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With its deft use of long takes during scenes of sustained intensity, “It Was Just an Accident” is meticulously composed while exuding an air of spontaneity.

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Before Candy died of a heart attack at just 43 years old, the Canadian comedian achieved world fame for his deft improvisational skills and joyful presence.

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With just a few deft strokes, Mr. Lloyd finds thoughtful ways of reinvigorating Beckett’s masterwork.

He was seen as a deft negotiator of the centre ground, triangulating his way out of the straitjacket of traditional left-right politics.

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Gonzales-Day, through applying deft erasures, vivifies the wild and wicked record.

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