21.   The fractured politics of the new Congress have so overwhelmed the trade issue on Capitol Hill that the details of the agreement itself have almost seemed beside the point.

22.   The live production gimmick seemed beside the point.

23.   The testimony itself sometimes seems beside the point.

24.   They are so effective at finding a forbidden sympathy in the characters that it seems almost beside the point that these cops are about as rotten as their prey.

25.   Whether such a well-intentioned campaign succeeds seems beside the point.

26.   Not a complete or entirely accurate picture, some will argue, but that seems beside the point in this entertaining riff.