subtext

But there’s an overt subtext too that might elevate the movie for those unfamiliar with the show, who had maybe assumed it was a sweet and frothy musical comedy.

"There is so much subtext within it, I think three people can watch the film and have three different opinions as to how it ends, or who has their empathy at whatever point," she said.

The venue did most of the heavy lifting, providing the subtext to the speech and the point from which Harris could pivot.

The script wants to wrestle with the question about whether the church can make progress and adapt to the modern world, but all the subtext is text.

Yet a persistent subtext of the conference was that the social interventions taken against the pandemic, such as business and school closings, mask and social distancing advisories and lockdowns, were generally worse than the disease.