As ThatWriterGuy can attest, storytelling vs. songs has been a struggle for this show almost since 1969 if we go back to the roots (e.g., The Dream Engine and Neverland). My tuppence is that the whole story was never nearly as strong on paper as the piles of ideas Jim described in interviews, which ultimately shot them in the foot. Whoever's minding the store now may feel that if there is less story, then the most problematic element becomes less of one. I think that's taking the easy way out, but that's just me.
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