Shame’s bleakness stems as much from its omissions as from its content.

Evidence

The infinite bleakness of Shame, its cage-like quality, is rooted, in other words, in what it excludes as much as what it actually comprises. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 551

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: What a story omits shapes audience sympathy as much as what it shows. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 170

Broader Connections

• What a story omits shapes audience sympathy as much as what it shows. #expands (0.85) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 170