period piece
noun
: a work (as of literature, art, furniture, cinema, or music) whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period
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And then this seeming period piece about aggression and psychological projection pulls a trick.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
What begins as a deep Southern gangster period piece soon transforms into a harrowing fight for survival and spiritual freedom against a ruthless clan of vampires.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Apr. 2025
The action picks up only a few months after Mo got trapped in Mexico, which turns the season into something of a period piece that largely sidesteps the nightmare in Gaza.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
The Mirror and the Light, then, may be a period piece in more ways than one unless something changes.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
What begins as a deep Southern gangster period piece soon transforms into a harrowing fight for survival and spiritual freedom against a ruthless clan of vampires.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Apr. 2025
The action picks up only a few months after Mo got trapped in Mexico, which turns the season into something of a period piece that largely sidesteps the nightmare in Gaza.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
The Mirror and the Light, then, may be a period piece in more ways than one unless something changes.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Period piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/period%20piece. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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