Its cast and especially the women in it give off a raw, self-delighted vitality that compels attention even through the show's many embarrassing moments.

The new art world order symbolized American freedom and raw vitality, with Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning as its larger-than-life heroes.

Those who know "Kiss Me, Kate" only from the stilted 1953 movie version may be startled by the raw vitality on tap here.

"Standard stuff, all very Freud," she says cavalierly, but there is plenty of raw vitality to it all the same.

Fashion is a long-term propostion, and designers should have the luxury of expressing ideas, especially in their raw vitality.

Heng turned and looked up, first at Wen Ti, then at the painting beside it, conscious at once of the strength, the raw vitality, of the man portrayed.

But what it has is a certain character, a certain raw vitality, a certain way of approaching life that makes it different from any other city I know.

The album, which captured the raw, explosive vitality of their streetside sound, caused a minor sensation.

The Bongos were signed to a major record label and proceeded to make slick, overproduced records which vitiated the raw vitality the group had originally displayed.

But in an era of big, bloodless musicals, "The Life" has one great thing going for it: a definite human pulse, embodied by a cast that revels in its raw vitality.