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The novel uses first-person narration.
They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
an actor who does narrations for documentaries
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But Griffith’s narration puts all the absurd scenes into context, her iconic, flirty and feminine voice gently guiding us through the film’s theatrical beats.
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Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
O’Shaughnessy herself provides some of the film’s voiceover narration, as does Ride, by way of old interviews re-contextualized in service to the relatively standard approach to telling a full life story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Audio descriptions are audible narrations of on-screen events that cannot be picked up from the dialog alone.
—PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
They’re aided throughout by Bryce Dessner’s string score and eloquent, salt-of-the-earth narration from Will Patton (who also recorded the audiobook, repeating choice lines of Johnson’s at key moments here).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
O’Shaughnessy herself provides some of the film’s voiceover narration, as does Ride, by way of old interviews re-contextualized in service to the relatively standard approach to telling a full life story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Audio descriptions are audible narrations of on-screen events that cannot be picked up from the dialog alone.
—PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
They’re aided throughout by Bryce Dessner’s string score and eloquent, salt-of-the-earth narration from Will Patton (who also recorded the audiobook, repeating choice lines of Johnson’s at key moments here).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narration. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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narration
noun
nar·ra·tion
na-ˈrā-shən 
nə-
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: the act or process or an instance of telling a story
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