Sentence examples for by its subtext from inspiring English sources

Mr. Einarsson has superb control of black-and-white design, but his art is usually outweighed by its subtext.

The Hays Code expired in 1968, but after showing the musical to focus groups, Thomas had to adjust the book, she told me last week, for an audience sensitive to, if not outraged by, its subtext of "pedophilia".

It was a surprising choice, not least because of the novel's linguistic difficulty and extreme violence (there is cannibalism, a baby is roasted over a fire), though Winfrey was no doubt beguiled by its subtext of Christian redemption: as he weakens and nears death, the father comes to believe that his son is blessed, a holy child, our saviour.

The real interest in "Murder by Numbers," however, lies in its subtext of loathing and desire — a specialty long cultivated by Barbet Schroeder, whose American career as a director peaked artistically with "Reversal of Fortune" (1990) and commercially with "Single White Female" (1992).

The article "It's Not Me, It's You" by Alex Williams (Sunday Styles, Jan . 29 focuses on how to successfully end nonuseful friendships, but its subtext raises questions about the nature of friendship, especially in a consumerist, throw-away society.

This reviewer is also hung up by his biblical literalism, which he projects onto the movie itself, completely unaware of its subtext.

Whatever its subtext, "Odna Zhizn" is a magical score.

(Mark Brokaw, the director, described its subtext as "Washington Square defending its gates against the interlopers").

But its subtext held two larger truths about jazz.

Quite a lot, if we read its subtext.

In this private denouement, I'm immediately struck by the resonances between this monumental, insane novel and the man who hipped me to its subtext.