In a show full of bloodshed, two of the more subtle moments hit home.
"His acting is about ease and intuition and small subtle moments".
Too many big sentimental speeches drain away the reservoirs of real emotion that accumulate in a few quiet, subtle moments.
It's one of the more subtle moments in Michael Duke's production, but gets lost among the melodramatic consequences.
"Ys" is built from many such subtle moments, and sometimes Parks's music — which ranges from small, darting passages to dense, movie-soundtrack swells — threatens to overwhelm the songs.
That said, there would be little point in surrounding an audience only to pummel it, and "Persephassa" has its subtle moments too.
Contrary to first impressions, there are subtle moments in Loach's film, genial moments of wit, and tenderness: some looks and smiles.
"Ys" is built from many such subtle moments, and sometimes Parks's music which ranges from small, darting passages to dense, movie-soundtrack swells threatens to overwhelm the songs.
(I do mean blank: in one of the book's less subtle moments, a waitress misremembers his name as "Chase Unperson," sending Perkus into a fit of giggles).
The subtle moments she traces in her lyrics – Hold My Hand is an entire song about the few seconds of waiting for a lover to do just that – demonstrate her keen understanding of human experience.
Naturally, he begins to experience subtle moments of dread: a painting of the mansion on the wall suddenly has a light showing in an upstairs window, then a figure.
