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What does it mean "as breezy as it's heartbreaking"?

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Question:What does it mean "as breezy as it's heartbreaking"?

Aug. 15, 2012, 8:46 a.m.

saberq
saberq CN
2 posts
I am listening a VOA news about the movie "Rudy Sparks" where I encounter the sentence "Rudy Sparks is an intelligent story, as breezy as it's heartbreaking, its superb cast makes it one of the season's best."

I don't understand the phrase "as breezy as it's heartbreaking", does it mean it is breezy and heartbreaking?

Thanks
Xiaojian

Aug. 15, 2012, 3:49 p.m.

Ernie
Ernie US
583 posts
Yes. Breezy means that it moves along lightly, gently and quickly, like a breeze. Something that is breezy would not normally be "weighty" nor emotional enough to be heartbreaking. Yet this story is said to be both breezy and heartbreaking.

Aug. 16, 2012, 4:57 a.m.

saberq
saberq CN
2 posts
Ernie, Thanks a lot for your reply. So can I use "as...as..." to express the meaning "both"? I am writing an essay about Courtesy, I wonder if it is used correctly in following sentence,

Politeness is respectable manner, as important as it’s effortless to implement. A simple "please" or "thank you" would suffice.

Thanks
Xiaojian

Aug. 16, 2012, 12:51 p.m.

Ernie
Ernie US
583 posts
Yes. "As . . . as . . . " is very much like "both . . . and . . . ." For your first sentence you might better say, "Politeness is respectful behavior."

Aug. 16, 2012, 1:14 p.m.

dcbaok
dcbaok US
43 posts
"as important as it is effortless" sounds more natural to my ear. Using "it is" instead of "it's". I don't know that it's incorrect to use the contraction but it sounds wrong to me.
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