of the World Trade Centre gives him a chance to prove that he can handle bigger themes.
As the author of a study of Mae West, Leider is well equipped to handle these themes.
