| 单词 | melodramatic |
| 例句 | I’d never get to do the things normal people do because normal people don’t get so melodramatic about visiting mental hospitals, you idiot! Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Let his eyes get all huge and melodramatic. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This marked the first time Pacheco had seen him fly, and his heart twanged like a melodramatic soap opera chord. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finish, I rush to the kitchen, only to find a scene so melodramatic that for a second I think I have walked out of Ousting, the videotape, and into an entirely different movie. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cool Hand Luke, Brubaker, The Shawshank Redemption, and many others paint melodramatic pictures of prison life that have some common denominators. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And my grandfather found out. In the most melodramatic way you can possibly imagine.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As melodramatic as it likely sounds, they’re both so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It sounded melodramatic, but her brother was probably right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It sounded melodramatic, but her brother was probably right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “More cruel than ever. Don’t you see how I’m pining away?” and Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ada, what’s it matter? We’ve just been going out for a couple of weeks. Quit being so serious,” I joked, in an attempt to distract from my own melodramatic ways. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Rafik added, sighing in a melodramatic way, “But we do miss the school milk in little red cartons,” which made his mother put her thumb and first finger together like an alligator closing its mouth. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They pressed their heads tenderly against his bosom, muttering endearing and melodramatic lovey-doveys, even as they also anxiously listened to see if the old ticker really was on its last legs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt it would sound very melodramatic to say, “To kill me.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A British man began narrating, his voice melodramatic, like he was telling a ghost story that just might be true. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Described by some as incoherent ranting and too melodramatic, Bobby’s story, if it could be trusted on the basics, was truly horrifying. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Thank God she couldn't make her mouth work right now, because if she could, there'd be no end to the melodramatic garbage she'd say to him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They were too melodramatic, they had a dimension that was not the dimension of our lives. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Save me!’” and away went Jo, with a melodramatic scream which was truly thrilling. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was such an unthinkable prospect that the only responses I could imagine him having were melodramatic and improbable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z By the way, the pastor is pretty melodramatic, but have you been to an old school American Black church? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t be so cute, Malter. I’m not being melodramatic. I really wanted to kill you.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, her mother came in to kiss her good night and found her sobbing the last gasps of a melodramatic sorrow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the melodramatic self-centeredness to be a goth, or show up to class enough to play the geek. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Chet tossed the stick aside and flicked the pillowcase open with one melodramatic motion. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z After Colonel Meecham had conducted the inspections of the other rooms, Mary Anne walked into Ben’s room holding her stomach with melodramatic hyperbole. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I laughed then, because it sounded so melodramatic. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nollywood may be melodramatic, but life in Nigeria is very melodramatic.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The final 20 minutes of There’s Always Tomorrow in particular are a masterclass in melodramatic acting, as raw as anything she did for Capra, but powerfully restrained. From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Accents are adorned like fake noses, illnesses resemble those found in 19th century operas and bits of melodramatic business might as well be underscored with the clashing of cymbals. 'Anna Christie' habors but a spark of greatness 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Newton’s exasperated and aptly melodramatic delivery of Jane’s accusation that her cruel stepbrother is “like a slave-driver” is a knowing contemporary wink at this timeless yet dated classic. Eight Audiobook Classics Written, and Narrated, by Women 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z It is easy to dismiss these men as simply being melodramatic, especially when you compare Couvade syndrome with the intense physical strain of a real pregnancy. ‘My oestrogen levels were all over the place’: when men have ‘sympathy pregnancies’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z "He doesn't have a melodramatic bone in his body," said the 17-year-old, one of the most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood who will appear in two more films before the end of the year. Documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler says he's here to 'Stay' 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z For some it will be cutely melodramatic, for others it will be gratingly kooky and twee. New band of the day – Lowell (No 1,382) 2012-10-29T17:08:21Z Rue’s formative disaster is 9/11, and we meet the party-drug loving teen in her mother’s womb — the last time, she explains with melodramatic teenage angst, that she was happy, content. Smart Watch: HBO's "Euphoria" is a party drug for some, effective birth control for others 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z It appears to be a strange melodramatic thriller, composed in a coded way to disturb and upset his ex-wife. The 75 films we're most excited about in 2016 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z He went even more independent with his next stand-up special, releasing it on his website, a strategy he used again with “Horace and Pete,” his melodramatic series that recently concluded after 10 episodes. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z But the more I learned, the more melodramatic it became, with everyone slipping into roles that were far too easy to caricature. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z And the financial dynamics underpinning a major branch of the plot are fuzzy and melodramatic. ‘City on Fire’ review: A vibrant, kaleidoscopic vision of ’70s New York 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The word “melodramatic” is usually deployed in a pejorative way to suggest an affected, exaggerated fervor designed to draw attention, or to describe something that defies conventional rules of propriety. Review: A Lack of Passion Keeps This ‘Orpheus Descending’ Earthbound 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Your melodramatic letter probably didn’t help matters, either. Social Q?s: Mine?s an Astronaut 2011-01-14T16:18:50Z The sound that hums under them turns their exchange melodramatic, even tipping it toward soap opera. A manic ‘Hedda’ sails ’round the bend at Studio Theatre 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z It is neither idealized haven nor melodramatic hellscape, but something much more alive. Magic Ripples Just Below the Surface in These Novels 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The second movement, marked “Doloroso,” becomes ominous, which could have sounded melodramatic and obvious. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Right, and theirs was an interesting film and I applaud them for treating this subject, but it was done in a very melodramatic way. The Carpetbagger: A Documentarian Focused on Trauma in Its Many Forms 2013-01-23T17:00:25Z Apparently, luridly melodramatic limited series constitute a universal language. Review: ‘Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned,’ an Infidelity Drama From Lifetime 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Thorn has a breathy, understatedly melodramatic style, and many of these songs sound positively exhausted, including Ms. Thorn’s originals, “Joy” and the title track. New Music Releases of the Season, From Jazz to Gospel 2012-11-22T20:23:16Z His chamber drama, filled with unheroic, frustrated figures propelled by life’s bitter ironies rather than melodramatic flourishes, proved too much for the play’s first audience to bear. Review: A Star Director Takes a Back Seat in ‘The Seagull’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A super melodramatic ballad that is essentially a self-help song about self-esteem disguised as a holiday song. Here are the 10 most annoying Christmas songs of all time 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But maybe it is something else: not a skeptic’s progress, but a skeptic’s retreat or puzzlement, an escape into old melodramatic formulas, because of the difficulties of logically following through on Huck’s recognitions. Critic?s Notebook: Forget What You Know of Twain, Then Delight in Your Rediscovery 2010-09-18T00:13:00Z For Portillo, the melodramatic furies of the movies, both dramatic and stylistic, are merely a controlled concentration of ordinary life, in all its extraordinariness. “The Devil Never Sleeps,” Reviewed: A Mexican Documentary Filmmaker’s Rare Classic About the Mysteries of a Death in the Family 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z “Happier Than Ever” is a cinematic melodramatic story song, showing the different sides of the alternative pop singer-songwriter, even if it wasn’t one of the bigger songs from her album. Grammy predictions: AP writers debate who’ll triumph Sunday 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z By the book's end, the body count is nearing the double digits and the plot is tiptoeing toward the melodramatic. Christopher Bollen's 'Orient' a literary thriller with wit and style 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The whole color of the piece changes for two pages; it’s weird; it becomes melodramatic, even, so you can tell Wagner’s heart was not in it, really. After 24 Years, a Conductor Returns to the Met Opera 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Series one of Sex Education was celebrated for including a realistic portrayal of abortion, depicting the procedure step-by-step, from the waiting room to the recovery room, in a tone that was neither sensational nor melodramatic. 'It answered my weird questions': what do teens really think of Netflix's Sex Education? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The show that emerged this fall to resounding critical acclaim is the whimsical, melodramatic comedy “Jane the Virgin.” ‘Jane the Virgin’ Helps Raise CW’s Profile 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z That might sound melodramatic on paper, but her delivery makes her sound numb and powerless, her heart aching in sync with the national mood. Review | Hailey Whitters made the year’s deepest country album. Just look beneath the surface. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Contemporary dramaturgy is committed to the ahistoric piety that only the singing and drama matter, that scenic design and spectacle are merely excrescences of the melodramatic mind-set. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The weepy romantic drama, written by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, was deemed melodramatic and formulaic and claimed only a seven percent approval rating on reviews aggregator www.rottentomatoes.com. Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z Some scenes have a strong melodramatic authority, and there are a few situations that induce an inspired aura of the uncanny. Review: What “Avengers: Endgame” Could Have Been 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z There’s always been a tension in his comedy between an ironic, smarty-pants cleverness and an often melodramatic point of view. Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Yet while his opera is not melodramatic, it romanticizes and softens the story, which here becomes a tale of a grieving mother driven to kidnap a girl who becomes, for a while, a surrogate child. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z And with that, this drama commences its impassioned if melodramatic jeremiad against anti-Sikh sentiment in America. | 'I Am Singh': ?I Am Singh,? Directed by Puneet Issar - Review 2011-12-03T00:27:23Z It was a resonantly melodramatic ballad whose lyrics were largely spoken rather than sung, telling the story of a self-sacrificing hero who dies saving his fellow workers in a mine collapse. Jimmy Dean, Folksy Singer and Businesman, Dies at 81 2010-06-15T03:42:00Z For Lady Antebellum, country is melodramatic pop full of sweet harmonies and guitars so plangent they practically melt. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Golden,’ by Lady Antebellum and ‘Annie Up’ by Pistol Annies 2013-05-10T22:06:38Z Chabrol's own three marriages, though less melodramatic than those in his films, offered clues to his career. Claude Chabrol, French New Wave Director, Dies at 80 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z That’s a lot of freaking, and a quick description doesn’t do justice to the episode’s lush melodramatic flourishes. ‘The Affair’ Season 2, Episode 9: Storm Coming 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The plot may seem melodramatic, but the two lead actresses’ performances are elegantly understated and quiet, and relatable to any audience, gay or straight. 5 lesbian films that get queer love right 2013-12-05T13:30:00Z The plotting is melodramatic, the dialogue unsubtle, the action sublimely over the top. This Land Is His Land 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Maybe the use of “assault” sounds melodramatic, and I admit that being plied with finery was an extremely first-world problem. Mom’s girly presents to me 2013-12-24T23:00:00Z Pearl’s work is always seasoned with an assortment of vivid figures: scalawags, brave heroes, murderers and the like, echoing the melodramatic tone of much of the era’s literature. ‘The Last Bookaneer’: Literary pirates stalk a master 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A terribly evocative image — or was my mother being melodramatic? A Stirring Spring Menu, Fit for a Celebration 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Even these superb actors can't make the third act seem anything other than melodramatic. John Gabriel Borkman ? review 2010-10-15T20:45:00Z I’d also offer a less hearty endorsement of the past season of “The Good Wife,” based on everything other than the forced, melodramatic episodes involving the death of Josh Charles’s character. Emmys 2014: What's Your Pick for Top Drama? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s clear from watching Twin Peaks that Lynch and Frost were dedicated students of the primetime soap opera, and were drawing from its immense melodramatic pull as much as they were subverting it. Twin Peaks at 30: the weird and wonderful show that changed television 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z “Saturday Night Fever” staggers beneath its melodramatic subplots, but thanks to the percolating score the whole movie feels choreographed. ‘Saturday Night Fever’ at 40: You Should Still Be Dancing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z A few chapters appear in the form of melodramatic scripts. Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z It is outrageously funny without ever exaggerating for comic effect, and heartbreaking with only minimal melodramatic embellishment. | 'The Kids Are All Right': Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and the Sperm Donor 2010-07-08T22:10:00Z It’s not melodramatic, like one is good and the other is evil.” The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Those American variations and especially their later descendants, like Lanford Wilson’s “The Hot L Baltimore,” often teetered on the brink of both melodramatic bathos and quippy sitcom humor, in which everybody’s armed with zingers. ‘Halfway Bitches’ Review: A Play as Unruly as Life Itself 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The plot is full of melodramatic bustle, but its wheels spin without gaining much traction. In Haruki Murakami’s New Novel, a Painter’s Inspiration Is Supernatural 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z I’m not being melodramatic—we are listening to the wildest embodiment of a divine signal. Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Ilia: Don't you think you are being / A little melodramatic? Digested opera: Idomeneo 2010-06-24T16:25:00Z If you spent any formative years in the garden state it's easy to sympathize with Stickles's often melodramatic angst. Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles: 'I'm out on the open road now' 2012-10-28T19:18:08Z If the book’s big reveal is staged with more skill than its somewhat melodramatic contents really warrant, well, that is very often the way with novels. The Tragedy of the English Country House 2012-05-02T10:45:56Z It's a scattershot, melodramatic would-be epic set in and around a New York high school, with a tremendous cast headed by Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as a substitute teacher struggling with his own barren emotional life. Tribeca: Return of a moviemaking madman 2011-04-26T21:30:00Z Come for the soapy fun but stay – and you will, because the addictive melodramatic element never leaves it – for this. Big Little Lies: Kidman and Witherspoon shine in masterful twist on Desperate Housewives 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z A suave, melodramatic Helena Bonham Carter, draped in a fabulous purple fur coat, swans into the office of Ben Kingsley, who plays her silent psychoanalyst. Roman Polanski directs Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham-Carter in Prada 'anti-commercial' 2012-05-22T09:52:00Z As the twisty, melodramatic thrills of "Impeachment" continue, a fat suit-clad Paulson hangs like a dark cloud over its otherwise commendable feminist overtures. "Impeachment" portraying Linda Tripp by an actress in a fat suit undermines the series' strengths 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Some critics take issue with his knock-about melodramatic flourishes, but grumbling about the shouting in his shows is like going to a musical and complaining that the actors broke into song. | 'HotelMotel': Bellhop, There?s a Play in My Room 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z That choice renders fraught moments melodramatic, and melodramatic moments comic. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z The opening wall text deplores the “second fiddle” status of Los Angeles to New York as an art scene, which seems a bit melodramatic. Art Review: A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel 2011-05-31T23:36:56Z In honor of the singer’s latest album, “Melodrama,” Emilia Petrarca of The Cut christened the lilac hue “melodramatic purple.” Place Your Bets on the New Millennial Pink 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Critics were not kind: it was too long, too melodramatic, too lightweight. The Flowers of War fails to bloom for Chinese film industry 2012-08-02T19:00:07Z This November marks the 50th anniversary of the trial of Kempton Bunton, a 252-pound Alfred Hitchcock look-alike who confessed to stealing the Goya and returning it in a suitably melodramatic manner. The wackiest art heist ever: Hardly a “Thomas Crown Affair,” this real theft of a masterpiece was a little bit 007 and a whole lot Monty Python 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z He’s built a show big and melodramatic enough to fulfill those ambitions. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z In Act Two, the narrative unravels as Kelley goes into a series of wild, melodramatic trances. Dr Dee: An English Opera ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:01Z Scene after scene, she underperforms instead of pushing this adamantly melodramatic material even further over the top. Gabourey Sidibe: Playing the victim 2010-02-23T17:01:00Z Demetriou’s vacillation between annoyed den mother and over-the-top temptress provides a wonderful balance to Berry’s consistently melodramatic Lazlo, who takes bestial form by bellowing out, “baaaaAAAAT” even though this is obviously a highly unnecessary flourish.. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The inevitable melodramatic moment where the lovers get caught thankfully never materialises. Céline Sciamma: 'In France, they don’t find the film hot. They think it lacks flesh, it’s not erotic' 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z After several failed tries, she at last arrives at her aunt’s home, where the story begins taking a turn for the melodramatic. Movie Review: ‘The Patience Stone’ Stars Golshifteh Farahani 2013-08-13T21:09:33Z Seeing how these characters unravel and deal with these melodramatic circumstances is just more interesting. How to Get Away With Murder's Jack Falahee: Why We Should Stop Talking About Connor's Sexuality 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The obstacles to contentment in Stephen McCauley’s “My Ex-Life” are less melodramatic and more internal. Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The two women slip in and out of these patterns, and Park, who never tries to hide his sense of humor and mischief, allows their melodramatic role play the comic space it deserves. “The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z When Alfredo quoted his beloved’s avowal of love to him, Violetta mouthed along with the words, mocking the moment with melodramatic arm gestures. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z As theater, it's remarkably bad—heavy-handed, comically melodramatic, hackneyed. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The action also veers now and then into melodramatic overstatement, in particular toward the end. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z Bella's wedding march seems to take forever, as does every scene involving Jacob — these young actors still haven't learned how to turn this material from a mopey, melodramatic saga into a love story. 'Breaking Dawn ? Part I' shows stretch marks 2011-11-17T19:18:04Z A clear tone signal is provided in the first pages when we learn that Will has abandoned a dissertation on the melodramatic films of Douglas Sirk. How to survive a summer at gay conversion camp 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z What’s missing here is the sting of revelation, something less comforting than the story’s melodramatic turns and more worthy of Ms. Winstead’s performance, which is as natural as life. Review: In ‘Alex of Venice,’ a Career Workaholic Learns to Shoulder Family Burdens 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z And the impulse to explore Brandon’s problem in some kind of narrative leaves “Shame” caught between therapeutic melodrama and melodramatic despair. | 'Shame': ?Shame,? Directed by Steve McQueen - Review 2011-12-01T13:00:00Z Although melodramatic by many standards, the death scene in Terms of Endearment always stands out. 'Absolutely kills me': you pick your saddest movie scenes 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z I’m also not particularly jazzed over the drama “Chicago Fire,” which looks almost exactly like a more melodramatic “Third Watch.” Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z Sam has always been loyal and generous, neurotic and melodramatic, wickedly but unostentatiously smart, frank and funny and someone who makes the people around him feel funny, too, because he laughs frequently and hard. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Without Fitzgerald's poetry, without the editorial consciousness of Fitzgerald's narrator Nick Carraway, the story can seem threadbare and melodramatic. Why Gatsby is so great 2012-06-09T23:05:21Z It sounds melodramatic to say that battle rap has saved my life, but, well, it has certainly made it a lot more habitable. Battling through 2012-12-09T20:30:01Z Juxtaposing scenes from the life and times of Emily Dickinson with sounds from contemporary culture, it generates new energy from melodramatic commonplaces. The Best Television of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Soap operas here are outlandish — some so stylized and wildly melodramatic they verge on camp. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z “Crown Vic” sidesteps any genuine ethical consideration of his choices, deploying a melodramatic twist and some grandiose speechifying that seems to respond defensively — and simplistically — to current debates about police brutality. ‘Crown Vic’ Review: A Cop Thriller Abounding in Cliché 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Bill Clark, a former New York City detective who was a producer on “N.Y.P.D. Blue,” said melodramatic story lines were not always reflective of regular policing methods. A Brief History of the Police Procedural in 6 Shows 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Since a catchy name is essential to the success of a color’s reign, melodramatic purple is already ahead of the game. Place Your Bets on the New Millennial Pink 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Second, be aware that Bostrom’s narrative style verges on the melodramatic: Each chapter is a short vignette, often ending with a cliffhanger. If you love Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love this book 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But where “Babylon” was a parody of 1970s melodramatic mini-series, “Dying” was a satire of a genre that never really existed: 1950s jazz noir. Where to Stream Michael K. Williams’s Best TV Performances 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Out of context, their pronouncements sound melodramatic, but during this momentous evening on the island, the Miltons’ desperate efforts to articulate what they want and fear flow powerfully toward a cascade of loss. Review | Is the end of an American dynasty a real tragedy? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z I don’t mean this in any grandiose or melodramatic way. Movie Review: Katherine Heigl in Film Based on Janet Evanovich Novel 2012-01-27T23:23:10Z In terms of evolution, Ghost embrace the melodramatic keyboard swirls and pompous arrangements of prog rock far more this time around; A somewhat risky step when glory beckons, butone that suits them. Ghost: Infestissumam – review 2013-04-11T21:00:01Z “The film is earnestly and unabashedly melodramatic to an extent that may baffle audiences accustomed to clever, knowing historical fictions,” A.O. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Voces’ and ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “There is a sense of the surreal, but it is dramatic and melodramatic,” Blakeson said. ‘Jackie Brown’ and Tangerine Dream: What ‘I Care a Lot’ Is Made Of 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Suffering, however, is quite real, and Ms. Mastrioanni in particular gives voice to the pain and confusion that form the melodramatic underside of sexual comedy. Movie Review: Catherine Deneuve in ‘Beloved’ 2012-08-17T15:23:01Z Chelsea Wolfe, “The Culling” This California songwriter is pushing a gorgeous boulder up a treacherously steep hill — playing melodramatic heavy metal with a certain decorum — but listen to how it rolls. Perspective | Best music of 2017: Cardi B paints the world ‘Bodak Yellow’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The material ranges from minimalist tone poems like “—>” to driving, percussive alcoholic laments like “The Riverbed” to the melodramatic symphonics underpinning an awkward eight-month romance between two men in “The Passions.” | Will Owen Pallett Win an Academy Award This Sunday? 2014-02-28T14:00:33Z When events conspire to bring the old foes back into both karate and one another’s orbit, history repeats itself in melodramatic fashion. ‘Karate Kid’ Revisited: This Rivalry Is Not Quite Ready for a Body Bag 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z As grindingly sincere as it is wildly misbegotten, this is a melodramatic miasma of white tears falling amid unspeakable black suffering. Cannes Keeps Its Traditions, Including Its Boos 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It is both realistic and melodramatic, passionate and dispassionate, using newsreel-style cinematography but unafraid to indulge in big emotions. 70 years on, 'Rome, Open City' still has the power to surprise, shock 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Walsh also won the judge's top score for a melodramatic tango. In Pictures: Strictly final 2012 2012-12-23T00:58:44Z “Dolores,” which translates into “pains” or “sorrows” in Spanish, is a fitting name for a dance inspired by Mr. Almodóvar’s melodramatic and bittersweet world, where a bite can suddenly morph into a kiss. Dance Review: Mimulus Cia de Dança Presents ‘Dolores’ at the Joyce 2014-02-28T22:41:17Z Less melodramatic, but more moving, are the works in which South Korean artists attempt to make connections across the border. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Luca Guadagnino's "I Am Love" is like a lavish Italian opera in which nobody sings; unashamedly melodramatic and gloriously over the top. 'I Am Love' a colorful mosaic of emotion 2010-06-24T19:29:00Z "My talents are melodramatic and a mite grandiose," he wrote with considerable self-insight to his editor, "and this goes down better with historical sauce." David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z The collision between the false and the real, between melodramatic contrivance and authentic tragedy, is another aspect of his systematic inconsistency. DVDs: Samuel Fuller?s ?Verboten!? Makes It to DVD 2010-07-09T07:35:00Z Neither were secure enough in the virtuosic passages; Mr. Ball was particularly melodramatic in his acting. At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z And I would have to hold this ridiculously melodramatic expression until they finished this agonizingly long fade that would take them into a commercial. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z They borrow the most superficially grand, inflated and melodramatic elements of the art form, whereas opera is actually a richly varied and often tautly narrative genre of musical drama. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z Photograph: Photos 12/Alamy In the trilogy, Luna, like Almodóvar, mined the subversive potential of melodramatic excess, a tradition that can be traced back to Luis Buñuel's surrealist classics. Bigas Luna obituary 2013-04-07T16:53:09Z For those who don’t speak Mandarin, this keeps the focus on the stylized gestures and stripped-down, melodramatic style. Theater Review: National Theater of China Offers ‘Richard III’ in Mandarin 2014-03-27T22:00:36Z A four-song encore — including the religious "Angel Boy," a melodramatic "Live Like You Were Dying," and crowd favorite "The Cowboy in Me" — found the band outlasting the crowd. Tim McGraw lifts KeyArena crowd with voice, songwriting, showmanship 2010-05-22T16:55:00Z When she submitted a script with new, melodramatic lines written for Ms. Fawcett, Mr. Nevius returned it covered with red ink. The Long Goodbye 2011-05-27T20:36:29Z It’s also a story prone to soap-operatic revelations and Big Events; but the events are presented in a way that’s more matter-of-fact than melodramatic, and the effect is absurd, and at times deeply funny. Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Everything else is wondrously fierce and overheated, and this restoration raises the melodramatic temperature by interpolating pop-eyed silent-movie reaction shots and expertly choreographed scenes of struggle and riot. Critic?s Notebook: Full Vision of ?Metropolis? Includes Lang?s Vivid Wit 2010-10-21T21:48:00Z She would become addicted to melodramatic utterances like that one, which she delivered as if walking the hills in a long, dark veil. Review: ‘After the Tall Timber,’ Renata Adler’s Collected Nonfiction 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Yet I think it’s a mistake to keep reading Miller as melodramatic; that’s what he was growing away from. Review: Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons,’ With All Its Seams Showing 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z This combination of the faux-naif and the melodramatic is then further complicated by the diction of the gods. Review | Neil Gaiman’s suspenseful and surprising ‘Norse Mythology’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z This film is a sufficient showcase for Hui’s craftsmanship, but it lacks the emotional depth or resonance that its composed visuals, lofty setting, and melodramatic stakes would portend. ‘Love After Love’ Review: Elegance Without a Center 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The satirists were completely disregarded as news producers continued to make ever more melodramatic, repetitive and graphically absurd programmes. Ed Miliband looks as gormless as Wallace but in a totally different way 2012-12-16T00:06:04Z Rather, Oscar's sensibilities are so perfectly fitted to our time: sarcastic, idealistic, playful, gloomy, melodramatic, conflicted. Dorian Gray's true picture of Oscar Wilde 2010-04-29T09:01:00Z Temperamentally disinclined to be melodramatic, Craig is bothered by some of the usual stresses of modern adolescence. | 'It?s Kind of a Funny Story': A Coming-of-Age Tale, Set Among the Sad 2010-10-07T23:19:00Z It was just a group of melodramatic characters thrashing around the stage spewing Kushner's shallow, incoherent philosophy. Tony Kushner, at Peace? Not Exactly. But Close. 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The book and lyrics writer Dan Collins is better at his insight into the young characters’ melodramatic point of view — none of them can imagine this rather rote story has ever happened to anyone else. ‘Trevor: The Musical’ Review: He’s Coming Out 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z But somehow, “Broker” doesn’t feel overplotted, overly cute or excessively melodramatic. ‘Broker’ Review: It Takes a Village to Sell a Child 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Many contemporary productions of Ibsen try to play down the melodramatic machinery of his work, built as it is on unspeakable secrets and threats of blackmail. Theater Review: ‘A Doll’s House,’ With Hattie Morahan’s Frantic Nora 2014-02-28T03:00:01Z Summarized, that plot may sound melodramatic and convoluted, and Mr. Martin’s use of tattooing as a metaphor for the permanent physical and emotional scars left by trauma can seem overwrought. Books of The Times: Two Women Love One Man, Worthy of Neither 2011-06-19T21:55:18Z Grief was a constant ache then, and what made it worse was the melodramatic pity foisted upon me by others who saw me as a tragic figure—that poor child. I reveled in my androgyny 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Michael Levi's "The Power Surge" is a welcome relief to melodramatic debates over energy. New book gives balanced view of energy debates 2013-06-03T15:58:11Z It’s meant for laughs — a melodramatic way to convey my anxiety. Lonnae O’Neal: ‘Deep River’ for these deeply troubled times 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Its melodramatic characters striking theatrical postures are uninspiring, to put it mildly. Old Masters Rush In to Save the Day 2010-12-10T12:42:00Z These multiplatinum albums are epically unkempt, for better and worse — it doesn’t get much blowzier, and it doesn’t get much more rollicking, or arrestingly melodramatic. