theatricalize

Example Sentences

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But the production from the director Keenan Tyler Oliphant can’t fully theatricalize a text so weighed down by narration.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

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

And he was so funny that I did not have to theatricalize my laughter.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015

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