How To Use staginess In A Sentence
- (The “Raid on Entebbe” conversation was amusing and felt real … until they shouted out for a public vote on whether it was a common reference: that staginess felt a bit Friends to me.) Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com
- The protest that gave Protestantism its name was against display, against the staginess of the Catholic Church, and its aversion to theatrics applies equally to money: better to appear less wealthy than you are and keep putting in the hours. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
- That kind of staginess isn't found elsewhere in this production. NYT > Home Page
- For all the hamminess, it has a kind of mad, melodramatic, mesmeric power, a thrilling sort of staginess – and of course, back in 1942, it was far from clear his threat would not be carried out. Mrs Miniver shares Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes feeling
- Most of Chaplin's features have a staginess that seems at least half-deliberate.
- There's no staginess before and no hugging each other after. Antonio Meneses and Maria João Pires; La traviata – review
- Despite the obvious dangers of staginess this feels solidly cinematic throughout, with writer-director J Blakeson making the most of limited resources and reaping the benefits of fat-free filming. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
- We do not object to a certain amount of what we call "staginess" on the stage -- it is a part of its art; as the pigment is part of that of the painter. A Librarian's Open Shelf
- Drudging through the goofy storyline in order to get to the action was a grueling experience, and though the stunts themselves were absolutely stunning, the badassery was lessened a tad by the distracting staginess of each successive feat. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Zombieland, The House of the Devil, Ong Bak 2, and More | /Film
- Virtually the entire film is shot on sets; the film-makers revel in a staginess that's nonetheless cinematic.
