exposition
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At 95 minutes, the opera is about 15 minutes too long, laden with considerable exposition and repetition.
Done right, narrative exposition will tell an audience everything that they need to know about a character, while leaving just enough room for curiosity to take hold.
From Salon
Ibsen, it turns out, doesn’t need his layers of exposition.
From Los Angeles Times
After a century’s worth of Dracula pictures, the exposition seems a bit superfluous, and Mr. Waltz, a two-time Oscar winner, can’t do much with his dialogue, which sounds like guidance from “Vampire Stalking for Dummies.”
Spencer is good company; Potts, whom I am always happy to see, is more an instrument of exposition than a full-blown character, and it feels a little unfair.
From Los Angeles Times
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