Thanks to Lindelof and his sensitive, subtle cast, we get to know a handful of them, and through them, we get to imagine how we might fare if their shock were our own.
And the episode may also affect Mr Bush in a more subtle way, casting a shadow over the notion that his White House is a tight ship in which the captain has control, everyone knows their job and people take responsibility for their actions.After all, it is hard to claim the administration was ignorant of the doubts about the uranium claim.
Mr. Polivka's performance is matched by the warm and subtle supporting cast, and Mr. Hrebejk's occasional reliance on stylistic gimmicks is balanced by Petr Jarchovsky's sharp, observant script (Scott).
Some of these are extraordinarily subtle: plaster casts of doors propped against the wall briefly register as the real thing, until you notice that the paneling is raised and the hinges are hollowed out.
Mr. Polivka's performance is matched by the warm and subtle supporting cast, and Mr. Hrebejk's occasional reliance on stylistic gimmicks is balanced by Petr Jarchovsky's sharp, observant script (A. O. Scott).
Set on bases or freely suspended, and casting subtle shadows — Jennifer Tipton, the theatrical lightning designer, was in charge of illumination — the portraits have the wit and refinement that will show up again in Calder's first abstract sculptures.
Windows and menus cast subtle shadows.
Along with Mr. Barbee, the company's associate artistic director and an actor of subtle persuasion, the cast welcomed back four other former principal dancers: Kevin McKenzie, Ballet Theater's artistic director (the Client); Kathleen Moore (Juno); Martine van Hamel (Venus); and Bonnie Mathis (Minerva).
There is more than wow-factor and "How does she do this?" in Feuerman's work, which features vintage bathing caps atop her subjects heads, while mink eyelashes cast subtle shadows.
At this time of the year candles burn brightly to celebrate Hanukkah or Christmas, casting a subtle, ever changing light into the long, dark midwinter nights.
