theatricalize
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Instead of trying to theatricalize its story through finding playable action, The Inheritance tries to solve the problem of adapting a literary work through emphasizing its literariness.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2019
And not only to vote but also to theatricalize their public commitment to voting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Unlike in, say, “Stuffed,” in which the comedian Lisa Lampanelli looked at her body issues, there are no attempts to theatricalize the production.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2018
I did everything I could to theatricalize him in the extreme.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2016
There are some realities you cannot theatricalize when you translate the reality to lingua franca, which is what English is for the movies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2012
The psychology, however, needs to be more boldly theatricalized, and for Parks that inevitably means verbalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Even though Gardiner has theatricalized the typically sparse musical with more ambitious design elements and stagecraft, Smith’s storytelling and vocals still carry the show.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
The play is a spoof of the theatricalized murder mystery.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2017
The proceedings can seem less like a fresh retelling of a seminal story and more like, despite stabs at grit and terror, a theatricalized, dewy-eyed version of days past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
“Literature that is lifelike in essence, moral without being hypocritical, dramatic without being theatricalized, inspiring without being preachy.”
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
That sentence was so clear and so moving, and I started thinking about theatricalizing the idea that one person can literally be your whole world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
