back story

noun

1. the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film

Example Sentences

From this simple new back-story, the rest of the two-year arc flows naturally.

From The Daily Beast

And he and I worked out how we were going to do the back story because the hair has to do something.

From The Daily Beast

You want a wine with a good back story, so you can impress that hottie in the LBD standing awkwardly beneath the mistletoe.

From The Daily Beast

But as Matt DeLuca reports, her business and personal back story is more complicated.

From The Daily Beast

The back story here is that reporting on the details of competing budget proposals is monstrously boring.

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