dumb show
noun
1
: a part of a play presented in pantomime
2
: signs and gestures without words : pantomime
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Kathryn Bostic is our composer and the music is just so beautiful and real and present in such a dumb show, which is such a fun mix.
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
This is an epically, delightfully dumb show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
Moon Knight's Khonshu desired Moon Knight's wife as his next Moon Knight, a lost subplot on a rapturously dumb show.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
This is an epically, delightfully dumb show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
Moon Knight's Khonshu desired Moon Knight's wife as his next Moon Knight, a lost subplot on a rapturously dumb show.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
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“Dumb show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb%20show. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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