stagy

assumed contrived false feigned forced hollow insincere labored mannered meretricious phony put on spurious theatrical unnatural

genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious

theatrical

artificial blood-and-thunder cliff-hanging cloak-and-dagger exaggerated ham hammy histrionic histrionical hokey overdramatic overemotional sensational spectacular

calm normal untheatrical

arty exaggerated grandiose hollow overblown pompous showy stilted turgid

ostentatious

affected assuming aureate big bombastic chichi conspicuous euphuistic extravagant feigned flamboyant flashy flaunting flowery gaudy grandiloquent high-flown high-sounding highfalutin imposing inflated jazzy la-di-da lofty magniloquent mincing ornate overambitious puffed up put on rhetorical specious splashy swank too-too tumid utopian vainglorious

genuine honest moderate modest plain simple

humble unconceited

campy comic exaggerated melodramatic operatic showy

thespian vaudeville

affected artificial ceremonious dramaturgic hammy histrionic histrionical mannered meretricious ostentatious pompous schmaltzy staged stilted superficial theatric tragic unnatural unreal

comedic real undramatic untheatrical