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The overarching paradox of his life, lucidly detailed by Rayfield, is the state of Chekhov's health and his attitude toward it.
Some critics complain that "for all the crinkle and lilt" of the dialogue and the top-notch ensemble cast, the film "sags in the middle" (Stanley Kauffman, the New Republic ). Maslin warns that the film is "a collection of sea changes and splendidly realized small moments rather than a story of overarching action."
In the absence of an overarching narrative of dynastic progression or decline, one's attention shifts to small marvels.
A clunky six-pager summarizes the century in thick newsweekly-ese: "The overarching theme of the century's first half was the rise of state power.
In order to "sustain a celebratory tone," write the curators, "representations of certain sexual practices or fantasies (those judged by common consensus pathological) were ruled inappropriate for our overarching agenda."