as in drama
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage
a dramatization of a true story
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Watch on Amazon Thirteen Lives Director Ron Howard’s latest gathers a top-notch cast—including Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton—for a dramatization of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, where a Thai junior soccer team and their assistant coach were trapped in the flooded cave system.
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
The Lockerbie disaster’s victims are bracing for a second dramatization later this year, a co-production from the BBC and Netflix.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
However, the Chandlers signed a settlement in the ’90s that prohibits the dramatization of them and their story, according to two sources.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
For all Eggers’s dramatization of unreason, his images sit heavily onscreen awaiting something more significant than mere admiration—interpretation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
The Lockerbie disaster’s victims are bracing for a second dramatization later this year, a co-production from the BBC and Netflix.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
However, the Chandlers signed a settlement in the ’90s that prohibits the dramatization of them and their story, according to two sources.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
For all Eggers’s dramatization of unreason, his images sit heavily onscreen awaiting something more significant than mere admiration—interpretation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Dramatization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatization. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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