exposition

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At 95 minutes, the opera is about 15 minutes too long, laden with considerable exposition and repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

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

After a century’s worth of Dracula pictures, the exposition seems a bit superfluous, and Mr. Waltz, a two-time Oscar winner, can’t do much with his dialogue, which sounds like guidance from “Vampire Stalking for Dummies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Demand for railcars to carry visitors to the exposition had spared the Pullman Works, but by the end of the fair George Pullman too began cutting wages and workers.

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