#546 gamut

gamut- entire range or scale, as of emotions; a musical scale especially in medieval theory one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff

C15 from Medieval Latin, from gamma

Interpretations of that film run the gamut from a coming of age-story, to a healing of maternal bonds, to a scrutiny of the zeal behind technological advancement, and it goes on & on.

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