lowness

“These pieces need the height of Mozart’s Queen of the Night and the lowness of the contralto,” François told me.

In that lowness, Murdoch found the subject of her novels, each to a greater or lesser degree peopled by delusionals and lunatics.

The lowness of his voice and the highness of mine – we didn’t have to stretch.

Then it managed to rediscover its trademark World Cup fecklessness across the ensuing 65 minutes so as to foment the relief that can come with restoring expectations to desired lowness.

The comedian is mostly saddened for America by this, remarking, “the bar of lowness has been set very high.”