Word: subtexts
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...even this setting, the backyard of a typical two-story home owned by the model Keller family, provides subtext. The fading yellow façade and wilting gardens of this house suggest sickness and neglect, reflecting the stagnation of the three Kellers after their son Larry goes missing in action during...
...consequences must now be repaired. His foreign policy in the greater Middle East amounts to an elaborate effort to peel back eight years of onion in hopes of finding the war on terrorism's lost inner core: the struggle against al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda alone. That's the subtext underlying his new Afghan strategy. He's raising troop levels, but less to vanquish the Taliban than to gain the leverage to effectively negotiate with them - in hopes of isolating alQaeda from its Afghan allies. He's boosting America's means but narrowing its ends. The same logic underlies...
...moon in “E.T.” is briefly parodied. By alluding to well-known scenes from past films, these references are perhaps a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of some of the less original aspects of “Planet 51.” Though the political subtext fails to truly resonate with either audience, the film’s visual appeal and effective humor provide something for everyone...
...first published in 1968 and now translated into English by Ralph Manheim, is in many facets a product of his experience under the Nazi regime. The novel is rife with allusions to Hitler and his dominion, and the narrative itself is filled with a pervasive sense of horror the subtext of which could only be those atrocities...
...Have you been able to do what Teri Hatcher could never do - drop the phrase fuhgeddaboutit on Wisteria Lane? Fuhgeddaboutit is always the subtext no matter what I'm saying. Even if I don't say, it's there...