Splice uses unexpected flashes of dark humor to defuse the tension as it draws the audience into ever-more shocking story turns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

And it draws in a much more, a broader audience, a lot of casual fans.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"So it draws attention to the terrorists groups and their aims and their goals."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

It notes turnout was considerably higher in the North where challenger Abdullah Abdullah draws support from Tajiks, but particularly low in the South, a Pashtun stronghold of incumbent President Hamid Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22