There is, for instance, a wonderful episode in which an earnest student hones his sympathetic skills by breaking the news of her husband's death to the simulated patient, only for Mrs. Donaldson to denounce the defunct spouse as a "bastard" and "swine".
Traditionally producers could only justify themselves by showing that they had taste, sympathetic detachment, leadership skills and above all the confidence to devolve their own power further down the line, giving room to the writers, directors, actors, DOP's, editors and so on.
But since then Mr. Romano said he and his writers have come to see Mr. Braugher as their secret weapon: able to surprise with his comedic skills, bring sympathetic layers to the deflated Owen and be their go-to guy for long soliloquies.
Scheidemann has a sympathetic bedside manner that exudes skill and soothes anxious collectors.
In current producer Tk Kayembe (who doubles industriously as on-tour hype man and DJ) she has found, if not quite the Timbaland to her Missy, then certainly the sympathetic and intuitive foil her skills as a rapper have long cried out for.
Iain Glen plays the more sympathetic, put-upon Kuzovkin with comparable skill.
It reveals cross-departmental vellication about the Home Office's plans: "Despite the view of the Home Office, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills appears to be sympathetic to removing overseas students from the government's migration figures".
Muted colour tones are introduced for sequences happening in the present, and deploying the cartoonist's classic skill, Satrapi creates witty and sympathetic facial expressions with hardly more than a squiggle.
As Strindberg recounts his tale of woe, Helium, ever the sympathetic listener chimes back, using great active listening skills.
This works better for skills than academic subjects, but you might still be able to find someone sympathetic enough to recommend some good books or other ways to learn.
