Sentences with phrase «variety of subplots»

I also attribute part of this to having a variety of subplots that come into play.

From here, «Black Nativity» uses Langston as a focal point for a variety of subplots and characters.

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Had the film played the interesting premise it proposes from its start, it could have made for a solid Shyamalan thriller; instead it unsatisfactorily raises a variety of issues and subplots (young romance, the journey).

A subplot about Handy and President Cole running against each other in some contrived mayoral race that showcases every variety of quirky senior citizen (the nudist, the potty - mouthed old biddy usually played by Betty White, the sassy ethnic earth mama, usually Asian or black) doesn't go anywhere and just makes an already laboured piece seem interminable.

Throw in a handful of other subplots of varying quality, and nobody will accuse «True Blood» of skimping on narrative threads or action, even if some of it is of the fang - gnashing variety and risks choking on its own excess.