wonderinglinguist
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Jan 22 2014, 10:55pm
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I think I see where the confusion is coming from. Hopefully I can explain it well and not make things worse! 
What I believe Rowan means by a storyline overshadowing is not necessarily in the sense that it's featured longer or shorter on screen, but that by it's sheer existence it takes away from the total investment we can put toward another storyline.
Think of it as a pie chart (good ol' elementary school math paying off right here ). Consider that one pie equals the total amount of emotional investment ("care") you have for a movie. Each storyline, depending on its effect on you, will be a bigger or smaller "slice" of the pie. It will be different for each person depending on their personal response to the different stories. What Rowan is kinda getting at, I believe, is that by taking out one storyline (and not even adding anything new), you now have more investment space for another story, i.e. one or two other slices can now be bigger! Conversely, adding in new material/stories will create a whole new slice and, consequently, make some of the other ones smaller.
Does that even help? It makes sense in my head but sometimes it's hard to put things in words. I'm just trying to bring some clarity here. You can agree or disagree, obviously, but it's always helpful to understand where someone is coming from first, I think 
Also, not saying this is the case here, but I would say that a story getting more total screen time doesn't necessarily equate to it coming off as more important or people caring about it more.
keep smiling
(This post was edited by wonderinglinguist on Jan 22 2014, 10:55pm)
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