blood and guts

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But this is not a blood-and-guts show business exposé — it’s a diaphanous portrait of a woman who, like Anderson herself, wafts through life like a marabou feather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Armiliato’s conducting was notable for bringing out the score’s dynamic range; much of this orchestral performance was subtle and delicate, rather than the blaring blood-and-guts that is still the verismo stereotype.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

When it was done right: If you were a hockey fan in 1992, you either loved the San Jose Sharks’ teal or you thought it was a slap in the face to hockey’s blood-and-guts history.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2016

Those who lament that exciting singing is dead, take heart, because the young singers onstage at the Lisner Auditorium proved that thesis wrong with some thrillingly sung, blood-and-guts performances.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2016

A woman—presumably Chip’s mom—said unhappily, “You always have to watch the blood-and-guts shows.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix