melodrama
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By contrast, John M. Stahl’s stupendous 1939 melodrama “When Tomorrow Comes”—with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in a labor-relations tale turned hurricane-beset, star-crossed love story—was in sparkling black and white.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
This is a cat and mouse — or cats and mice — melodrama, with customized stock characters given dark secrets and backstory traumas less as explanation than complication.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The danger is that economic anxiety can curdle into existential melodrama.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A typical plot could have a down-on-his-luck young man meeting a friendly genie or a couple from different classes defying all odds and melodrama to marry.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
If I ever direct a retro-Bollywood melodrama, my mother will be the star.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing melodrama
Drama Terminology
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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