as a premise

You’re also talking about music from the lens of the ’90s as a premise for the special.

As a premise for a story, one could scarcely ask for richer material.

"Once you've accepted something as a premise and committed to it, you can be entirely internally consistent and reach more and more outlandish conclusions."

Once you've accepted something as a premise and committed to it, you can be entirely internally consistent and reach more and more outlandish conclusions.

Other sci-fi series take climate emergency as a premise.