This is less a matter of topicality (this is, of course, a presidential election year) than a problem of timing, in other words pacing, narrative flow, direction.
Because Mr. Okereke rarely modulates his level of urgency, these flare-ups of topicality feel less convincing than his moments of vitriol ("Team A") or reassurance ("The Healing") or romantic avowal ("Truth").
A page about President Bush's speech about Darfur last week at the White House, for example, would rank high in topicality for "Darfur," less so for "George Bush" and even less for "White House".
The filmmaker's movies may not be overtly topical, but topicality is never far from his mind.
The English language does not have a suffix that you can add to a name to indicate topicality, so it might make less sense for you to call your work 'the Captain Jimmy-iad," but you could take a leaf out of Medieval poetry and call it 'the Song of X,' or 'The Tale of X.' Your title has to invoke the grandeur of your poem.
"This Is Our Land," for instance, which came out in France less than three months before last year's Presidential election, bristling with topicality, was soon overtaken by events.
"Given the constitutional importance of the freedom of the press, and the political topicality and controversy surrounding this subject we do not feel anything less than a full debate on the final text is appropriate and I am writing to request, even at this late stage, one be held".
Theatre thrives on topicality.
Their topicality begins to date, aging pungently, the moment she chooses them; they aren't signs of anything, just more or less resonant facts.
What he renders goes beyond topicality.
