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backstory

or back sto·ry

[ bak-stawr-ee, ‑-ٴdz- ]

noun

plural backstories.
  1. a narrative providing a history or background context, especially for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series.


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Villarreal: First of all, the Lowe’s baseball cap that adorned Frank’s head had my full attention — that small detail left me wanting an entire backstory on how it came into his possession.

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Can I get a little backstory on your friendship, and did comedy bring you together or was it music?

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Dawson, whose troubled backstory is a source of shame, is in some ways the “breaking bad” version of Jessica Jones — a crusader looking for answers about her traumatic past.

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There’s a backstory here, salty and suggestive, but Guiraudie sprinkles it on as sparingly as he can, waiting for his plot to rise to fullness.

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Indeed, Norlin spends so long on backstories for the Colony’s individual members and their practical motives for seeking isolation that there’s not only less space but less narrative necessity for them to share a philosophy.

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