But the filmmakers are not content with such straightforwardly telling material and at times fall into the most perilous trap of sports storytelling, the reach for greater meaning.
The story is told straightforwardly, the closeup filming allows details to emerge vividly.
But the real test of any story with this structure is to imagine it told straightforwardly, chronologically, without benefit of any synthetic secrets.
I like the idea of a story being complete in itself, told straightforwardly by someone, and then another story being added to it, and another — until, by degrees, they create a wholly different narrative, one within another.
But since the story is slightly complicated (not that it can't be told straightforwardly, but it has several moving parts), doesn't involve anyone black, wasn't dug up by a mainstream media outlet, and won't be pumped by Matt Drudge or his mini-me Mark Halperin, it's likely to sink without a trace.
Unlike the Iliad, which is a straightforwardly linear narrative, telling of the rage of Achilles and the killing of the Trojan prince Hector, the Odyssey is conveyed through flashbacks and narratives-within-narratives, and in a range of exotic, sometimes supernatural, locations.
(Stick to your own kind!) Told simply and straightforwardly (it could almost be a silent movie), "Cherkess" is less about forbidden romance than about wise counsel.
Unlike The Iliad, which is a straightforwardly linear narrative, The Odyssey is told in flashbacks, in narratives-within-narratives, and in a range of exotic locations (magical islands, the Underworld, a cyclops' lair).
Over dinner she told me about it, straightforwardly, careful not to boast, like someone admitting he'd shielded someone from spraying bullets in Vegas.
