That the range of characters and ideas to draw upon have nowhere near the same breadth that they seem to back in the day.
While the London house-share and the Aussie jungle are still considered below the top tier of celebrity society, Strictly Come Dancing and MasterChef are viewed as toff slots, with the possession of a hot trot or knock-out risotto suggesting breadth of character.
I am Firster than Jesus," Arbus quotes the Bishop as saying, and her slightly skewed syntax is the linguistic equivalent of what Arbus's audience finds disturbing in the photographer's work — her fascination with the "off" detail that reveals the breadth of character.
Gameplay was also praised, with the increased freedom of movement in battle being positively noted, along with the breadth of character customization available.
All of these are point-of-view characters, and the breadth is impressive.
THE LONGEST JOURNEY -- The best adventure game to come out in years, not because of its puzzles, which are intelligent but fairly ordinary, but because of the depth of its characters and breadth of its story.
Set in the jungles of Singapore in 1942, this deftly shot film is mostly free of dialogue, requiring audiences to fill in a breadth of story and character detail.
No other medium gives us the breadth of voice and character or the ability to immerse ourselves via paper and ink into entirely separate worlds from our own, which nevertheless carry within them the seeds of our own selves.
A great part of this film's initial attraction was the depth and breadth of these two huge characters, and of their luxurious language.
Claire Tomalin's fine biography of Samuel Pepys, with its breadth of scholarship and perceptive insights into his character, comes as close to conjuring the living man into our presence as any I know.
