I was so intent on finding some amusing tweets that I didn't realise it was finished.
Yet for all their roles, the actors are not called on to do too much; the show, intent on remaining gently amusing, does not take enough risks.
In this concerto, as in most of his works (the bracing piano quartet "The King of the Sun"; the modern-day biblical "Sons of Noah," scored with wondrous eclecticism for soprano and quartets of flutes, guitars and bassoons), Mr. Hartke seems intent on surprising and amusing us simultaneously.
But it's probably no surprise that Fox doesn't seem to get political humor, since its Half-Hour News Hour, which aired two pilot episodes a few weeks ago and is gearing up for a full series launch next month, appears intent on not being particularly amusing or innovative, following a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" anchor format with an added laugh track.
He is intent on avoiding another one.
Meanwhile, in the forest, a menagerie embodying most of the deadly sins — with names like Angerbird (Erica Genereux Smith, a burst of fiery tresses) and Slothworm (Megan Linde, a font of amusing one-liners about indolence) — gathers, intent on possessing the principals.
But China seems particularly intent on Germany.
Burkle was intent on helping him.
She also seems intent on annoying her first husband, the novelist and critic Tony Parsons Tonyny thinks we're having this feud, but I see it as a camp knockabout thing, something amusing.
Some are intent on making biological machines.
These giraffes seemed intent on coming together.
