On this note of mystical dread the opera closes, no exit in sight.
"The Other Side" opened and ended on a note of nameless dread of a sort favored by modern-dance artists of another time.
One of the show's executive producers, Nancy Hult Ganis, was a Pan Am flight attendant for seven years, beginning in 1969, so I'm guessing that the series will have some broad-stroke accuracy, though the first episode, despite a plot line that introduces a believable note of Cold War dread and paranoia into the show, has worrisome melodramatic tendencies and a network-TV obviousness.
The narrative, threaded with themes of child abuse and self-harm, was noted for its subtle evocation of dread.
After Donald Trump's narrative-shattering, world-upending election victory in November, Traci Feit Love, like a lot of people upset or unmoored at the results, spent some time scrolling through Facebook, reading personal narratives of dread and notes about how to oppose the next president.
Other passengers also felt a sense of dread as they noted the awkward approach.
"We have managed to spook ourselves in a time of worldwide peace and prosperity," he writes, noting the dread of "terrorists and rogue nations, Muslims and Mexicans, foreign companies and free trade, immigrants and international organizations".
We begin today on a note of potential sadness, bitterness and dread.
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