Mr. Smith (recently seen on Broadway in "Next Fall") expertly suggests the weaknesses within the ostensibly stronger half of the marriage.
It's the kind of movie that could at first come across as feel-good Oscar-bait, another Hollywood studio piece (a la The Help) ostensibly about strong women of color that actually aims to make white people feel better about themselves ("Look how far we've come! I can't believe how racist white folks used to be! Good thing we weren't all that way!").
Ostensibly, we sought strong golden ales, which at least suggests beers with a lot of alcohol and of a certain color, right?
The other is the tradition of the strong state ostensibly representative of the people, an evocation of the name of one of the republic's first institutions, established in 1791, the Comité de sûreté générale – committee for general security.
Ostensibly direct in expression, with strong links to Russian music of the 19th century, it is fathomless in its ironies.
The other piece introduced Johan Inger, a gifted Swedish choreographer of fluent wit in "Walking Mad," an ostensibly comic piece with a strong emotional center.
Some discover unexpected perspectives, like two girls who emigrated from very different places, Nigeria and Bangladesh, and became friends through manga, or Darren Laroque, 15, Samantha's older brother, who issued a disclaimer — "I'm not trying to be all weird and stuff" — before confessing that he liked some "mushier" manga, with strong female characters, ostensibly directed at girls.
Meanwhile Google's YouTube is the Diet Coke of search engines, ostensibly a niche but a strong number 2 in the market.
The Democrats -- ostensibly the group with the strongest support for the project -- waited the longest in making their appointments, delaying well over a year.
Instead Mr. Assad could blame the violence, or acts like the kidnapping of Western hostages, on the anarchy of Lebanon that Syria's 30,000-strong troops were ostensibly trying to suppress.
