This was a powerful speech, full of serious thinking and nuance, philosophy, and theology.
There is scant interest in nuance, no serious debate about what the rest of the world could do to help.
Call The Midwife and its ilk might include darker subjects from time to time, but lacking the nuance of serious drama they can never truly tackle them - so why bother?
Richard Crenna, the prolific actor who went from being a child performer in radio and eventually progressed to roles of complexity and nuance in serious films, died Friday morning in Los Angeles.
She's a singer who hits every vocal nuance, whether serious or satiric; a high-energy dancer who could probably double as a contortionist; a comic who draws roars from pratfalls, subtle glances, punchlines and sensuality.
Perhaps it was Said's tragedy that he should practise his craft as a great literary critic in an age which has had no patience with the subtleties of language, and no serious appetite for the nuances of a complicated idea.
Yes, I get that Twitter is for snappy, 140-character repartee, not serious argument and reflection and nuance.
Of course, bushmeat's links with Ebola are a cause for serious concern, but there are nuances to this problem that should be recognized, too.
A few of us are serious food lovers who enjoy the nuances of skillfully crafted seasonal cuisine, while another few are less informed about food beyond chain restaurants.
The fact that Nuance is making a few serious acquisitions isn't surprising.
