The broadly drawn characters
What does the bold mean? Does 'drawn' mean 'popular'?
Lois: Oh, come on, Peter. Don't you miss TV just a little? The familiar stories, the broadly drawn characters, the convenient plot turns that bring a character around at exactly the right moment?
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Yes, I can understand your dilemma. The verb "draw" has about a thousand meanings! ) Here "drawn" means formulated, devised, constructed .
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Yes, I can understand your dilemma. The verb "draw" has about a thousand meanings! (But not "popular".)
Here "drawn" means formulated, devised, constructed.
The authors of those stories devised the characters in their stories according to obvious (i.e., 'broad') stereotypes.
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