poignancy
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There’s a grandfather quality to Kani’s Sam, but the increase in years has only deepened the play’s poignancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
From there, Gunn’s curated playlist, featuring bands like Hardcore Superstar, Cruel Intentions and Ida Maria, musically narrates each installment’s operatic heroics and slapstick violence, or adds poignancy to Chris’ bouts of crushingly low self-esteem.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
“To Absent Friends” draws its title from a favorite Welty toast, a gesture that surely acquired special poignancy after Lyell died of congestive heart failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
The show might not have the crackling vitality of “Hamilton” or the bluesy poignancy of “The Scottsboro Boys.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Hamilton’s last days contained several other incidents of equivalent poignancy, though they were only recognizable when viewed through the knowledge of the looming duel.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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