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melodrama

an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

Synonyms:

• Grand Guignol,
• Passion play,
• Tom show,
• antimasque,
• audience success,
• ballet,
• blood and thunder,
• bomb,
• broadcast drama,
• burlesque show,
• charade,
• cliff hanger,
• closet drama,
• comedy drama,
• critical success,
• daytime serial,
• demonstrativeness,
• dialogue,
• documentary drama,
• drama,
• dramalogue,
• dramatic play,
• dramatic series,
• duodrama,
• duologue,
• emotional appeal,
• emotionalism,
• emotionality,
• emotionalization,
• emotionalizing,
• emotiveness,
• emotivity,
• epic theater,
• experimental theater,
• extravaganza,
• failure,
• flop,
• gasser,
• giveaway,
• happening,
• histrionics,
• hit,
• hit show,
• human interest,
• improvisational drama,
• legitimate drama,
• love interest,
• making scenes,
• masque,
• melodramatics,
• minstrel show,
• miracle,
• miracle play,
• monodrama,
• monologue,
• morality,
• morality play,
• music drama,
• musical revue,
• mystery,
• mystery play,
• nonrationalness,
• opera,
• pageant,
• panel show,
• pantomime,
• pastoral,
• pastoral drama,
• piece,
• play,
• playlet,
• problem play,
• psychodrama,
• quiz show,
• radio drama,
• review,
• revue,
• sensational play,
• sensationalism,
• serial,
• show,
• sitcom,
• situation comedy,
• sketch,
• skit,
• soap,
• soap opera,
• sociodrama,
• spectacle,
• stage play,
• stage show,
• straight drama,
• success,
• suspense drama,
• tableau,
• tableau vivant,
• talk show,
• teleplay,
• television drama,
• television play,
• theater of cruelty,
• theatricality,
• theatrics,
• total theater,
• unreasoningness,
• variety show,
• vaudeville,
• vaudeville show,
• vehicle,
• visceralness,
• word-of-mouth success,
• work,
• yellow journalism