"story beat" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "The stakes are low and the story beats are incidental amid the rush of largely mild visual gags and verbal sallies like “Blood Island! So called because it’s the exact shape of some blood!”",
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        "An interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot"
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      "related": [
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