Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story.
What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I don't get impatient in the theatre.
For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.
Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.
