digression
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As he does in the book, the legendary actor dissects how he approached the role, adding a digression about Joseph Stalin being scariest when he went quiet.
From Los Angeles Times
The settings—generic spaces such as cafés, train stations, hotel lobbies, and offices—tend to be described with similar brevity, while the detectives’ actions are recounted in prose generally lacking metaphor, simile, or fanciful digression.
Lepore follows chronology, flavoring her narrative with graphs, digressions, even a litany of failed amendments.
From Los Angeles Times
Shot on 35mm VistaVision, “One Battle After Another” will be a rare chance to see Anderson bring his sly digressions, oddball humor and tonal whiplash to a canvas usually reserved for Bayhem.
From Los Angeles Times
Curiously enough, one could argue that all histories can be reduced to family histories — with all their inconsistencies and digressions.
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