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The expressions I want to use are melodramatic, hyperbolic, so much so that even to think them is embarrassing. I don’t know how to discuss being raped: I am different, permanently, but there’s no language to describe how 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z The first performance I saw didn't do much to change my mind: Charles Gounod's Faust seemed almost risibly vulgar, reducing one of the great stories of western culture to a series of saccharine, melodramatic gestures. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z The last act is frankly melodramatic: It’s the mother and son in the bedroom, a Gertrude-Hamlet scene, really. Director Maria Aitken, keeping Coward’s blithe spirit alive It inflects his music—there’s an undercurrent of irony in his most melodramatic moments—but it is the dominant characteristic of his personality on Twitter and in person. Perfume Genius’s New Album, “No Shape,” Is Full of Sunlight 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z There remains an uncomfortable insistence that Spader’s “Concierge of Crime” Red Reddington is merely one part of a larger team instead of the gloriously melodramatic focus for the show. Is The Blacklist Today’s Columbo? 2014-01-21T10:00:58Z Though the production was often melodramatic – and maudlin misfires like “The Last Letter” cropped up more often than ever -- Jones brought a rock-like dependability to most of his vocals. George Jones: Country singer dies at 81 2013-04-26T16:21:00Z It’s a plot Charles Dickens would have rejected as overly melodramatic and implausible. Bromance with a murderer: The bizarre true story behind James Franco’s “True Story” 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Their faces, simultaneously melodramatic and numbed, reflect a strangely complex emotional truth, where the experiences of depression, anxiety, trauma and grief unfold amid an absurdist carnival of anesthetizing content and luxury products. The Art of Botox 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z It is an edge-of-the-seat performance from Bergman: melodramatic, yes, a little, but also very real and convincing in its depiction of someone losing faith in herself. Who is the best Oscar-winning lead actress of all time? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The extremes and the exaggerations, the absurdities and the operatic stylizations of Jacquot’s melodramatic vision melt into their personae. Two French Melodramas: “3 Hearts” and “Villa Amalia” 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The overhead shot is cool, but the performance feels melodramatic and silly. "Glee" report card: Which songs scored highest? 2010-04-28T11:01:00Z These shows are overtly humane, or melodramatic, or comic, or philosophical. 2015’s Best TV: I Hate Top Ten Lists, but O.K., Fine, Here’s a List 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s light on its feet, quirky, self-deprecating and utterly aware of its melodramatic nature. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z You see the same current of absurdity in his work on other platforms, like Vine, or YouTube, where in January he released a video parodying TLC’s melodramatic series “My Strange Addiction.” Meet 17-Year-Old Indonesian Rapper Rich Chigga 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z There is plenty of plot—if anything, they tend toward the melodramatic—along with a good deal of humor. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z And, in the figure of an unlovely woman transfixed by romantic passion, it creates a thrilling, melodramatic role on which everything else depends. Hamlet; Passion; Beautiful Burnout; Wanderlust 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Princess Diana was melodramatic and manipulative; Britons want Charles to be the next King. We Three Queens: A Triad of Royal Biographies Debuts 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Most songs presented a mood or an attitude; Orbison’s were often melodramatic playlets. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z A melodramatic third act strains to reconcile the film's disparate parts, and the feel-good ending is not quite earned. Faith-based, slightly unfocused 'Hope' offers some life lessons 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Jay pursues Trishna and then abandons her, literally and emotionally, only to return to her arms amid a great deal of melodramatic busyness, pulsing colors, churning dust and very little heat. ‘Trishna,’ From Michael Winterbottom, Starring Freida Pinto 2012-07-12T20:56:57Z When Rufus sings, in The Tower of Learning, "I really do fear that I'm dying", he just sounds melodramatic. House of Rufus ? review 2011-07-22T17:44:20Z But this overarching, potentially melodramatic story develops instead in unpredictable fits and starts, regularly looping back on itself or disappearing beneath a tangle of other plotlines. Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Meanwhile, the Doctor's soliloquy of the terrible things he's seen and done that preceded it was melodramatic in all the best ways. Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten – series 33, episode seven 2013-04-06T18:00:01Z I was a little sad, actually, when the plot kicked in toward the end of the book, because I found the characters so appealing, they distracted me from the somewhat melodramatic plot. 'Tabloid City': Pete Hamill's novel of New York, newspapers and murder 2011-05-25T22:52:04Z The dark secret hidden by Charlie and his various handlers dominates the final, melodramatic scenes, when Charlie ruminates bleakly, "This whole movie thing is a murder of the people." Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z The drawbacks of this musical's backward-glancing manner are most notable in Martin's book, which is often floridly melodramatic. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Her Oscar-winning rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” is a melodramatic tour de force. ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Les Misérables’ | New DVDs 2013-03-18T21:47:22Z The movie also declines to engage with Israel’s evolving politics or culture and where Perry fit in, opting instead for a melodramatic portrait of a star that fell too soon. ‘Aulcie’ Review: Love and Basketball, in Israel 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z But add a melodramatic soundtrack and find a slightly wittier district attorney, and it could have been “Law & Order – Texas Misdemeanor Unit.” Frugal Traveler Blog: Texas Road Trip, Part II: Art, Natural Beauty and Quietude 2012-02-21T17:55:52Z Having been the senior obituary writer for the New York Times, Fox long ago learned the reader-appealing usefulness of the melodramatic sentence and weird anecdote. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z This vast new biography sets out to recover Plath from her melodramatic legacy. 17 New Books to Watch For in October 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Along with the score’s melodramatic strings and high-pitched piano notes, Mr. Harris’s text is the work’s weakest element, not nearly as eloquent and sophisticated as his choreography. Review: Rennie Harris’s ‘Lazarus’ Asks Big Questions at Ailey 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z And in the series’s melodramatic, emotional and spikily funny atmosphere, Murphy has given Lange, Sarandon and the rest of the cast an enormous space in which to operate. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Mirroring the trials of many Koreans in this period, the movie is — even by local standards — drenchingly melodramatic. JK Youn’s ‘Ode to My Father’ Features a Korean Odyssey 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Lenny Bernstein revealed Mahler, in all his neurotic and melodramatic variety, to be the ultimate composer of the Cold War, the roiling emotional volcano underneath the era’s crushing certainties. Daniel Barenboim and the Music of Anton Bruckner 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Sexual autonomy is often presented as “confessional”—either overly comic or overly melodramatic, and when a female sexual youth is described as a series of “misadventures,” it rankles me. Every mistake I’ve made in bed — and why there’s no reason to be shamed by any of them 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z But that’s what I love about “Yellowstone,” the way that it flows from being campy to melodramatic to intensely dramatic to violent. With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “Not to be melodramatic about it, but we actually stopped cold in the street,” Mr. Hajdu said. Jill Sobule Finds Seeds of ‘Dottie’s Charms’ in a Drawer 2014-04-17T14:05:28Z A bit melodramatic toward the end but undeniably powerful. — M.M. May 28 at SIFF: 'Wheedle's Groove' recalls Seattle's once-vibrant soul, funk scene 2010-05-27T20:12:00Z The plot twists that keep the pair in orbit despite their far-flung trajectories tend to be melodramatic, a little heavy-handed and rushed, but they are nonetheless gripping. Passion and fame in the digital age: Watching 'Sex With Strangers' at the Geffen 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Every year at Christmas, we wrote “books” for him, toiling for weeks over implausible plots and volumes of melodramatic poetry, our handwriting getting bigger and bigger in an effort to fill up our exercise books. Tania Unsworth: ‘My father was almost heroic to me. Then he cut me out of his life’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The film could “be described as an existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in October. DVD: Marlene Dietrich?s ?Dishonored? and ?Shanghai Express? 2012-03-04T04:13:02Z A tense and fractured view of romance, “D.M.J.” felt more melodramatic than when the earthier, unaffected Czech National Theatre Ballet performed it here in 2009. Boston Ballet performs ‘Bella Figura’ at the Kennedy Center As the merry wives, Sarah Woodward and Serena Evans have a fine line in melodramatic over-acting every time Falstaff is "caught" in their company. The Merry Wives of Windsor 2010-08-20T20:30:00Z "And they're not all the same sauce. Some are very melodramatic. Others are serious and topical. Some are very funny." Moment of Friday: Comics artist Art Spiegelman is bananas for vaudeville 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Elaborate production numbers are organically integrated into a melodramatic yet complex storyline. Not the same old song-and-dance as 'Smash' returns 2013-02-04T15:28:08Z Here and there, the narrative gallops at an accelerated pace, almost tilting toward the melodramatic, but, for the most part, Walker bypasses this pitfall. An Ominous Sleeping Sickness Paralyzes a Small California Town in ‘The Dreamers’ 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Yes, some of it is laughably melodramatic; Gibb sounds like he’s about to collapse with grief. Throwback tunes: Reissues from Frenchmen, Argentines, Brits, lumberjacks and Vaudevillians 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z After some morning conversation, the woman dresses and leaves, and as she walks home, the soundtrack swells with string-heavy, melodramatic music. Review: ‘Our Little Sister,’ or What We Found at Dad’s Funeral 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The singer's first full-length CD, the melodramatic 18-track epic "The ArchAndroid," follows a female android who discovers she is the chosen one and is trying to adapt to her new superpowers. After Prince and Winehouse, Monae tours with Mars 2011-05-04T17:13:09Z But in the melodramatic calculus, it was also a convenient, strategic cop-out, allowing the romantic entanglements to stay unresolved into the new season. ‘The Affair’: Here’s Where We Left Off 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z In the end, there’s nothing in the show’s flat, melodramatic depiction of its world you couldn’t have predicted from watching a few world-news segments, Homeland, and a little Dynasty. REVIEW: FX's Tyrant Is Its Own Downfall 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z I hope it works, because Lively displays a melodramatic aptitude that meshes perfectly with the story’s inspiration. Blake Lively Lives Forever 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps that sounds melodramatic, but anyone who reads Hubbard’s clear and convincing narrative will find the concern all too plausible. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z There's a melodramatic underpinning to the story of the main characters in "I'll Be Right There." Kyung-sook Shin's 'I'll Be Right There' finds artful solace 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Underneath the metaphors, was In the Flesh more than a melodramatic lesson about tolerance and loving thy neighbour? With In The Flesh, BBC3 gave us huggable zombies 2013-04-01T09:45:07Z And if all this sounds melodramatic, it was echoed in the visceral language British critics used to discuss Ms. Piper’s performance: “shatteringly powerful,” “earth-quaking,” “heart-rending.” Billie Piper Hasn’t Looked Back Since She Left the Tardis 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z “Arkangel” is a bit of a melodramatic after-school special, but it’s rooted in the fear at the heart of raising a child. Free Your Mind? ‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t Too Hopeful 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z There's nothing like a dark secret eating away at a man's soul, and a ghost lurking ominously, to get the melodramatic gears turning. 'The Bells' at Strawshop: haunting landscape, haunting secret 2012-02-03T00:18:04Z There’s also the unnecessary melodramatic touch — the Gurneys’ seemingly broken marriage was caused by the death of their 4-year-old. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z The relationships, especially between the secretly pregnant Samrina Khan and Stephen Greaves, who is autistic, are strongly rendered but never veer into the melodramatic. Best science fiction and fantasy to read in May 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The sun sets at about curtain time, 8 p.m., the natural illumination gradually giving way to the melodramatic shadows and occasional jungle hues of lighting designer Ben Stanton; night descends as the story gets darker. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z Everyday experiences of longing, regret, contentment and hope are given special melodramatic intensity because they are played out on the edge of the grave. ‘If I Stay’ Weighs Teenager’s Prospects After Horrific Crash 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The test of melodramatic power is when audiences have trouble suppressing laughter at inappropriate moments; its virtue is its wondrous absurdity. Blake Lively Lives Forever 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The Star Wars saga is commonly, and rightly, referred to as a space opera, a term that’s been used since the 1930s to describe a specific genre of melodramatic, pulpy science fiction. The Problem With That Major Force Awakens Scene 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z For sheer melodramatic ripeness on the cusp of noir, "The Bad and the Beautiful" — perfection. Titles that take 2011-02-10T20:35:47Z And it is the rare piece of art about race that is not only smart, it avoids being preachy or melodramatic, allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions. After Ferguson: U.S. museums need to show a work by Natalie Bookchin 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Like a lot of Mailer, it's pretty melodramatic. How Norman Mailer and graffiti artist Droyce's trickster take on the Hollywood sign made me look 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z "Any Day Now" nonetheless exerts a powerful hold, with even the most melodramatic scenes handled in effective subtle fashion. Review: 'Any Day' is beautifully etched drama 2012-12-12T15:16:08Z The show’s plotting, especially in the later seasons, has tended to be both melodramatic and mechanical. ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z To their pointed questions, Ms. Miller reacts with denial, defensiveness and attempts to power over the girls before admitting — with melodramatic anger and tears — that she is reeling from her husband’s infidelity. The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z This suicide is far from the only tragedy in the book, which even so never veers toward the melodramatic. Two Novels, United by Troubled Daughters of Damaged Fathers 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Ophüls conjures a kaleidoscopic tumble of grand emotion, as in a bravura nocturnal sequence that leaps from breathtakingly confessional tenderness to rowdily abstracted gaiety to desperately melodramatic anguish. What to Stream This Weekend: “The Bartered Bride,” A Brilliant, Rarely Seen Max Ophüls Opera-Based Musical 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z A reality as stark, as brutal, as unresolved as the fascist terror that dominated Spain in the middle decades of the 20th century doesn’t fit comfortably within his elegant frames and melodramatic conceits. ‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Almodóvar’s Brutal, Beautiful World 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In addition to distracting from the acting, the overblown design magnifies the play’s melodramatic aspects, generating a histrionic atmosphere that a more minimalist production might have largely avoided. Review | Constellation’s ‘Children of Medea’ spins a dreamscape family portrait 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Wheatley develops all these tropes to melodramatic, sensationalist perfection. Review | The best horror novel since ‘Dracula’ and other scary reads for Halloween 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In some ways Shakespeare’s play, which ends with dead bodies all over the stage, is more melodramatic than Thomas’s work. Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: At the Met, What a Piece of Work Is This Man 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z Even in that desperate scene, her presence was gracefully sad rather than melodramatic, with Lisa’s suicide seeming both shocking and somehow preordained. Review: A Young Soprano Meets the Hype at the Met Opera 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Three Kentucky dynasties — black, white and equine — converge in this vitally written if melodramatic novel. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The film occasionally switches perspectives from Billy and his family to Wendy and her father, though their arcs all tie up in a melodramatic display of Billy’s heroism that reaffirms tired white-savior clichés. ‘The Walk’ Review: Two Families So Far Apart 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Every episode of Gossip Girl was melodramatic, often to the point of hysteria, and it felt easy to get roped into the narrative because it mirrored any sense of personal drama the viewer felt. Small screen queens: how teen angst took over the TV scene 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing. This week's new films 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z His book with lyricist Jan Levy Tranen is persistently, disappointingly melodramatic. Review | First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z That title risks sounding ridiculous and melodramatic, but it gets lucky: It's punchy and concise enough to avoid excess, and you're left with a kind of pulp poetry and truth. Titles that take 2011-02-10T20:35:47Z I was, anyway, as the engaging pragmatism of the episode gave way to melodramatic histrionics in the time it took Shae to give some stilted testimony attesting to the Cersei-endorsed version of the crime. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z The guys mix indie with what they call 'melodramatic pop' and the result is an upbeat nostalgic sound that gets to you in the best ways. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z But as the camera descends and the crowd grows and drifts about, or sits and stares, it becomes murky and melodramatic. Review: ‘H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS,’ Out of This World, at Park Avenue Armory 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z To accompany his melodramatic apocalypse fantasy, Mr. Whitacre concocted an eclectic mix of whooshing synthesizers and thumping techno beats, accented by two taiko drummers and rich, melancholy contributions from a splendid cellist, Fang Fang Xu. Music Review: Eric Whitacre and His ?Paradise Lost? at Carnegie 2010-06-16T20:23:00Z I don’t want to sound melodramatic but my life really is empty now without you. A letter to … my wife, whose death has left me struggling to make sense of life without her 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Swinging lightly, she eschewed melodramatic posturing to deliver deep, thoughtful interpretations of standards by Rodgers and Hart, Harry Warren, the Gershwins and others. Mary Cleere Haran, Cabaret Singer With a Big-Band Style, Dies at 58 2011-02-06T03:15:10Z Yuriy Bykov’s film, which renders the ugliness of modern Russian life in gorgeous wide-screen compositions, is in some ways a blunter, more floridly melodramatic version of “Leviathan.” New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z And so she does, slowly and without tears, across pages that never succumb to a single melodramatic or sentimental phrase. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself What makes them lovely is that each is infused with a heap of melodramatic imagery. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z The conceit’s protracted, melodramatic obviousness was redeemed, partly, by Mr. Muñoz’s intensity. Dance Review: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-03T20:21:05Z But Mar Targarona, the director, keeps tensions high and takes her time pacing the many reveals, making for a dynamic and engaging if ultimately melodramatic exploration of a relationship that really hurts. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z There are no blazing shoot-'em-up moments, no melodramatic standoffs, no tragic flameouts. 'Mr. Nice': Reliving a drug dealer's halcyon days 2011-09-01T19:14:07Z Is it an overheated, wildly melodramatic rendering of an artist’s struggle? The Oscars: Natalie Portman Embraces Monster and Victim 2010-12-31T20:48:10Z More recently, the hills appeared as backdrop in parts of “Gladiator,” “Iron Man” and a fantastically melodramatic Meat Loaf video. Rugged Country, Rugged History in California?s Owens Valley 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z On "Skins," consequences are mainly melodramatic rather than medical or social. "Skins'" salacious teen thrills 2011-01-18T16:53:00Z Even though “Kapoor & Sons” goes from lightly comic to more darkly dramatic to pretty overtly melodramatic, it never loses its lived-in quality or plunges into the absurd. Review: ‘Kapoor & Sons’ Centers on an Indian Family’s Flaws 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z There is, as noted, a wisp of a tale tucked into this film, one that, as the story wears on, becomes ponderously weighed down with melodramatic filler and even some halfhearted genre action. | 'Ondine': Colin Farrell Meets His Mermaid 2010-06-03T22:52:00Z But it was hard to do once the characters started singing, since the substance of this piece, the music, was so melodramatic and undistinguished. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z His reactions were overt and almost melodramatic; he knew what he was doing. Chris Christie steals the show 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Unlike ER and House, Getting On did not trade on medicine's heroic glamour, or lean on its melodramatic aspect, as Casualty or Holby City do. Getting On: deadpan with bedpans 2010-10-18T20:07:00Z The latest casualty is Trinity Square in Gateshead, a combined car park and shopping centre most famous for its malevolent, melodramatic presence in Mike Hodges' Get Carter. Gateshead car park: in praise of Brutalism 2010-07-27T21:00:00Z Especially one so determinedly unfashionable as Venice — a grandiose, over-the-the-top, melodramatic mix of political allegory and Shakespearean tragedy, set to hip-hop music by a white guy from the suburbs? Venice: A Hiphop Dystopia Comes to New York 2013-06-19T09:45:17Z Hamaguchi’s realism is as constructed as that of any Sundance selection, but what distinguishes his work is his attention to ambiguity and to everyday moments, and his general avoidance of dramatic or melodramatic inflection. ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ Review: What We Talk About 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Aznavour made a bevy of uncommonly beautiful, melodramatic ballads in the course of his career. Remembering Charles Aznavour, the Last and Greatest Troubadour 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z As with “Dust,” the more aggressive the movement is, the more melodramatic the dance becomes. Bodytraffic Performs at the Joyce Theater 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, Ms. Akers invested “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “I Wish I Were in Love Again” and “It Never Entered My Mind” with their full measure of disillusion, without sounding bitter or melodramatic. Music Review: The Kisses, the Bites, the Humor of Rodgers and Hart 2010-09-19T21:58:00Z They can even determine the ending of Jason Grote’s melodramatic script. Theater Review: ‘Habit’ at the Essex Street Market, Building B 2012-09-23T21:21:05Z Zweig was, in many ways, an old-fashioned writer: His fiction relies heavily on plot, with some developments telegraphed long before they occur, and the tales he tells are often melodramatic, their language sometimes florid. Stefan Zweig, Austrian Novelist, Rises Again 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z But the final 15 minutes, in my view, were problematic: melodramatic in a way that Audiard usually sidesteps, and then anti-climactic. Cannes 2015: baffling set of prizes take the edge off a great competition line-up 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The real hurt she feels, as Seema confesses to Carrie over a melodramatic cigarette on Madison Avenue in the rain, is that Carrie has experienced great love — not once, but twice. ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Domestic Bliss 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z As investigators arrive at The Litch to look into who slocked Red, Vee tells her “family” to blame it on Crazy Eyes, explain that she has “a history of violence, a melodramatic notion of loyalty.” 'Orange Is the New Black' Finale: It's Almost Like 'Thelma and Louise' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The tone is steadfastly lucid and reasonable, even when the plot covers such melodramatic terrain as the seduction of a young novitiate in Sister Juana’s convent by a Spanish grandee. London Theater Journal: Firebrands 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Still haven't checked off those on your gift list who are of a more melodramatic or histrionic temperament? For theater lovers, these holiday gifts would be a show of affection 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z I emailed and called a few literary mentors and indulged in a melodramatic moment of gratitude. If this is my final tweet 2012-06-29T23:30:00Z My family thought I was being melodramatic and, while I do think they were right to a certain extent, I can’t help but worry. 'It feels irresponsible to have a second child and yet I want one. How do I grapple with this?' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But the result, to me, doesn't so much mask as underscore the material's melodramatic excesses. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: 'Les Misérables,' Stage to Screen 2013-01-03T17:53:43Z Inwardly, I yell melodramatic ’80s song titles at them: “What About Love”! Modern Love: Modern Love - Her Future Is in the Cards 2012-06-07T20:37:34Z Rachmaninoff's more famous tone poem on the same painting, written in 1908 and on Dudamel's program this week, is more conventionally melodramatic. Max Reger a crowd pleaser at a full and festive Disney Hall 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Potentially melodramatic, the story is tautly and concisely presented. Jules Massenet: Thérèse – review 2013-07-18T20:30:00Z This iteration, like its predecessors, certainly doesn’t reflect the slick melodramatic romances and revenge arcs that may spring to mind when one thinks of K-drama blockbusters. A Korean Television Show About the Power of Pop Culture 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z And he disputes any notion that “The Consul” is “dated” or “melodramatic.” 5 things to know about Seattle Opera’s ‘The Consul’ 2014-02-12T20:32:09Z “She’s Leaving Home,” a melodramatic domestic saga, flows on a cloud of heavenly strings. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Here’s an early example of one such melodramatic moment, which occurs when Eliza spots someone lurking outside her house: Review | From the author of ‘Pretty Little Liars,’ a new book that’s exactly what you’d expect 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z White uses the painful controversy of so-called “conversion” camps, which aim to help queer youth “pray the gay away,” as a springboard for a traumatized loner’s story that’s both moving and melodramatic. How to survive a summer at gay conversion camp 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Mathieu’s melodramatic tale is mimetic almost to a fault of the smallness of the social conditions it seeks to convey. When White Working-Class Fury Came of Age 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Reading the final paragraphs, the reader imagines a helicopter shot pulling the camera up and away from the storm-tossed island as the melodramatic theme music soars. Review: S.K. Tremayne’s cinematic thriller ‘The Ice Twins’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Because as attractive as some of them are, I still can’t reconcile myself to the saccharine and melodramatic formulas that seem to be mandatory in their original markets. The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Some TV footage at the very beginning alludes to the riots, and a melodramatic moment at the end may be a fictional transformation of one famous news photo. Ill Manors 2012-06-07T14:30:01Z There are a lot of splashy, melodramatic shows centering around the trials and tribulations of a wealthy family—see “Dynasty,” “Downton Abbey” and “Dallas”; “The O.C.” and “The Borgias.” “Empire” state of mind: Lee Daniels’ new show is like “Game of Thrones” for the hip-hop world 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Tammy, meanwhile, mostly suffers and forbears, and that’s where the show, as if taking its cue from the duo’s unapologetically melodramatic ballads, digs in. ‘George & Tammy’ Review: We’re Gonna Hold On (Until We Don’t) 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Luca Guadagnino's romantic drama is like a lavish Italian opera in which nobody sings; unashamedly melodramatic and gloriously over the top. The Week Ahead: Steve Earle, Mishna Wolff, 'I Am Love' are arts highlights 2010-06-23T23:29:00Z Jorgensen seems a tad too melodramatic and mannered as Ed, a self-important businessman who gets breathless talking about male athletics. ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane,’ by the Edge of the Universe Players 2 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I’d suggest she go for something a little lighter and less melodramatic, like the Old Testament. This Week in Fiction: Kevin Barry on the Haunted Certainty of Young Artists 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z It’s not melodramatic, it’s the perfect beat for the emotion.” The National Agenda 2010-04-23T13:00:00Z It seemed at times like melodramatic fluff: pleasurable enough, appealing to those who like their recent historical fiction with a healthy dose of love triangles. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, a tale of passion and imperfect love in 1970s London theater world The film is earnestly and unabashedly melodramatic to an extent that may baffle audiences accustomed to clever, knowing historical fictions. ‘The Immigrant,’ With Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The film is all scented frills, melodramatic flourishes, and catty snark. There's an all-female Ghostbusters – how about a male Thelma and Louise? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Offhandedly smart, always absurd, often hilarious, this digital video plays like a compilation reel of innumerable film noir and melodramatic clichés, and while it looks like two bucks it zings like a million play dollars. Critic?s Notebook: ?Views From the Avant-Garde? Film Series at Lincoln Center 2011-10-06T22:58:09Z But Bud Martin’s pedestrian direction nudges the material into Hallmark-movie territory, often muffling its insights beneath a melodramatic glaze. Theater Review: ‘The Outgoing Tide,’ Bruce Graham’s Drama at 59E59 Theaters 2012-11-21T03:00:00Z They recall the woman they both loved—the fiancée’s mother, named Annette—and their recollections are depicted in a bold and intricate series of flashbacks that are as bittersweetly melodramatic as they are ingeniously realized. Max Ophüls’s Unheralded Masterwork “The Tender Enemy” 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The rebellious, self-pitying, defiantly melodramatic spirit of youth mingles with a queasy adult sense of concern. Movie Review: ‘Battle Royale,’ Directed by Kinji Fukasaku 2012-05-24T23:38:04Z “Even as the gathering melodramatic storms threaten to swamp this pungent slice of life, Mr. Cretton manages to earn your tears honestly,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Baby Driver’ and ‘Short Term 12’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z That’s a rather melodramatic utterance, especially from a ballerina past the age when most retire. Review: In ‘Restless Creature,’ Wendy Whelan Dances Against the Clock 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z I’m not being melodramatic—we are listening to the wildest embodiment of a divine signal. “The Queen of Soul” (After Charles White’s “Folksinger”), by Kadir Nelson 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z "It's a highly melodramatic subject, and the juxtaposition of putting it in a small town, whether it's Illinois or Indiana or Wyoming, that's interesting." Will Zumba instructor sell her steamy story? 2013-04-03T12:32:11Z The cases proceed along melodramatic rather than logical lines, and soap opera elements like an unexpected pregnancy are thrown into the mix for future use. Television Review: ‘Silk’ Has American Debut on ‘Masterpiece Mystery!’ 2013-08-23T20:42:10Z In “Brad Pitts,” the protagonist barely does anything, and yet the final shot of her, without any of the melodramatic underlining of conventional TV, brought tears to my eyes. Emily Nussbaum: “High Maintenance,” “My Mad Fat Diary” Reviews 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The postcard Holly brings, however, is more menacing than melodramatic. Tana French’s ‘The Secret Place’: The Dublin Murder Squad takes on the Mean Girls In fact, the characters are predictable, almost stock and formulaic, as is the melodramatic story itself. ‘Only the Strong,’ by Jabari Asim 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z He and his colleagues attack the dance with force, but the piece, set to mostly melodramatic music by the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki, looks even more dated in the context of Mr. Battle’s recent additions. Alvin Ailey Troupe Performs Van Manen’s ‘Polish Pieces’ 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z So do the performances, though Ms. Altomare commits herself to her part with melodramatic focus and a soaring pop voice. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z They give the play, directed by James Macdonald, a choppy momentum as it works its way toward an explosive, melodramatic finale. Marvel a marvel in diffuse 'Book of Grace' in NY 2010-03-18T01:46:00Z Noemí’s first glimpse of High Place is as melodramatic as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter’s first view of Manderley in Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” Review | ‘Mexican Gothic’ is a creepy, intoxicating mystery that’s almost impossible to put down 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z They are also cautionary tales of larger-than-life individuals complete with tragic or at least melodramatic flaws. Los Angeles as the City of Dreams, and Nightmares 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z People cling to others in melodramatic poses: a girl presses her face into her father’s chest, as he looks toward the horizon, horrified. Anna Lim’s Vision of Nuclear Anxiety in South Korea 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z I saw the film in a theater this weekend, and during the final scene -- which I found quite powerful, if admittedly melodramatic and intensely sad -- a man behind me sighed disgustedly, "This is terrible!" Why we need more "adult" movies 2010-09-07T15:28:00Z She considers screaming, but she doesn’t want to be melodramatic. Can Food Help Women Resist the Patriarchy? This Novel Says Yes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “I know it sounds melodramatic,” she added, “but it is a statement of fact.” The Only West End Show Still Standing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Some complained that Mr. Perry had bowdlerized that’s famous feminist work, but he had made it his own, complete with melodramatic flourishes and divas like Janet Jackson. Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z The songs, which shift from defiant pop anthems to melodramatic ballads, do not evoke the circus, or at least not the American version. Review: In ‘The Greatest Showman,’ a P.T. Barnum Smaller Than Life 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z She never got past the dedication, which she always made out to one of her role models, Elizabeth Taylor — another glamorous, melodramatic woman who was unlucky in love. How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z A century on it certainly seems unwieldy and melodramatic but hardly the horror it was thought to be at the time. Reger/ Strauss: Piano Concerto in F minor; Burleske in D minor ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:40Z Serial abusers, with decades of crime and cover-up, are by nature melodramatic; then their own excesses discredit their victims. Rose McGowan: 'I won't be free of Harvey Weinstein until he's dead – or I am' 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The cheers were also loud for conductor Fabio Luisi, who led a sweeping, tense account of a score that can sound merely melodramatic. New cast enlivens Met's reviled 'Tosca' 2010-04-15T07:00:00Z Most notably, the book lacks the murder plot that was invented for the film and focuses on the tortured, sometimes melodramatic, relationship between Pierce and her daughter Veda, played by Evan Rachel Wood. Winslet takes on Joan Crawford in new "Mildred Pierce" 2011-03-24T14:02:36Z Mr. Doherty, whose primary credit is a long stint on the voluptuously melodramatic “Medium,” is good on atmosphere and character but not so strong on plot mechanics, and that’s a problem with a Holmes story. Television Review: ‘Elementary,’ Starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu 2012-09-26T21:59:16Z As she twists her torso and raises her arms with melodramatic fervor, the skirt moves with her. Dance Review: Jessica Lang Dance Brings New York Premieres to the Joyce 2014-02-20T23:18:11Z In a surprise, “Ratched,” a melodramatic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel from Ryan Murphy, received three nominations, including one for best television drama. Netflix Dominates Golden Globes Nods, With ‘Mank’ and ‘The Crown’ Leading the Way 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z I want to be very musical and vulnerable and to be able to emote something without being melodramatic. School of American Ballet’s Gutsy Kids: ‘They Just Have to Dance’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z With its fusion of Hitchcock and Mozart, of frozen poses and burning desires, it’s nearly as radical a refraction of melodramatic forms and moods as was “Jeanne Dielman.” Postscript: Chantal Akerman 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In his “Reality Hunger” review, Wood went on to list plot devices serious fiction is usually better off without: “coincidence, eavesdropping, melodramatic reversals, kindly benefactors, cruel wills.” An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The complicated back story about the blackmail plot remains murky and a little melodramatic, focusing as it does on a cache of lurid photos. Critic’s Notebook: Back in Chicago, Michael Shannon and David Schwimmer 2013-08-09T20:44:12Z "To their pointed questions, Ms. Miller reacts with denial, defensiveness and attempts to power over the girls before admitting — with melodramatic anger and tears — that she is reeling from her husband's infidelity," writes Beauboeuf-Lafontant. The only thing my quarantine brain wants to watch right now is sketch comedy 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z The focus, though, is on a pair of more traditionally melodramatic groupings, both romantic in their way. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Review: Another American in Translation 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In the process, the quotidian acts of these two women become just as significant as the melodramatic plot elements that escalate around them. | 'Nightlands': ?Nightlands? by Sylvan Oswald at Here Arts Center - Review 2011-10-13T22:06:03Z Hardy is in fact a misunderstood genius and the melodramatic Taboo is the most entertaining drama currently on TV. Naysayers be damned! Tom Hardy's Taboo is a work of Wicker Man genius 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Their screen romance blossoms in one of the most melodramatic movie kisses of the era, with Thornton taking liberties with Danaher as her wild hair and long skirt blow in a howling wind. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Churchill, who came to the pinnacle on May 10, 1940, was widely regarded as unstable, melodramatic and overly fond of strong drink. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z When she snaps and slaps her daughter, it's not a melodramatic gesture, but a tragic lapse of control, a confirmation of helplessness in the face of her overwhelming insecurity and anger. "Mildred Pierce" is a quiet, heartbreaking masterpiece 2011-03-24T14:43:00Z It’s a story to savor in the mere telling, a melodramatic construction that virtually sings with the breadth of experience and history that it brings to bear on Eilis’s voyages and Eilis’s dilemma. The Sanitized Past of “Brooklyn” 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Alas, no, and so goes "Bel Ami": an odd combination of melodramatic and dull. 'Bel Ami' is a silly muddle set in 1890s Paris 2012-06-14T20:46:04Z The small details of the characters’ lives, rather than the blunt, occasionally melodramatic strokes, distinguish “Food and Fadwa” from any number of other domestic comedy-dramas of family strife. Theater Review: ‘Food and Fadwa,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2012-06-08T02:00:00Z The plot was frantic and the twists melodramatic. The Morning After: Without a Paddle 2012-03-21T13:16:42Z Those shows, despite an abundance of melodramatic twists, are essentially comic. Review: ‘Queen of the South’ Oozes Violence and Excess 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z This is a Broadway cast album that can be appreciated without knowing the story: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s bluegrass and gospel score works beautifully shorn of the melodramatic book. Gifts for the Discerning Theater Fan 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Flashbacks to the moment Wentworth proposed to Anne end with his melodramatic “death” from the rejection, which results in black balloons falling from above. Review: In ‘Persuasion,’ How to Lose Lovers and Influence People 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Its verbal resources are spare, direct, rarely polysyllabic, restrained, intense, never melodramatic, and real-sounding while being obviously literary in intent. Authors choose their favourite short stories 2012-12-21T22:55:14Z The young adult protagonists are treated seriously and, beyond some awkward line readings and necessarily melodramatic teen dialogue, strong character development lends an occasionally far-fetched storyline emotional believability. Aussie teen war drama set to explode worldwide 2010-09-07T01:49:00Z Mad Men is "static and airless", "rusty and unsubtle", "melodramatic rather than dramatic", its plotting "haphazard and often preposterous". Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn – review 2013-01-06T00:08:39Z Say what you will about Downton Abbey’s melodramatic, overwrought, this-is-just-Dallas-set-on-a-moor twists and turns, but you cannot say that this is a show where nothing ever happens. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z And finally, one last midnight movie at the Egyptian before the Seattle International Film Festival moves into the theater May 17: "Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky's wildly melodramatic, eerie ballet thriller. At A Theater Near You: Preservation fest continues with silent films 2012-05-10T20:29:06Z It is characterized by an insistent lack of naturalism, its almost lurid color and its melodramatic theme. ‘The Red Shoes’ Takes the Stage 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z "His accent is now on gaiety, rather than on melodramatic romanticism," wrote the Times' Dennis Hunt in a 1975 live review. Ben E. King dies; 'Stand By Me' singer had tears in his eyes at recording 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z In a season premiere full of melodramatic twists, the most memorable moment came from a mother’s humble victory. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: ‘Chapter Twenty-Three’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s a decently engaging little five-character play, full of melodramatic incident, about a marriage falling apart amid infidelities and the birth of a child. Review | I’m not rejoicing over a play produced by the Kennedy Center. Here’s why. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The play, which is more “melodramatic heroic comedy,” as one handbook puts it, than tragedy, takes a bloodier turn here but the impact is more puzzling than powerful. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The story has its slow spots and melodramatic excesses — did there really need to be an avalanche? — but Mr. Kormakur keeps the mystery legible and never lets the tension sag too far. Review: Like Nordic Noir? ‘Trapped’ Is Chilly, and Pulls You In 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In its first season, this melodramatic murder-mystery defined itself as a whodunit decidedly more interested in its characters than its puzzle. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Claws’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Turan hits the nail on the head when he describes the narrative as having been "fatally cobbled together, veering haphazardly from undertone moments to overdone melodramatic contrivance." Readers respond after 'Boyhood' fails to impress critic Kenneth Turan 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A melodramatic, self-destructive alcoholic, Agnes is, nonetheless, adored by Shuggie, whose days revolve around her problem — placating her, attempting bootlessly to keep her from drink and creating a ruckus. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is among the best audiobooks this month 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In shallow or deep water, at twilight or midnight, the battles make spatial sense and build melodramatic suspense. Pacific Rim: Transformers Transcended 2013-07-10T01:50:23Z I had never encountered a narrative voice so much like the one inside my head: fluttery, self-conscious, goofy, melodramatic. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z The frenetic music in the background, the melodramatic slaps, Sarah Jane’s slow crumple to the asphalt. The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z But the contrasts of emotion are too unmodulated: bright happiness, melodramatic anguish. Review: The Paul Taylor Company Returns With a New Voice 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z This novel about a 19th-century whaling expedition is as gory as Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” as darkly melodramatic as a classic Jacobean drama. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Written from the hero’s rather than the heroine’s point of view, this 700-plus-page tome is a bad romance novel, driven by a preposterous, melodramatic plot and filled with some truly cringe-making prose. Books of The Times: Mark Helprin’s ‘In Sunlight and in Shadow’ 2012-10-05T05:17:21Z Purposely rough around the edges and more than a little melodramatic, it compensates with exuberant energy and a large, uniformly endearing cast. The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z She critiques the unthinkingness of contemporary choreography, charging that it veers aimlessly from unimaginative imitation to strident innovations usually in the form of gymnastic or melodramatic excess, accentuated by overzealous lighting and special effects. Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z The question shudders with possibilities throughout the melodramatic musical "Passion," whose plot strains credulity, yet celebrates the erratic improbabilities of love. Review: Intense revival of Sondheim's 'Passion' 2013-03-01T03:45:10Z This After School Special has nothing to do with the old ABC series of melodramatic coming-of-age television movies. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z As he has done throughout a career that includes “Far From Heaven” and “Carol,” Haynes uses melodramatic conventions to fascinating effect, though he does so here with jolts of rich, destabilizing humor. At a Particularly Strong Cannes Film Festival, Women’s Desires Pull Focus 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The shtick is amusing, but the melodramatic campiness lowers the dramatic stakes. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z When you see all these films that discuss tragedy, or are "post-apocalyptic," they can be super dark and melodramatic. In "Whether the Weather Is Fine," typhoon survivors "transform from being zombies to becoming human" 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In fact, the distances she needs to bridge are far greater than Orwell's – Wigan miners weren't to old Etonians as hill tribes are to metropolitan Indians – and her writing is more prolix and melodramatic. India's bold, brilliant daughter 2011-01-29T00:06:38Z After the melodramatic beginning of the show, "American Idol" got down to business. 2010-02-17T16:01:00Z Mr. Gomes and Ms. Kent often escaped, or at least softened, the ballet’s more flagrantly melodramatic tendencies. Dance Review: Herman Cornejo in Ballet Theater?s ?Romeo and Juliet? 2010-07-06T21:27:00Z Considering our current climate of reactive, out-loud politics, the melodramatic straightforwardness of Lawrence and Lee’s story doesn’t seem as far-out as it once did. Review: In ‘Dear World,’ Donna Murphy Leads a Righteous March 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z This breathlessly melodramatic thriller shouldn’t be taken as a psychological case study, any more than Mr. Shyamalan’s laughable “Lady in the Water” should be mined for clues about the habits of film critics. Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Has Personality. O.K., Personalities. Lots. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The analogy sounds melodramatic, but the parallels are unmistakable. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Well, it’s hard not to sound melodramatic at a film festival where the movies are big but the mood swings are even bigger. Venice Film Festival: No Zendaya as the Strikes Change the Picture 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The older fighter is a mentor and a father figure, to be sure, but he also needs someone to take care of him, especially when illness adds a melodramatic twist to the plot. Review: In ‘Creed,’ Rocky’s Back, as a Mentor, Not a Fighter 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Camp, unlike many Jameses, plays the real man, not his melodramatic stage incarnation. Review: A Shorter ‘Long Day’s Journey,’ Now With N95s 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z But Mr. Iñárritu lost me with “Babel,” less because of its melodramatic excesses than because of its mechanistic quality and sanctimony. ‘Birdman’ Stars Michael Keaton and Emma Stone 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Nelson’s play isn’t nearly as stark or melodramatic as this one appears to be. Review: In ‘What Did You Expect?,’ a Potluck of Election-Year Anxiety 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z There are low jokes, melodramatic declarations and dialogue that might have come from a vintage drawing room comedy. Review: ‘Wolf Hall,’ the Stage Version, Untangles Tudor History With Relish 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Abt’s unhurried pacing and fluid, unobtrusive camera work allow the characters to breathe, and though some tough, dramatic developments are signaled early on, the tone is quietly naturalistic rather than melodramatic. Movie Review | 'Toe to Toe': On a High School Lacrosse Team, Opposites Attract and Attack 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z If melodrama is a sin, or a symptom of something not psychically right, then Kipnis is just as prone to using melodramatic rhetoric as anyone. Sexual melodrama on campus: The real story about college assault that David Brooks and Laura Kipnis don’t understand 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The series is unusually successful in its mix of tones: farcical, serious, melodramatic and metafictional. CW's 'Jane the Virgin' mixes wacky and serious, with a natural ease 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Slowed down by its fussy class geography and wheezing plot-motor, the novel builds into a vividly melodramatic climax with these kids at its heart. Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book 2012-09-27T10:23:32Z “The Bachelor,” the ABC franchise from which the show is spun, has been producing its bland heterosexual burlesque for more than 20 years, and it excels in manufacturing such melodramatic scenes. ‘Golden Bachelor’ Brings Something New to the Mansion: Grief 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z On TV, melodramatic soap operas focused on family dynamics, portraying women as extensions of men as their mothers or wives or daughters. With ‘Four More Shots Please!,’ India Gets Its Own ‘Sex and the City’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The work’s melodramatic, militaristic formations had a modern-dance weightedness and became perplexingly stuck, with the dancer’s feet fixed like those of people pretending to ski. Review: Barnard/Columbia Dances at the Miller Theater 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Han is smart to focus not on the gruesomeness of Dong-ho’s work — which would be redundant, melodramatic and expected — but on its mundanity: The Author of ‘The Vegetarian’ Takes on Korea’s Violent Past 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z This sounds melodramatic – it was not the end of the world – but it is important to recognise the surreal and eerie sci-fi image of London in these pictures of the rioting and looting. London burning: history just went sci-fi 2011-08-08T11:46:42Z Screaming is one of the “melodramatic gestures that are part of film language from the very beginning,” said Adam Lowenstein, a film professor who directs the Horror Studies Working Group at the University of Pittsburgh. They Scream! We Scream! 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The reason I disliked this book so strongly was because of it's corny and childish theme, I found some parts excruciating to read because of the pure melodramatic tone. The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens 2013-01-18T09:00:00Z His greatest asset is his voice, which is made for melodramatic crescendos and heroic upward leaps. Music Review: Adam Lambert?s Message at the Nokia Theater 2010-06-23T22:04:00Z He's about to compete in an important match, reeling from melodramatic blows. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z Shot in restrained, wide-screen black-and-white, it is neither floridly melodramatic nor showily minimalist. | 'Polytechnique': A Fictional Killer of Women Who Is All Too Familiar 2011-06-28T22:27:56Z Cameron's longer "Abyss" was better: more comprehensible, melodramatic, substantive and satisfying. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z Helen’s signature line, “Don’t speak” — uttered by Ms. Wiest in a melodramatic whisper — becomes a noisy part of a sloppy running slapstick routine. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Kazan “rallied him out of his writing blocks, challenged his melodramatic excesses, chivied him to work for greater depth, and allowed his imagination to soar.” Tennessee Williams and the menagerie that made up the life of a legendary playwright Thor, after all, literally isn’t human and as a result, even attempts to “Marvelize” the character fail due to their melodramatic scale. Why Thor is Marvel’s Most Important Superhero 2013-11-11T20:09:57Z The dominant style, particularly among male novelists of the middle and later decades of the 20th century, has been melodramatic self-display. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Then, in moments of intensity, he drew vehemence without a trace of melodramatic excess. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z We can be melodramatic about this; a window in my apartment was shot out and I’ve heard a lot of threats. Jim DeRogatis has been covering R. Kelly’s alleged abuse for nearly two decades. He’s not done yet. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Inherently melodramatic, the film belongs to Ms. Shannon, who vividly etches Joanne in a full end-of-life range: funny, loving, angry, regretful, exhausted, resigned. Review: In ‘Other People,’ a Son’s Anxieties Mount as Tragedy Looms 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet a stage full of men stabbing and lunging with the bamboo for a long period became melodramatic. Life, death, rebirth in Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s ‘Rice’ 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The characters are thin and unsympathetic, the violent, melodramatic conclusion is signalled at the beginning, but not well ascended to. Cherrybomb 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z And when the story inevitably succumbs to some of its more melodramatic inclinations, no part of its potency declines in the bargain. Eyes up here: In "P-Valley," the strippers and their grueling labor are the headliners, not men 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Instead, it will be a brilliantly colorful two minutes of melodramatic murder and mayhem — complete with dancing skulls and flying knives; hair-pulling girls and karate-kicking men — all set to Verdi’s finale from the first act. A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z There is, as in live theater, the occasional hesitance over a line, and the first episode relies on melodramatic twists that don’t always feel earned. Louis C.K.’s ‘Horace and Pete’: Mournful and Unshakable 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z But what may sound melodramatic in summary becomes, in the execution, gripping and authentic. Imagining the World of Nazi Hunters 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Somewhere behind looms Dostoyevsky at his worst, and still further back there is old Eugene Sue, to whom the melodramatic Russian owed so much. Review: ‘Nausea,’ by Jean-Paul Sartre 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And no chemistry develops between the actors; they’re just two guys speaking and pausing with grossly melodramatic weight, and Caytha Jentis, in her first directing effort, has at least a toe on that scale. | 'The One': ?The One,? a Coming-Out Film by Caytha Jentis ? Review 2011-10-06T23:16:31Z “I read that script, but I didn’t like it at all,” he says, calling “Heroes” more of a “traditional biopic-y, melodramatic thing.” Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z A multicolored whirlwind of melodramatic poses and psychodramatic substance, of frivolity and tenacity, Irene is the less than constant wife of a local businessman. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z So as Francisco and other locals conspire to shut down the tower, it becomes easier to accept Hough’s more melodramatic tics: They’re the product of a writer striving for the clarity of a fable. ‘Dr. Brinkley’s Tower’: million-watt tower versus small Mexican town 2013-01-23T23:39:07Z But just when you fear Ms. Tesori is pushing into melodramatic excess, she shifts the mood and surprises you. Review: Police Violence Reaches Opera in ‘Blue’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Taken on its own terms, "It's Kind of a Funny Story" is a delicately balanced work, rich in spirit but never melodramatic, and full of sharp observations and lovely performances. "It's Kind of a Funny Story": Zach Galifianakis' dramatic breakthrough 2010-10-09T14:20:00Z The scripts and the direction hold the viewer’s hand, using melodramatic scoring and imagery and blunt dialogue. Review: ‘Genius: Aretha’ Speaks Loudest When It Sings 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z By compressing the story into less than two hours, Bar-Lev reminds us that Penn State’s collective attempt at self-reckoning was tormented, melodramatic and bizarre. Behind the Penn State scandal: A community fails to reckon with its past 2014-01-27T12:43:00Z This latter element leads to some questionable melodramatic embellishments that detract from rather than bolster the film's central theme of forgiveness and reconciliation. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z Unfolding mainly over one long night, “The Birthday Cake,” punchily photographed by Sean Price Williams, is brash, a little hokey and endearingly melodramatic. ‘The Birthday Cake’ Review: Baked Hoods 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Instead of regarding Jay as the comically pretentious and melodramatic cliche that he is, “Katerina” presents this young man as a singularly tragic hero. Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z But it's no worse in this respect than most such films and better than many — rarely cornball and, indeed, conceivably less melodramatic than the life it portrays. HBO's 'Bessie' offers a lesson in show biz and the blues 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The scene may be played with melodramatic effect, but its underlying pathos is familiar to ballet dancers. For Dancers, ?Black Swan? Is a Cautionary Tale 2011-01-07T21:13:52Z And as you might surmise from the title, there is indeed a killer on the loose in Jackson’s mash-up of soaps and melodramatic movies. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Sure, the plot is melodramatic and with little excitement of the violent and sinister sort we expect from Hitchcock, but this is a fine film. The Genius of Alfred Hitchcock at the BFI: 10 of his lesser-known gems 2012-07-04T09:38:11Z His expertly choreographed scenes of mayhem are at once comical and appalling, and his young cast embraces the melodramatic extremity of the story with impressive conviction. Movie Review: ‘Battle Royale,’ Directed by Kinji Fukasaku 2012-05-24T23:38:04Z She uses the melodramatic tropes of soap opera to tell a cracking good story, all the while smuggling in piercing observations, like a file baked in a cake. Ties that bind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the film, “The Room,” is a flat-out awful compendium of excruciating dialogue, incoherent plot twists and strangely wooden yet melodramatic acting. When Your Movie Is a Hit for All the Wrong Reasons 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z There are squalls of intrigue and a melodramatic cloudburst or two, but nothing that threatens to spoil the festivities. Review: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is a Party With a First-Rate Guest List 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The organization also targeted the film when the initial trailer was released, arguing that it “deceives the public with a visually appealing melodramatic love story that romanticizes and normalizes sexual violence.” Morality in Media Criticizes R-rating for 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “I told you I’m melodramatic,” he warned the audience. Serpentwithfeet‘s Sensual Ode to Drama 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Everything leads up to a wild, near-risible climax of a melodramatic, soap operatic sort, something predicated, if not dictated, by the hard-driving, hysterical tone. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z “My parents . . . loved to refer to me as ‘melodramatic,’ or, worse, ‘a drama queen,’ ” Machado writes. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Early on, he invests the role with subtle shades of humor that help leaven the melodramatic proceedings. 2010-01-25T08:09:00Z We never get to know these characters past tiny snippets of dialogue, the life altering variables never play out so it's impossible to feel the impact, and the melodramatic ending felt cheap. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Whether a melodramatic comment on art and anarchy, or a wild experiment in toxic maternalism, the film feels like a fever that just won’t break. ‘Ema’ Review: Maternal Flame 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z All of which made the denouement jarringly melodramatic and disappointingly facile. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z Love, lust, betrayal and superbly-rendered petite blonde envy all culminate in a melodramatic flood. Kate Clanchy's top 10 coming-of-age novels 2013-05-22T09:52:36Z There are several genres nimbly folded into “The Skin I Live In,” which might also be described as an existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza. | 'The Skin I Live In': ?The Skin I Live In,? Directed by Pedro Almod?var ? Review 2011-10-13T17:05:56Z The tension of the series thus far culminates in this melodramatic apex, and the episode does not disappoint. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 5: Taking the Stage 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z In the opera, the soprano Brenda Harris brings a big, wobbly voice and sneering bluster to the role and makes the most of her suitably melodramatic scenes. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It was brave in its foregrounding of emotional honesty and its resistance of melodramatic story lines. The “Parenthood” Finale and TV’s Emotion Revolution 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Instead of being explosively melodramatic, its acts of violence are incidental blips of rage against a bleak social environment. Critic?s Notebook: Film Festival Gains Life From Reality 2010-09-28T23:03:00Z But the script is often strangled by its overgrown lyricism and by its surprising tendency toward melodramatic clichés as the other characters present their testimonies to an unseen audience of interrogators. Review: ‘But I Cd Only Whisper,’ a Tale of a Violent Veteran 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z It's a version that’s very different from the melodramatic French cut. Cannes 2014: Weinstein Co. pumps slate filled with notables, questions 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Some turns of fate in "Amy's View" are melodramatic, others all too predictable. ArtsWest takes a look at 'Amy's View' 2011-09-09T19:06:04Z It’s worth recalling an earlier melodramatic thriller tarted up with flowery ornaments and freighted with earnest political relevance by a white woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe. Perspective | Threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It was an angsty, melodramatic mess written by someone who had never even had a boyfriend at that time in my life, but I was proud of it. Can "stanning” be a form of recovery? Healing and trauma in fandom communities 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The film is partly an impressionistic chronicle, by turns comical and melodramatic, of her affairs — the French word is histoires — with various unsatisfactory men. Review: ‘Let the Sunshine In’ Shows the Complex Radiance of Juliette Binoche 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z It leads to a melodramatic crisis, and a bizarre resolution, of sorts. Cannes 2013: Jeune et Jolie – review 2013-05-16T14:08:37Z If music is providing all this emotional tone, you don’t want the lyrics to be that emotional on top of it, because that creates a melodramatic effect. White House event sparks collaboration between poet and singer 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The first and perhaps funniest of three bits featured a suggestive-sounding Mike fixing a friend's bike tire by "pumping it" — a lot — while melodramatic music played. Why is Matt Bomer singing? Why is Channing Tatum pumping? All is revealed ... 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Their affair, which starts fumblingly and then takes a hard, melodramatic turn, feels like something of a skeleton mount, merely a place where their professional lives can intersect. In ‘Horse,’ Geraldine Brooks Sets a Consideration of Race at the Track 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z "I was a melodramatic teenager," she sighs, now four years wiser. Coco Sumner: 'I'd die for music' 2010-10-07T22:00:00Z The effect was not unlike a silent movie in which melodramatic acting is amplified by music. Yo-Yo Ma is marvelous during a strange night at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z In his review, Mr. Hall called it “a curious, somewhat fantastic and often melodramatic story, but nevertheless one which at this time is very interesting.” A Hollywood White House for Interesting Times 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The best baseball chapter is a patient recounting of Williams’s melodramatic and bittersweet final game, in which he homered in his last time at bat. Books Of the Times: Ben Bradlee Jr. Plumbs Ted Williams’s Life in ‘The Kid’ 2013-12-04T22:02:20Z I don’t want to spoil the suspense, so I’ll just say that Nori lives many lives in this riveting, occasionally melodramatic, always entertaining novel. You’re Going to Want to Join this Odyssey Through Postwar Japan 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z But the choreographer, Veronica Cendoya, skillfully utilized the familiar themes of soccer — the aggression, the melodramatic injuries, the hysterical glee and moribund despair — to create an amusing, inventive piece. Let’s Get Physical: A Berlin Dance Festival, Serving All Audiences 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Even with this superlative dancer’s presence, it felt a little melodramatic and a little aimless. Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Set to a melodramatic commissioned score by Claire van Kampen, the dance is, according to the program note, inspired by Lee Krasner’s “Umber Series” paintings. Review: A Scrappy Ballet Company, Undone by High Expectations 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Lopez’s script often relies on melodramatic strokes and schematic coincidences, and the monologues can get preachy. A thought-provoking ‘Whipping Man’ at Taproot 2013-04-04T22:43:14Z Some of the melodramatic plot turns used here were old when David Belasco started out. | 'War Horse': A Boy and His Steed, Far From Humane Society 2011-04-15T02:01:02Z Florida-based composer Scott McAllister’s dark, melodramatic “Black Dog,” inspired by a Led Zeppelin riff that rumbled from the brass and featuring one too many clarinet cadenzas by Benjamin Lulich, felt out of place. Seattle Symphony salutes Quincy Jones’ career in suitably eclectic style 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z As the film progresses, you begin to realise that Morgan is not being melodramatic, but actually offering a factual, accurate record of a breakdown as it is happening. Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z But it also proves the value in packaging an underexposed history in the type of sparkle and melodramatic glam long reserved for other figures who aren't dark-skinned black women. Netflix's lush "Self Made" deftly glams up an underexposed history 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Like many sappy Asian rom-dramas, "A Beautiful Life" relies heavily on sentimental soundtrack ballads and enough melodramatic twists to cause a serious case of whiplash. 'A Beautiful Life': Romantic tale brings twists, turmoil and tears 2011-05-19T19:58:04Z In her review, Manohla Dargis describes the film as “an existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza.” ArtsBeat Blog: Beneath Pedro Almod?var's 'Skin' 2011-10-13T18:31:58Z Ms. Tartt is especially adept at showing how Hampden’s ‘hermetic, overheated atmosphere’ leads to a melodramatic inflation of emotions that in turn results in acts of violence.” 50 States, 50 Love Stories 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z As a child I found it long-winded, melodramatic, and a manipulative kind of tearjerker, even if I didn't use those exact words. The harmful messaging of "It's a Wonderful Life" 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z This off-putting touch was not just melodramatic, but musically clichéd. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z Muse's greatest songs -- from storm-the-heavens anthems to melodramatic ballads -- are last chances, gambles with fate, challenges to the gods. Muse a contender for world's biggest band 2010-09-27T00:59:00Z Yet even as the gathering melodramatic storms threaten to swamp this pungent slice of life, Mr. Cretton manages to earn your tears honestly. Movie Review: ‘Short Term 12’ Delves Into Life at a Group Home 2013-08-22T21:47:18Z As a melodramatic TV fantasy featuring characters who do not always keep their clothes on, Game of Thrones does not seem the most obvious source of inspiration for haute couture. Fashion’s Game of Thrones fans bring the dragon queen onto the catwalk 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z There’s simply too little music for the tribe to react to her death and for us to understand its implications; the ending is a merely melodramatic flourish. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z If anything, Miss Prism underestimated the sensational and melodramatic effects of money. Money: The Unauthorised Biography by Felix Martin – review 2013-06-05T06:00:11Z One might expect inside-the-room reportage to be more melodramatic than a careful study of structural forces. What Keeps America Divided? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z In some scenes, Mr. Decker’s reconceptions of “La Traviata” are as heavy-handed as the melodramatic clichés he abhors in traditional productions. Opera Review: A Modern ?Traviata,? Where Time Keeps Ticking 2011-01-02T17:15:26Z I can’t explain the intensity of what I felt or how angry I was; there are no words, only me smashing things and tearing my hair out, as melodramatic as that might sound. Two Real Stories That Will Change Your Mind About Cheating 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Much modern opera, particularly by Americans, is highly melodramatic and written in a style not that far removed from the sensationalist and lurid post-Wagnerian style of verismo. Dudamel conducts 'Cav' and 'Pag' at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The whole, terrible story is retold here, complete with flimsy reconstructions, melodramatic music and tawdry narration. TV highlights 18/12/2012 2012-12-17T19:59:01Z Certainly Ibsen was never loath to throw in a few melodramatic plot turns or revelations to force confrontations while unmasking hypocrisies. | 'John Gabriel Borkman': Ibsen?s Big Chill, With Soul Mates Frozen in Time 2011-01-14T03:01:01Z Vargas went out for a long walk to the Brooklyn Bridge, listening to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 — by turns delicate, melodramatic, overbearing. From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas’s life on the run Beautifully shot and compellingly melodramatic, "The Immigrant" is a subtle, sophisticated examination of America at its best and basest. 'Sonic Highways' and 'A Most Violent Year' among offerings 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z A sense of lives doomed to struggle and disappointment pervades the writing without dragging it into lugubrious or melodramatic territory. Books of The Times: ?We the Animals,? by Justin Torres - Review 2011-09-01T22:00:18Z This turns into an involved, melodramatic story, crowned with a moment of violence which is almost unwatchable as well as silly, closing off a storyline which was in any case beginning to unravel. Film review: The Scouting Book for Boys 2010-03-18T23:00:00Z All too often, she says, movies tend to be “melodramatic, condescending, patronizing, idiotic, glamorizing and/or demonizing,” not just of patients, but of doctors and patients’ families. Filmmaker Paul Dalio mines his bipolar disorder for feature debut 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Their biggest complaint about the film, she said, wasn’t the melodramatic portrayal, the inaccuracies or the ugly stereotypes. For Dancers, ?Black Swan? Is a Cautionary Tale 2011-01-07T21:13:52Z It's also rather melodramatic – there's a lot of crying. Laura Wade on her early play, White Feathers 2013-01-01T17:00:08Z Part of the problem is the direction, which heightens the show’s melodramatic stiffness. After another brave attempt, Sondheim-Furth musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' remains a rutted road 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The musical treatment is too light and perky to harness the melodramatic power of the play, but there are some charming numbers. Theater Review: ‘New Girl in Town,’ at Irish Repertory Theater 2012-07-29T22:00:21Z The drama grew a little too melodramatic, a couple of the characters really started working our nerves — here’s to you, Jenny Schecter — and in the final season, the writing was a fresh version of awful. "The L Word: Generation Q" wants us back, but we'd rather hang with "Work in Progress" 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Genial, energetic and physically graceful, he nimbly juggles the farcical and melodramatic elements of the story, and holds onto his dignity even in cringe-worthy moments. T Magazine: Charm Offensive 2012-02-17T15:00:33Z Maybe a longtime star, ending his or her contract, would get a slow, melodramatic Viking funeral for sweeps month. Death, Be Not Meh: Are Big TV Kill-Offs Starting to Lose Their Power? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “The Greek cinema tradition is very melodramatic, so there is this fear always of not doing that,” Ms. Tsangari said. Athina Rachel Tsangari Directs ?Attenberg? 2012-03-02T19:13:03Z Big news in the world of melodramatic/anthemic Canadian indie rock: Two new Wolf Parade tracks hit the Internet today. Music Monday: two new Wolf Parade tracks from "Expo 86" 2010-05-03T17:19:00Z It's just one of the many moments in the conclusion to "The Dropout" that portrays the epic, nearly melodramatic decline of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos empire. What comes after "The Dropout" ending: What Elizabeth Holmes, Erika Cheung and others are doing now 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z And a melodramatic plot twist or two doesn’t add much momentum. ‘Trails’ a cross between love triangle, buddy road trip 2013-03-18T21:40:23Z Dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil, he's an homage to Joseph Cotton's Uncle Charlie - a murder in a suit jacket at the dinner table - from Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt." Review: Park Chan-wook's lurid melodrama 'Stoker' 2013-02-28T02:01:08Z Ray and his cast fling themselves wholeheartedly into the spirit and tone of “The Last Tycoon,” but the material shows its age — melodramatic and sometimes downright campy. Perspective | Summer TV 2017: ‘Snowfall,’ ‘Prime Suspect’ are a good place to start 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z And I liked “Company” better than you did, but disliked “Girl From the North Country” for its melodramatic book, which I know is controversial opinion. Against All Odds, Broadway Rose to the Occasion. Mostly. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z When the threatening Austrians appear, it’s melodramatic and obvious to costume these villains in black. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “It’s really hard to respond to this moment dramatically because it’s so melodramatic.” A Political Satire on Stage, and Not About Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Added to this effect was the comedy of the gaping chasm between the flimsiness of the conflict and its melodramatic presentation. The Odd Fascination of the YouTube Beauty Wars 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Did the writers go too far, crossing the border, as Joan might say, into the distastefully melodramatic? 'Mad Men' Watch: Lost Weekend 2010-08-30T15:25:00Z There is something melodramatic and soapy about Cell 211 occasionally, but it really is exciting. Cell 211 ? review 2011-07-14T21:56:00Z From then on, “Reparations” fully commits to a melodramatic style in its portrayal of people caught in moral quicksands. Review: In ‘Reparations,’ Righting Wrongs Comes With a Cost 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Those sections are archly melodramatic, “emotional” with air quotes. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Relocated to a farm in South Africa in the 1890s, Mr. Abrahamse’s adaptation focused less on the faintly melodramatic love-triangle plot to recast the play as a fierce fight for possession of the land. Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill Side by Side, Under the Sun 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Only occasionally do the characters seem much more than earnest archetypes in a fairly familiar, melodramatic story. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s new musical is pretty big on pretty 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The role of Sookie, the introverted, spunky outsider, would seem to be a good fit, but the show’s writing, with its jokey, melodramatic inflections, doesn’t play to her strengths. 'True Blood' Recap: Doing the Vampire Tango 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Creed is unapologetically melodramatic and all the better for it, wearing its heart right on its satin robe. Top 10 Best Movies 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The most original independent filmmaker to surface in the past few years is Josephine Decker, whose second feature, “Thou Wast Mild and Lovely,” unleashes torrents of emotion from an exemplary melodramatic story. Richard Brody: Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Annual BAMcinemaFest 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Tears are, they say, feminine, self-indulgent and melodramatic. Why do we cry – and what can we learn from our tears? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The chapter on her early childhood opens in the third person, as if such trauma could only be observed at a safe distance: the writing is melodramatic, yet the dread feels real. Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review 2013-05-17T06:32:01Z The five-piece band was amazing, the 11 dancers talented and the choreography so melodramatic and faux-erotic that it seemed at times more appropriate for a seedier establishment. ‘Tango Lovers’ at Lincoln Theatre features sultry dancing and outstanding music The story echoes standard melodramatic children’s plots of the era. 'The Adventures of Alice Laselles,' Story by 10-Year-Old Queen Victoria, to Be Published 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Equally strange is that, after snagging the role, Mr. Burgess is now defending his quasi-self against critics who denounce the show for stereotypical depictions of minorities, including that of the melodramatic, musical-theater-loving Titus. Tituss Burgess on a Role Tailor-Made for Him on ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Williams has crafted a slick, intelligent techno-thriller that never allows the melodramatic storyline to swamp the cast of sympathetic characters. Science fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-02-05T00:05:29Z It’s not nearly enough, but regular exercise, going to book club meetings and watching melodramatic programs featuring ladies with ridiculous manicures or dedicated detectives able to solve real-life cold cases goes a long way. The ugly, exhausting reality of parenting, and why we hide it from our children 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z By the time I finished, the words at the beginning seemed untrue or melodramatic. Modern Love: What Is Carved in Stone 2011-05-27T17:29:32Z It’s just a melodramatic thriller tarted up with flowery ornaments and freighted with earnest political relevance. Perspective | Threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z And in the ripely melodramatic spirit of the show, one killer wasn’t enough. ‘The Affair’ Season 2 Finale: You’ll Have to Choose 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z If Schultz stands for the melodramatic, media-obsessed millennial, then Ellis identifies as “the old man on the porch,” whining over the cultural profundity of decades past. Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z That results in a long section of increasingly melodramatic revelations involving a host of offstage characters. Review | In Richard Russo’s ‘Chances Are . . . ,’ a charming reunion unearths a chilling disappearance 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Her melodramatic rendition, featuring one of her most powerful vocals, sold 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the biggest singles of all time. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z The confrontation was more electric, if a bit melodramatic. Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z It also works as an art-world allegory, an almost comically melodramatic indictment of everyone involved — deluded artist, reptilian dealer and callous public alike. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z If only this score had fewer moments of all-out, frenzied, melodramatic excess. