horse opera
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But also, because of the actor’s reliability, a figure that still felt rooted in the history of the horse opera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
“I met him on one of them horse opera TV deals. I was fascinated with what he was able to do as an actor. I’d never see anything like it.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2020
Mr. Maxwell crossed similar terrain in 2007 in his deadpan riff on the horse opera, “Ode to the Man Who Kneels.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2017
If your expectations are low enough, even a paunchy, muddled, overstuffed horse opera can start to feel like a triumph of sorts.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2013
Thought has never been so popular with mankind as horse opera, horse play, the main idea behind sheep's eyes.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)
