took the place of any real intrigue/plot

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To some, "The Mummy" was just mindless escapism, a movie whose special efffects took the place of any real intrigue.Hi,Is it accurate to interpret "intrigue" in the above as "plot?" Thanks.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
It's certainly close in meaning.
Clive

CalifJim · Answer

AngliholicIs it accurate to interpret "intrigue" in the above as "plot?"

One definition of plot, perhaps -- the one that means a "scheme", but not the definition of plot that means the whole series of events of a narrative.
I hear the word plot so often in the second meaning, that I don't quite pick it up as a synonym of intrigue in this sentence. I would have paraphrased it as
... took the place of any really interesting or suspenseful situations.
CJ

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