subtext

On a day when arguably the best shortstop in baseball went from one of the sport’s smallest markets to its largest — in a blockbuster, six-player trade that cranked up the volume on an eerily quiet offseason — it was the subtext that stood out.

Bad behavior leads to subtexts and thought bubbles that hang over people and teams.

Left unsaid during his recent news conference is a cultural subtext that needs to be screamed out loud.

For those who are up for it, however, the subtext that conveys the real narrative of Lee’s film – the one that charts a shared inner journey, not the external factors that surround it – is every bit as thrilling as a non-stop action blockbuster.