Commentary and Narrative

Commentary

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

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

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

Usage example: wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party

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Commentary and narrative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commentary" instead a noun "Narrative".

good	good commentary	good narrative
particular	particular commentary	particular narrative
brief	brief commentary	brief narrative
complete	complete commentary	complete narrative
Other adjectives: regular, original, actual, entire, real, serious, dark, interesting, personal, internal, new, dramatic, traditional, general, bizarre, comic, historical, ongoing.

Also, Joss commenting on the evils of DVD extras and how they ruin the original narrative, in an over-the-top DVD commentary musical, one of several DVD extras.

Source: Web Video / Commentary! The Musical
Commentary beats inject the author's own voice into the narrative, e.g.

Source: Narrative Beats
There is a lot of very insightful commentary and critique on the narrative viewpoint of the original novel, and all the horror and destruction that the Confederacy harbors which Scarlett never sees.

Source: Film / Gone with the Wind

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