And she ingeniously uses their failings as a way of establishing narrative tension and of creating comedy.
Great programs create a kind of invisible drama, establishing narrative connections between pieces that may or may not be directly related.
On one hand there is a clearly established narrative which says "yes, this is horrible, it is unbearable, this is what happens both in war, and, perhaps worse, it can happen in peace as well".
From this moment of crisis, it tapped into an already established narrative about Britain's "finest hour" – the aerial Battle of Britain in 1940-41 – when it was the only country left fighting the Third Reich.
Some staffers believe Mahler, who covers the media, didn't sufficiently advance the bin Laden raid story enough through new reporting to challenge the established narrative.
Although that season still earned critical praise, it veered way off the previously established narrative path and focused on trauma over jokes.
But Rooney disrupts established narrative tropes to let this romance between an older man and a younger woman play out in a way that's fresh.
This led him on a four-year-long rabbit hole of research and questioning the established narrative about busing, affirmative action, and other liberal policy standbys.
Critics argued that Mahler placed too much emphasis on alternative theories surrounding the bin Laden raid -- such as those advanced by journalist Seymour Hersh -- at the expense of the established narrative reported in news stories, magazine features and multiple books. .
Unless causality is established, narrative reports remain less convincing of any herbal adverse reactions.
