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Adjective
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And there’s all kinds of theatrical fun at Bourbon Steak in Las Vegas.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025 -
Off the heels of Dior Men’s era of Kim Jones, who offered elegant twists on menswear in theatrical runway shows, Anderson ushered in a playful, everyday sense of luxury, delving into the house’s heritage by reintroducing classic silhouettes morphed in new ways.—
Alice Pfeiffer,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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The most reliably entertaining are the dryly sardonic Yelena Belova (Pugh) and the excitable, histrionic Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (a showily outsized Harbour).—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Real Women takes a more tender, less histrionic approach.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The war stories in particular, despite being well-acted, are an unnecessary melodramatic distraction.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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Where to watch: Disney+ 'Straw' Tyler Perry's melodramatic thriller depicts the worst day a parent could ever have.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The tone is maddeningly ambiguous, somewhere between stupid and serious, hammy and apocalyptic—in other words, consummate Crews.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Trump has vowed to deport upwards of 11 million people from the country and doing so would require a dramatic expansion in detention and deportation facilities.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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In this passionate Fire sign, the messenger planet speaks with confidence, courage and a dramatic flair.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Some reservations: Song plays out the scenes between Lucy and Harry, and between Lucy and John, as two-way dialogues that are often stagy and too on-the-nose.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 June 2025
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His Cabinet gathered in the Rose Garden alongside supporters wearing hard hats and reflective vests—a stagy reference to all the manufacturing jobs that would presumably be flooding back to U.S. soil.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Actorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actorly. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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