melodramatics

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The ride up with Fanny in Act 1 is gleeful, but the climb back down in Act 2, after the shine has worn off the marriage, plunges the show into dreary melodramatics.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

If you’re young, Latino and slightly prone to melodramatics, you might be the kind of person who stays up for a midnight Bad Bunny album release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Heavy on romance and melodramatics, Thomas didn't see the TV show's appeal.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2019

Brazile’s melodramatics cast a purposeful haze over a few important details.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2017

“Now that is the most theatrical display of melodramatics I have ever seen in my life.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling