stagy
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dramatic, hammy, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)
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Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous ā stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "āWhereād You Go, Bernadetteā review: Richard Linklaterās latest, starring Cate Blanchett, is a bit of a bore," 15 Aug. 2019 Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous ā stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. — Michael Phillips, Twin Cities, "āWhereād You Go, Bernadetteā: A brilliant, troubled architect becomes a bit of a bore," 16 Aug. 2019 The scrum made conversation stagy, but Simmons gradually eased into answering Warrenās questions. — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, "Elizabeth Warren Is Completely Serious," 17 June 2019 And the cast from top to bottom is burdened with stagy dialogue. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: āYellowstoneā Wrangles Daddy Issues on the Range," 19 June 2018 Although the action, set in the early 1900s, unfolds almost entirely in and around a Russian lakeside estate, the film rarely feels static or stagy, with enough brisk editing, active camerawork and intimate framing to make for satisfying cinema. — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, "Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan and Elisabeth Moss headline lively new film version of 'The Seagull'," 8 May 2018 Painted in Day-Glo colors and shot in less than a month in Budapest, the movie has a stagy stiffness that grows more irritating by the minute. — Vaughn Stein, New York Times, "Review: Revenge Goes Sour in āTerminalā," 10 May 2018 The upshot is a headlong final act that aims at stark political theater but at times comes off as only stagy. — Peter Ho Davies, New York Times, "An āAntigoneā for a Time of Terror," 29 Sep. 2017 Youngest sister Rose (a sympathetic if sometimes stagy Carina Lastimosa), who lost a fiance to the war, is more directionless and haunted by the past. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Heartbreaking legacy of Japanese internment camps haunts Walnut Creek stage," 5 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stagy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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