Sentences with phrase «underlying tensions»

Write strong dialogue that moves the plot forward, supported by narrative that reveals underlying tensions and motivations.

They share the same studio but there is a dialogue happening and of course there are always underlying tensions.

Despite the lovefest on display last week during Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Lake Placid whistlestop tour, there's long been a sense of underlying tension between him and local officials.

It's never a good idea to start a new job with underlying tension, or worse, an unrealistic expectation of your performance because you're receiving a higher salary.»

The warm words exchanged Friday night in the U.S. masked underlying tensions between Beijing and Washington over how to deal with the errant regime in Pyongyang.

Chuba Akpom recently admitted that his team - mates have been jibing with Alexis following his failed move to Manchester City, and that could well be bringing underlying tension into the team ethic.

Showing up uninvited adds to the palpable underlying tension — which only gets thicker as the layers are peeled back.

Pieter Obels: The Metaphysics of Sculpture at Rosenfeld Porcini Twisted metal sculptures have a great underlying tension to their rusted structure.

If both partners feel confident that their spouse respects them, it can be easier to avoid underlying tensions and resentments from developing.

Marital disputes reveal underlying tensions between socialists like Bill and capitalists like Tom (Cillian Murphy), as well as between men and women, pointing to anxiety over the #MeToo movement and other forms of social, economic, and ideological splintering on the left and the damage it's done to the liberal cause.

Kim apparently tried to downplay the underlying tension between the two by joking about how many years it took for him to visit South Korea despite the very thin demarcation line between them.

One can sense another underlying tension in the way companies are describing their products in the first place.

It's hard to believe that so much has changed in 50 years, and yet much of the underlying tension remains in many parts of the country.

«Christians tolerate Muslims, but there is an underlying tension because of the theological differences.»

Arsenal's season will hinge on how the underlying tensions between Wenger, Sanchez and the playing group are resolved.

The underlying tension at the club may be the presumption that Conte's time is limited.

Nevertheless, there remains an underlying tension at the club following a disappointing transfer window and the sacking of director of recruitment Tony Henry following claims he told agents they did not want to sign any more African players.

It explores the hidden harassment and underlying tensions that pregnant women and new mothers returning to the workplace still contend with from employers.

Most of Nigeria's Muslims are Sunnis and correspondents say there are underlying tensions between them and Shia Muslims.

The effects of climate change on the food supply exacerbated the underlying tensions that have led to ongoing Middle East instability

The statement also discusses the challenges of sharing data and materials internationally, noting an «underlying tension between national and international interests.»

Implications of physical and sexual abuse inevitably come up, and hints of a sexual attraction between Ira and Kaia tries to generate some underlying tension to the proceedings.

The underlying tension about a couple (Max and Annie, the latter played by McAdams) in a sort of mid-life crisis, debating having a child, never really gels with any of it.

Each moment is elegantly captured, able to masterfully transition from carefree fun to serious drama thanks to a thoughtful understanding of the underlying tension that must exist in foster communities such as this.

It's not so much the graphic nature, it is more to do with that underlying tension.

An underlying tension pulses through much of the scenes.

As the underlying tensions among the four percolate, Boyle shows us their efforts to atone for the past, snippets of footage from the first movie popping up frequently in their memories.

This, of course, is an underlying tension in most horror films, but with Freaks, it's right up front.

However, the hotel is old fashioned and stifling, and underlying tensions between the young couple surface and cast unexpected shadows over their long anticipated wedding night.

The K900's sleek silhouette is graceful but contains an underlying tension — seemingly in motion even when still.

The underlying tension will please and unnerve readers, as well as leave them eager for Allen's next.»

Nichols» elegiac and unhurried performance immerses listeners in the harshness of life in rural Montana, while her masterful characterizations capture the underlying tensions of the novel.

Credit counseling front line workers are mostly unaware and management will be silent about this but for the most part there is an underlying tension and need to keep enrolling people in a DMP so the credit counseling company can make money.

Faux household surfaces including marble, travertine and granite adorn the surface of the wood, creating a visual effect that increases the underlying tension between image and object.

The show focuses on the one hand on how emotions and technology can come together, and on the other hand on the underlying tensions between within them.

The underlying tension of a smudged out figure — a sign of uncertainty and displacement — is heightened by the decisiveness of the graphite - rendered image.

The upbeat optimistic colors defy the underlying tension, as organisms appear to vie for survival in tableaux with underpinnings in the natural selection process.

An underlying tension in Adams's body of work is the contradiction between landscapes visibly transformed or scarred by human presence and the inherent beauty of light and land rendered by the camera.

Van Veluw's ambitious projects to date have all been inspired by the underlying tension between our desire for a regulated universe and the rational impossibility of total control.

The house wonderfully interacts with the artist's work, often helping elucidate the underlying tensions in her work which addresses themes of self in the digital age through motifs of bulbs, slogans and fluorescents — all with her witty sense of urgency.

These recent paintings are superficially exciting and aesthetically exuberant, yet they contain an underlying tension.

This dance between rendering and fabricating creates the underlying tension in Middlebrook's work.

Five small paintings depicting a lone female terrorist seated on a bed emphasize the underlying tension between reality and fiction that characterizes all of the works gathered here.

This is perhaps suggestive of the underlying tension between Pope.L's art as object and as constructed argument in that they resist institutional categorization.

These complex expressions are part of the artist's ongoing questions about social unrest and its underlying tensions, as well as his meditations on motherhood, identity, desire, and allegiance in our increasingly globalized world.

In the heart of the Theater District, Applause turns viewing expectations upside - down, exposing the underlying tension between a performer and audience.

In this body of work, the viewer is confronted with the dual perspectives of performer and audience and asked to consider the underlying tension inherent in this relationship.