Sentence examples for in service of the plot from inspiring English sources

His exhaustive set of lyrics and rewritten lyrics (and re-rewritten lyrics) may appear self-aggrandizing, but like the best musicals, the songs occur only in service of the plot.

Vitaris concluded that the episode was "not the series' most exciting episode, but a solid story with interesting characters used well in the service of the plot" Kenneth Silber from Space.com wrote positively of the episode, saying "'Brand X' benefits from a certain unpredictability in its plot and characters.

What plot the complicated and busy last episode offered was just in service of the party.

The book, commissioned in 1948 by Ezra Pound, is a startlingly anti-Semitic fantasy of how a Jewish-led conspiracy of all-powerful bankers established the Federal Reserve in service of their plot to dominate the world.

Usually one needs to see an opera to enjoy a cast this multitudinous and talented in service of a plot this needlessly complicated.

Salem described the development as "a major character is pointlessly killed off in service of a pointless plot device," a complaint echoed by IGN.

Those incidents, while brutal, still feel like they're low-stakes, as if they're shockers in and of themselves instead of in service of a larger plot.

They are all in service of a conventional heist plot and in service of Han Solo's growth, but they are good company and provide good fun amid the action.

Underground lurches forward as if those traumas are minor consequences, shockers in themselves instead of in service to the larger plot.

Characters and plot exist only in service of its ham-fisted message: Every problem can be solved by admitting racism is bad.

The writing is all in the service of character and plot, almost invisible in terms of style, but this is a formula that pleases readers in their millions and not to be sneered at.