dramatic arc

There's basically very little dramatic arc to the whole picture.

Now the story must have a dramatic arc to grab and hold an audience.

Her character simply resumed the dramatic arc once intended for Thompson's.

The dramatic arc takes us right through to Inauguration Day.

She radiates authority and delivers a set with almost a dramatic arc.

We wanted a dramatic arc to the music.

As a result, there is little dramatic arc.

"Each additional day of Booth's absence from the stage intensified the story's dramatic arc."

And the song has a big dramatic arc.

Through the eyes of the performers, a dance career becomes a metaphor for life, reflecting a similar dramatic arc.

I use the tools of theater and memoir to achieve its dramatic arc."

The novel gives the opera no clear dramatic arc to work with, putting forth less a plot than a case history.

Gooden's performance marked yet another dramatic arc in a resilient career.

There appears to be neither dramatic arc nor measurable growth outward from a fixed point.

Jeff Halpern was a very big help in creating a series of musical and dramatic arcs.

Clark's commitment to historical color is matched by the dramatic arc of an engrossing story.

More creative use of lighting would have added to the dramatic arc and flow of the evening.

It's a telltale problem when daughter Shelby travels a greater dramatic arc than the two lead characters.

Bouin: It will complete the cycle, the dramatic arc.

Hollywood, she said, realized that marriage "doesn't have any dramatic arcs, it isn't going anywhere.

Not many conductors can sustain the dramatic arc of this score without dancers or sets.

One is, instead, numbed by the flattening of the playwright's dramatic arc in this production.

"There is no dramatic arc, but an emotional through-line will accumulate by the time the performance ends," he said.

It’s dramatic arc is predicated on the problem of accidental incestuous attraction.

The show doesn't really work as homage; the selections have a random feel, and there is no overall dramatic arc or momentum.