It's a simple piece, wisely understated, and performed with delicious comic pathos by Leslie Ayvazian.

There is something beyond mere Pop parody or social provocation in the work, something to do with deep private needs and desires, which we perceive secondhand as comic pathos.

Katy Grannan, with a touch of Arbus-like mockery, photographs strangers as they would wish to see themselves - dreams of private transcendence tinged by comic pathos.

Alain, Mr. Grant's role in 1960 at the Royal Ballet in England, is a major part, and it was rendered with comic pathos on Sunday by Ilya Kozadayev and by Joel Prouty on Saturday night with more attention to form.

The work clearly addresses some need, some desire, which we perceive, secondhand, as comic pathos.

The Washington Post praised River Phoenix's approach to Mikey's character claiming that he "brings an extraordinary quality of comic pathos to his character.