exposition

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And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

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 • Feb. 28, 2026

Saddled with a mishmash of Freddy’s-verse lore, clunky exposition and pancake-flat dialogue, the narrative becomes careless and convoluted.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Around 2,000 people watched the action inside Bern's Festhalle exposition hall.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

The exposition was a dream city, but it was Burnham’s dream.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson