backdrop

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But having this bigger story as a backdrop is a good way to flesh out the show's characters -- who are pretty well-drawn for a pilot -- and keep the show moving along even when the crimes are inevitably ones we've seen versions of in other shows.

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  1. noun A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set. Also called backcloth.
  2. noun The setting, as of a historical event; the background.

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  • In SDM the beaten to death childhood love, implausible situations, underworld Dons, which Bollywood has mastered over the decades and Indians have long since rejected, gets lapped up merrily by 'the world over' simply because the backdrop is a sure shot winner. —  NAACHGAANA
  • Mr Griffin went out of his way to point out to the TV crew that the image used on the backdrop was a Polish piloted Spitfire. —  The British National Party
  • With the global context you've described as a backdrop, what sorts of investments appeal to you?
  • TGR: With the global context you've described as a backdrop, what sorts of investments appeal to you? —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • In the backdrop is the recent election of Barack Obama and the question of whether America still needs an expansive law protecting against discrimination in voting now that a black man has won the presidency. —  Mirror On America
 

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