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the aside
noun
An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
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Here endeth the aside).
(The aside about "jihadist camps" suggests that Friess's ideological eye is simply directed elsewhere).
You are the comic subplot, the aside, the fool in a bigger drama.
But the convention of the aside is trickier, involving as it does the raw material of theatre itself.
And, unless you want the audience to laugh, it's probably best to avoid any sense that the characters uttering the aside are aware they're being overheard.
In converting the plays to movies, some of the archaism drops away; the aside can really be spoken out of earshot.
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The band aside, the mass is traditional.
Brush the mulch aside in the early spring.
He set the book aside.
He put the directory aside.
We put the ballot aside.
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