Commentary and Lecture

Commentary

Commentary noun - A series of explanations or observations on something (as an event).

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Lecture and commentary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lecture" instead a noun "Commentary".

Lecture noun - A speech that is open to the public.

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Commentary and lecture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commentary" instead a noun "Lecture".

good	good commentary	good lecture
special	special commentary	special lecture
detailed	detailed commentary	detailed lecture
particular	particular commentary	particular lecture
Other adjectives: similar, usual, brief, complete, original, entire, serious, sad, little, scathing, interesting.

On the track, Ronald Haver (the film scholar with the honor of being the first commentator) calls the audio a "lecture track" as opposed to a commentary.

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This can be seen as a commentary on the fandom who wants Gohan to be an all-powerful badass again, even wants Gohan to lose his entire family to provide motivation, and thought that Trunks would lecture Gohan for getting weaker and tell him how important it is for him to train.

Source: Take That, Audience!

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