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mise-en-scène
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the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production
- an era in which the mise-en-scène of Broadway musicals became ever more spectacular
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the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
- the movie captures the mise-en-scène of strife and desperation in a country torn apart by civil war
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Synonym Discussion of mise-en-scène
background, setting, environment, milieu, mise-en-scène mean the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs. background often refers to the circumstances or events that precede a phenomenon or development.
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- the shocking decision was part of the background of the riots
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- a militant reformer who was born into an unlikely social setting
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- the kind of environment that produces juvenile delinquents
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- an intellectual milieu conducive to artistic experimentation
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- a gothic thriller with a carefully crafted mise-en-scène
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