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Silver’s aesthetic is fundamentally melodramatic, rooted in the dark melodramas of the fifties and sixties, of Sam Fuller and, especially, Vincente Minnelli. Like Sundance in Brooklyn, Except Better 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Some of his sharpest insights are about childhood, like the distinctly melodramatic way children see getting “in trouble.” Louis CK Performs at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z And ballet goes on abounding in sexist, melodramatic clichés. Critic?s Notebook: The Many Faces of ?Black Swan,? Deconstructed 2011-02-09T23:04:37Z And yet the film is neither depressing nor melodramatic. Movie Review: ‘Take This Waltz,’ Directed by Sarah Polley 2012-06-28T22:36:20Z It’s none too subtle in either its sickly-green color schemes or its melodramatic logic, as timid it’s not. Movie Review: ‘That Demon Within,’ Dante Lam’s Hong Kong Pulp 2014-04-18T00:25:29Z The movie is “brash, a little hokey and endearingly melodramatic,” Jeannette Catsoulis said in her review for The New York Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Oratorio’ and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The sequence is powerful and skillfully filmed, but the dread and horror it injects into the story seem superfluously melodramatic. 2010-01-15T04:05:00Z Starting with an idealistic cop’s laborious reconstruction of shredded financial documents, it aspires to some of the quotidian procedural force of “The Wire,” but Mr. Padilha’s moralistic and melodramatic instincts quickly assert themselves. TV Shows to Watch From Hong Kong, Brazil, Sweden and More 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Here is where he really shows his evolution, because he handles this passage with a light touch, humbly and without the melodramatic negativity of his title. Three New Stand-Up Specials, Three Very Different Approaches 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z You went for the single, melodramatic “kill” move at the expense of flowing with and making the wave. Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The last episode of the drama's fifth season was overstuffed, rushed and brazenly melodramatic, tying off subplots lickety-split, as if working its way down a checklist. "Big Love's" powerful, infuriating ending 2011-03-21T14:22:00Z Certain critics found the music overwrought, melodramatic, even mawkish. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z "Little" Jerome Anthony Gourdine's melodramatic falsetto was influenced by Jimmy Scott, his Brooklyn cohorts the Imperials having abandoned doowop for a more adult "uptown soul" sound. Readers recommend: songs about a change of mind ? results 2011-08-04T14:27:52Z It's one of the more subtle moments in Michael Duke's production, but gets lost among the melodramatic consequences. Huzzies – review 2012-10-29T17:41:28Z We only get fragments, delivered in a melodramatic style that can turn self-consciously poetic. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Neighboring galleries display pastoral landscapes, portraits of bourgeois matrons, and melodramatic history paintings that may not appeal to everyone, but certainly reveal the exquisitely descriptive manner of 19th-century Spanish painting. A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z He sang expressively and with solid technique throughout the evening, although sometimes his melodramatic effects resulted in uneven phrasing. Music Review: Vittorio Grigolo Performs Solo Recital at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-03-10T04:56:04Z "Black Swan" doesn't directly imitate it, but both movies share a melodramatic tone and a recognition that shadows lurk in this most elegant of arts. 'Black Swan' director Darren Aronofsky ushers a 'wereswan' onto the screen 2010-12-02T21:56:00Z But knowing, in that immediate and unmediated way, what people thought about my writing felt . . . the word I keep reaching for, even though it seems melodramatic, is annihilating. What It Felt Like When “Cat Person” Went Viral 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Although Pip’s mom isn’t the biggest narcissist we run into, she’s repellently manipulative, swinging erratically from lavish praise to pouty complaints, extravagant declarations of devotion and melodramatic claims of illness — and Pip loves her. With ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen tackles the Web, mothers, the truth 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Anne Boleyn’s story whets our appetite through its melodramatic ingredients: sex, royalty, intrigue, and brutality. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z It really is bizarre: a farcical thrill-less thriller that is inert, melodramatic and preposterous. Requiem for a Killer – review 2012-06-14T21:10:01Z If you don’t give yourself over to him, if you try backpedaling him at times, that’s when it feels melodramatic or old-fashioned. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf on Acting in O’Neill 2012-06-14T16:57:18Z The first half of “Cuz,” which stumbles and falters in places, is capped by an explosive reveal of Michael’s killer that comes across as delayed for melodramatic effect. A Lamentation for a Life Cut Short 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The overwrought lyricism and lack of musical subtlety kept turning the opera melodramatic, even maudlin. Review: A Maudlin Trip Down the Amazon, With a Star in Disguise 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Rapp's seesaw script alternates genuinely sympathetic moments of human yearning, grief and despair with melodramatic plotting. Last part of Adam Rapp's trilogy is often tedious 2011-02-25T18:06:15Z Though not without flaws and too prone to sweeping, melodramatic outbursts that become predictable, even cloying, the opera is theatrically and musically effective. Review: ‘Bel Canto’ Opera Arrives at an Unsettling Time 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z One song that escaped the lavatorial graveyard was Never Gonna Change, a melodramatic break-up ballad, in which Georgia accuses her lover of "pushing down on my shoulders and emptying my lungs". Broods: New Zealand's next pop export 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The sanctioned pop style resembles melodramatic Italian music of the 1970s, with some modern rhythms incorporated. Iranians pump up the volume for banned tunes 2013-05-07T13:46:41Z "Instruments of Darkness" is a thoroughly engaging novel, with rich prose and an intricate, suspenseful plot, with melodramatic, Gothic touches in perfect keeping with the historical period. `Instruments of Darkness' is suspenseful, engaging 2011-02-16T18:15:09Z The final scenes are arguably a little too melodramatic, but this was a sleek and watchable picture. Cannes film festival: Countdown to Zero, The Housemaid, A Screaming Man and Outrage 2010-05-17T21:00:00Z Very melodramatic in hindsight, but Fallon knew my melancholy; he knew my pain. The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten Is About You 2012-07-26T17:12:21Z But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. Review: In ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,’ a Comfort Zone That Cannot Last 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The reliance on melodramatic music and lurid — though not explicit — re-enactments does not seem to me to make the movie more powerful, but rather the opposite. Movie Review: ‘Mea Maxima Culpa,’ Alex Gibney Documentary 2012-11-15T23:34:58Z What kind of underscoring do you write for a melodramatic yet serious musical inspired by soap operas, Lifetime movies and “Law and Order: SVU”? Where Do Theater Artists Go to Ask Questions? Poughkeepsie. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z They weren’t “lost” in any melodramatic Victorian sense, and their families didn’t disown them. Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But it is an incredible incarnation: he just becomes Oscar Wilde, in the first act offering a camp and melodramatic performance of tragedy, in the second act living a real one. Rupert Everett: 'Sex is over. I'm not motivated by it any more' 2013-04-21T07:30:01Z They were meant to bring a tear to the eye in melodramatic fashion. The art of the war memorial: What should a monument to a past conflict do? 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z By contrast, he morphs Brother Can You Spare A Dime? into a louche big band romp and turns Rihanna's Russian Roulette into melodramatic cinematic pop. George Michael 2011-08-23T18:58:26Z This may seem melodramatic to you now, but the moment was more than a callow teen-ager, mostly unacquainted with death or real pain, could bear. Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z This group, the first of four participating troupes, will perform “Dolores,” inspired by the music and themes of the films by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, known for his outrageous, melodramatic and uniquely poignant style. Dance Listings for Feb. 28-March 6 2014-02-27T23:07:30Z I walk him back through the office to the front door, where he hugs me goodbye and apologises for “garbling a load of melodramatic nonsense”. Tony Slattery: ‘I had a very happy time until I went slightly barmy’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Traditionally, the character is a melodramatic car crash but Close’s reading was slightly different, says Glen. Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z There are perhaps too many set-piece arias and melodramatic ensembles that crest to sweeping climaxes. Music Review | Dicapo Opera Theater: Boy Is Ensnared in 19th-Century Papal Politics 2010-02-26T22:20:00Z Much funnier and less melodramatic than that might sound. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z That is less a compliment than it sounds: Most “Carmen” ballets are clunkily melodramatic and choreographically dismal. Review: Richard Alston’s ‘Carmen’ in Fort Lauderdale 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The results are sometimes overly busy, and the tone of “Dragon” wavers between knowing pastiche and melodramatic sincerity. Movie Review: ‘Dragon (Wu Xia),’ Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan 2012-11-29T23:01:20Z "The performance is a bit melodramatic, but in a sense, it reflects reality," said one Japanese banker. TV drama captures public angst at "Made in Japan" decline 2013-02-08T07:50:21Z But there are melodramatic scenes that grab you, as well as a few lyrically soaring arias. Music Review: Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-09T23:02:45Z In an election year rife with melodramatic intrigue, the plays were ransacked for character analogies, political wisdom and memorable lines reminding us of a time when rhetoric was still able to soar. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The mask-like artifice of the pilots in song, the histrionic flourishes of the historical masques, the melodramatic excesses of villains and heroes alike offer an extravagant thrill of overstoked emotion to a nearly unbearable intensity. The Virtues of Screening “Forbidden” Films 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z There are no blazing shoot-’em-up moments, no melodramatic standoffs, no tragic flameouts. | 'Mr. Nice': Reliving a Drug Dealer?s Halcyon Days 2011-06-02T21:47:04Z All these provide fractional context for Delacroix's big, melodramatic canvas. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s a severe-looking show with black-clad actors working in an exaggerated, melodramatic style; the production works hard to establish a reasonably interesting vocabulary, but then it’s stumped, doing what it does over and over. Hamlet’s ‘bad’ self and Kafka’s bug, on compact stages 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z What ensues is a kind of euphoric, if melodramatic, resurrection conveyed through the fleet-footed idiom of house dance. Review: Alvin Ailey’s ‘Awakening’ Projects a Sense of Fight-or-Flight 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “Parasite” is more noir than science fiction, farcical until it turns melodramatic. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Across pages that never succumb to a single melodramatic or sentimental phrase, Nora quietly manages her grief and figures out how to carry on with her life. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 The characters in this musically vibrant if overstuffed show, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina during two separate decades of the 20th century, endure hardship, heartache and almost melodramatic loss. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Surprisingly often, when I get up from a chair to leave a room, those six melodramatic words will unfurl in my mind. In Ireland, Chasing the Wandering Soul of Yeats 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z This is no melodramatic stage villain but a plausible leader who has given himself over to vengeance. At South Coast Rep, a stunning, gravity-defying stab at 'Moby Dick' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z On the musical side Puccini’s full-throated, melodramatic and unabashedly tonal verismo style swiftly became and remained the lingua franca of American opera. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z Laughably melodramatic when I caught the end of the replay. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Given Bucky’s personality and history, it’s not hard for the reader to figure out what happens next, even if Mr. Roth makes the aftermath a lot more melodramatic than you might expect. Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground 2010-10-04T17:16:00Z A couple of melodramatic real-world developments did take place later in the episode. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Alicia, Mind Wandering, Figures Out a Few Things 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z It would be very easy to make a character in her situation—essentially being sold into high-class sex slavery—melodramatic or pitiable. Game of Thrones Watch: It's All in the Execution 2011-04-18T19:00:00Z These usually take the form of Wikipedia-style biographical summaries delivered to the audience, or melodramatic declarations that might in other contexts be played for camp. Review: ‘Shuffle Along’ Returns to Broadway’s Embrace 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Where “Nightingale” differs is in a less melodramatic climax, easier conversational flow and radically altered path to the same poignant conclusion. What the heart desires in Tennessee Williams' 'Eccentricities of a Nightingale' in Venice 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z According to how passionate or melodramatic a character or group of characters is being, they attract more audience members around them. Calling on the audience to live the dream 2010-08-21T06:00:00Z But while some of the dramatic conventions Ms. Buffini employs can be classified as antiquated hokum, her thoughtful writing steers clear of melodramatic cliché, grounding the play’s events in emotional truth and complex characterizations. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z Music blasts as Clay arrives on stage, lights a cigarette and takes a typically melodramatic, deep drag before speaking. With old dirty nursery rhymes and a new series, Andrew Dice Clay returns 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z By turns melodramatic, slapstick, sentimental, racist, misogynist, embarrassing and horrific, “The Sorcery Club” is hardly a great novel of the supernatural. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell It was melodramatic and weepy and screamy and horrific, and, oh, by the way, a baby that apparently is the Antichrist was born. American Horror Story Finale: They Really Are a Screa-um, the Harmon Family! 2011-12-22T13:47:17Z An homage to Joseph Cotton's Uncle Charlie in Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," he's dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-02-28T02:07:11Z The plot and characters are not perfectly developed, either: melodramatic coincidence and schmaltzy romance periodically weaken the book. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning – review 2013-03-22T08:00:01Z And Steven, the most melodramatic of a melodramatic lot, finds himself asking his old, old chum Matt, in capital letters, “WHO ARE YOU?” Review: In ‘Steve,’ Contemplating Middle Age and Monogamy 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z It’s a slightly melodramatic twist, though it raises the stakes from teenage farce to something with a little more emotional resonance. Television Review: MTV’s ‘Faking It’ Stars Katie Stevens and Rita Volk 2014-04-21T21:55:24Z For a while, this slow-burn approach by the writer and director, Simon Stone, works: Stabilized by mostly unimpeachable performances, the movie hugs the rails of credibility more tightly than its melodramatic material deserves. Review: A Long-Buried Family Secret Explodes in ‘The Daughter’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It also yawns between the thrill of this production when it sings and its perversely melodramatic flatness when it’s behaving like a traditional play. Review: In ‘Girl From the North Country,’ Rolling Stones Gather Regrets 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The war in “Desperate Journey” is no longer the stuff of a boy’s adventure story; here senseless deaths occur, and there are no melodramatic villains to draw cathartic boos and whistles. DVDs: On DVD, Errol Flynn and Raoul Walsh War Movies 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z But don’t expect melodramatic fireworks: The shows depict lives in turmoil with deceptive simplicity — an elusive quality that the Transport Group captures in the graceful revivals now in repertory at the Gym at Judson. Review: Pathos Times Two: A Double Dose of Inge, in Close Quarters 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z So it is with “Moment by Moment,” in which the element of time serves a special, melodramatic purpose—it infuses a recognizable version of middle-class life with a sense of destiny. Revisiting “Moment by Moment,” Lily Tomlin and John Travolta’s Wrongly Despised 1978 Melodrama 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z |
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