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Adjective
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Movies in this questionably political category tend to feature othered people dealing with some melodramatic version of struggle.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.—
Robert LloydTelevision Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Plastic cups sloshing with sudsy golden lagers and pale pink rum punch glide to tables crowded with friends.—
Bradley Hohulin,
The Indianapolis Star,
29 July 2024
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In an attempt to buck traditional stereotypes, some couples will have photos of themselves eating pizza in elevators, taking a sudsy bath on their wedding morning, or jumping on the bed with their bridal parties.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox,
1 July 2024
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“Soap-operatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap-operatic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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