Instead of acting as counterpoint, however, these cinematic interludes, a separate entity in style and mood, merely undermined the stage action.
Recently our live movie-theater transmissions have been questioned for possibly undermining our stage presentations.
Any hope for authenticity or urgency was further undermined by the accompanying stage production, which included choreographed dancers and an African-American drum line, which later received reinforcements in the form of dazed "fans" milling about in front of the stage.
Far from uniting the world against Cuba, the embargo has isolated us on the global stage and undermined our influence in the rest of Latin America.
The whole staging was undermined by an ooh-er, holy-moly ending in which a rose window splinters into a kaleidoscope, out of which all kinds of embryonic images appeared.
Toothless up front, their dominance of this match, particularly in the early stages, was undermined by an incapability in front of goal, coupled with some doughty defending by Kilmarnock when necessary.
Afghan officials say the combined campaigns are intended to undermine the first stage of a transition to full Afghan responsibility for security, which is scheduled to begin within weeks in seven of the country's safest provinces and cities.
But peer pressure won out, and now he's going to back on that stage, undermining his efforts.
Without doubt, the abandonment of our original plans for a two stage Delphi consultation undermined the potential to deliver a consensus document, specifically a research agenda.
The organisers of London 2012 said counterfeiting undermined their ability to raise funds to stage the Olympics.
