They are the strangest mixture of art naïf and profound, philosophical narrative.
There is probably an affecting and profound stage narrative within this dense, crowded production.
But the brilliance of Ackerman's technique is the way in which he calibrates his monologues to grab you ever so slightly: he seems always on the verge of being funny or interesting or profound, but, like narrative tantra, he never quite lets himself go all the way.
(Francis Pryor, Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from British Prehistory (London: Allen Lane, 2014), 80. "The creation accounts in the Book of Genesis contain, in their own symbolic and narrative language, profound teachings about human existence and its historical reality.
Unfortunately though, as with so many of the other crises caused by capitalism from the recent financial crisis, the popular narrative ignores profound systemic problems to focus on the actions and failings of a few companies or individuals.
Their work is delicate, funny, brave and visually stunning, and the piece asks some profound questions about dominant narratives and the right to tell stories.
We are in a moonlit space gathering to hear a universal narrative that is profound, enlightening and uplifting.
By weaving their stories into the narrative, he raised profound questions about justice and fate and created the genre of literary true crime.
Tense, conflicted and involving, O'Dell's novel deftly captures the voice of a teenage boy who's in trouble and facing profound challenges, even if the narrative sometimes feels dramatically inflated in order to prove its point: that evil runs deep and rooting it out is a difficult, thankless chore.
We have a long way to go, and words, no matter how nuanced, have a profound effect on shifting the narrative.
