exposition

No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.

If that sounds like a lot of lore, it is, and unfortunately, “Brave New World” does get bogged down with a heavy load of exposition.

Three buildings survive from the exposition, among them the spectacular Palace of Fine Arts.

News clips and contemporary interviews provide just enough exposition to understand the cultural context, but never get in the way of the magic.

But the structure and edit is so strange, there seem to be huge chunks of exposition missing, though they weren’t really necessary in the first place.