They're sharply observant but not very nuanced; the image of a materialist Buddha clutching cigarettes, beer and a cellphone is typical.
Even if this production doesn't efface memories of the last Almeida revival, there are sharply observant performances from Michael Elwyn as the manipulative Tory leader, Gerrard McArthur as a silky moralist and Louis Hilyer as a booming pragmatist.
I love Moriarty because she is so sharply observant of domestic scenes, particularly scenes that involve a hierarchy of women or parents trying to manage children, and because her humor is sharp and cutting, while still forgiving of the flawed characters.
She is brilliant at dialogue, sharply observant of manners, increasingly ambitious about narrative structure, unsentimental about the Darwinian dynamics of the family or the competition and hostility hidden in even the best friendship.
May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes (Granta), is a sharply observant, if slightly fantastical, satire on modern family life that made me laugh out loud.
"Spoof Odyssey," directed by Mr. Alessandrini and Phillip George, is as sharply observant as any chapter in the show's series.
In novels, plays and essays, Soyinka is a sharply observant, sympathetic witness of the human experience.
A graduate of the UEA creative writing course, Benn is a sharply observant writer with a great eye for detail, but what really makes this book a cut above the average gangland thriller is the character of Bane himself.
"Newlyweeds," the first feature directed by Shaka King, is a breezily paced, sharply observant portrait of a struggling, polyglot neighborhood whose poorer residents exhibit a feisty resilience as they do whatever is necessary to survive.
Chinese imports of copper were sharply down.
Some of the testimony was sharply bitter.
