As a choreographer, Susan Marshall delights in emotional situations but rarely tells straightforward tales.
It is a fairly straightforward cautionary tale of greed and foolishness.
Blackie told a clear, straightforward tale with the ease of a man used to giving testimony.
Price reduces the dizzying series of feints and blows to a vigorous, straightforward tale.
But having banished doubt, and with it the possibility of internal tension, Ms. Tepper is left with a straightforward tale of good against evil.
It is presented as a straightforward tale of love and friendship.
On the face of it, this looks like a straightforward tale of surgical horror.
You probably wanted a good straightforward tale of dragons.
Trust a nobleman to make hash of things instead of telling a simple, straightforward tale.