"Like a Bride" gathers no great dramatic momentum as it approaches the answers to these questions, which are not novel.
Indeed, sheer movement provides its dramatic momentum, visual grace and defining metaphor.
It was a revelation then, but in the succeeding months the show has taken on an even greater fluidity and dramatic momentum.
Curiously, the dramatic momentum flagged slightly near the end of the piece at a time when it ought to have increased.
The musicians were also given solos, which, though fine in themselves, interrupted the dramatic momentum.
And except for the andante, which flagged slightly, each movement gave a sense of dramatic momentum.
But it does not lack involving characters or dramatic momentum.
Julian's escalating drug problems provide the film with its only real dramatic momentum.
This may not have the most subtle interpretation, but it provided much-needed dramatic momentum.
But the show, while managing not to be too much of a goody-good thing, comes up short on character development and dramatic momentum.