"Like many characters in the memoir, he introduced her to advance a theme, another thread of thought in his musings about race," Mr. Maraniss writes in the book.
After a rambling start (viewers unfamiliar with the original plot will be lost), "Antigone Unearthed," an all-female reimagining of the tragedy, introduces stylized movements, blackouts and sounds (hissing, hooting, wordless singing) that neither advance a theme, nor create an absorbing mood, nor support the self-indulgent script.
Jones's critics, on the other hand, usually advance a simple theme: too much, too soon, too easy.
Paul Begala, a longtime Democratic operative who worked for Miller and then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, said Clinton backed him, hopeful that Miller's effort would advance the same theme being pushed by Clinton and running mate Al Gore -- of thoughtful, modern Southern Democrats.
It was a gesture of contempt, a howl of rage, the end result of decades of selfish and unwise decisions made by selfish and unwise leaders". In his conversation with Weinstein, Carlson advanced the theme.
Ms. Pelosi advances a theme of the failed American dream: homeless kids in an affluent county (though not affluent in the inland areas where they live); unhappy lives across the street from Disneyland, the happiest place in the world.
The week after the Saddleback event, conservative commentators advanced the theme that Obama supported infanticide, as evidenced by his opposition to a 2003 bill in the Illinois legislature requiring medical personnel to attempt to sustain the lives of babies that survive abortion procedures.
Their voices are present and advance the themes of the record the power of technology and our weird interactions with it without overwhelming Ocean's own voice.
But rather than advance any themes or storylines of the show, the episode mostly repeated them", regarding Jack's love triangle.
At Shanghai Disneyland, the most technologically advanced Disney theme park in the world, attractions dazzled, shows amused and mimed interactions with fellow visitors cheered my soul.
They've developed certain themes and they're trying to advance these political themes with many of the amendments they're offering".
