Sentence:  Pritchard-McLean's show is perfectly constructed, and at times deeply moving to the point where some audience members were near tears, yet the <WSD>pathos</WSD> is undercut by true belly laughs – but don't trust me, read the reviews. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.