Most of our "story of everything" narratives today begin with a physical account of the origins of the universe and earth, followed by a physical-chemical explanation of the beginnings of life, and a rather ruthless and bloody tale about evolution as competition, conflict, survival and extinction.
There was a time, Mr. Rushkoff says, when everything had narrative structure, even TV ads.
If everything is a narrative, then we need alternatives to the dominant narrative".
Wordsworth's life, like most lives perhaps, makes for a lopsided narrative; everything exciting that happened to him happened between the ages of twenty and thirty-five.
Although Ms. LaVette sings it raw, with minimal vocal embellishment, this slender, fit woman, with power to spare in her voice, infuses everything with the narrative acuity of a natural storyteller who has survived to deliver the tale.
Reasons for ditching a book included everything from the narrative being "slow and boring" to a "ridiculous plot", a dislike of the main character, and even objections that the work was "immoral".
What sounds to me like lousy nursing is, however, the über-mantra of young-adult narrative: everything is a choice — your boyfriend, your college application, your breakfast, your playlist, the color of your scrunchie, and your ontological status.
It commits the government to a "holistic strategy" (laws to keep undesirable ones out, permits to let desirable ones in), explains the "migration narrative" (everything is under control) and promises "branded communication and tool kits" (pieces of paper for PR people to parrot from).
Though the cheerful mix of period styles in Yannis Thavoris's designs catch exactly the right note, there are times in Jo Davies's production when not everything in the narrative is made clear enough, and for my taste her treatment of the Chinese play in the second act is too much about slapstick and not sufficiently stylised.
Lang apparently asked Peter Greenaway to provide him with a sacred text: the response was a list of items contained in 92 suitcases Noah took with him on the ark, but which failed to make it into the biblical narrative – everything from candles and lightbulbs to flea powder and a new toilet seat.
