Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word STAGY
STAGY
Definitions of STAGY
- theatrical
- unnaturally showy
- melodramatic; sensationalized
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using STAGY in a Sentence
- Poirot is made to sit in the light of a bright desk lamp and he is unimpressed with the man, dressed in an old patchwork dressing gown and wearing thick glasses, feeling that the scene is stagy and the man a charlatan who does not possess the strength of character that he would expect from such a rich and powerful person.
- Also, Chris Fisher's screenwriting is singled out for criticism; Nusair describes the dialogue as forced and stagy, the plot as sloppy and rushed, and the dizzying variety of elements, from murder mystery to trashy soap opera, as pointless and bad.
- But the (film), which arrived at the Forty-second Street Embassy yesterday, illustrates that justice is not blind precisely but merely myopic and rather routine"; while TV Guide noted, "good performances help keep this rather stagy and stiff adaptation moving.
- Critics praised the cast for their hamming and effective delivery of what Bennion called the "stilted, stagy dialogue"; Toby Dantzic, writing for The Telegraph Saturday Review, called the acting "stellar".
- " Harvey also called the songs "weak", found the film's production values "charmlessly obvious with tacky f/x and stagy interiors," and criticized the film's use of "frequent blackouts to transition between scenes in a mediocre tech/design package.
- Comfort typically takes the film out of that stagy interior setting, avoiding that airless, studio-set claustrophobia with so often bedevils British budget film-making, and the action sequences are handled with real flair.
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