- 1. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... showcases melodramatic dreamer Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and her ragtag group of friends including rule-following and booksmart Clare (Nicola Coughlan); foul-mouthed and fearless Michelle (Jamie-Lee ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 2. Sincerity Amidst The Chaos: Valerie Mahaffey and Danielle Macdonald On Playing Absurd Characters In The New Film, "French Exit
- (Entertainment)
- ... discuss the film and all of its deep, twisty layers. Danielle Macdonald as Madeleine While Frances and Malcolm are extremely melodramatic characters, emboldened by the flowery, old-timey writing ...
- Created on 16 February 2021
- 3. Autumn de Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... love. Love interest Knightley (Johnny Flynn) is as good-hearted and dreamy as always, but in the hands of de Wilde and screenwriter Eleanor Catton, he’s prone to the occasional bout of melodrama or condescension. Emma. is ...
- Created on 28 February 2020
- 4. These 5 Artists Share Their Experiences On Being Latina in America
- (Feminism)
- ... of Loyal Lobos, LA-based singer and songwriter Andrea Silva crafts raw, alt-folk songs that break convention. Silva mines personal memories and the melodrama of Colombian telenovelas to create poetic music ...
- Created on 16 September 2019
- 5. How "The Farewell" Brings Diverse Death Traditions To Lif
- (Movies)
- ... This was hilariously depicted in the film with melodramatic close-ups of women who are possessed in fits of sobbing, this scene is starkly shown in between a plot exposition introducing a new gravesite ...
- Created on 13 August 2019
- 6. Sexism in Psych Wards: The Gendered Legacy of “Girl, Interrupted”
- (Feminism)
- ... After the largely inaccurate movie adaptation became wildly popular, Kaysen has called the movie “melodramatic drivel,” and that the book “has become something else, and it doesn’t belong to me. I shouldn’t ...
- Created on 26 July 2019
- 7. Dude York's "Falling" Will Make Poptimists Out Of Us A
- (Music)
- ... to date, harkening back to the pop-punk of the early aughts—energetic and fun, if a little melodramatic or oversimplified at times. Bassist Claire England takes on more vocal duties than on previous albums, ...
- Created on 25 July 2019
- 8. Despite Its Stellar Musical Numbers, "Wild Rose" Still Falls Fla
- (Movies)
- Wild Rose Directed by Tom Harper Out June 14 Theatrically trained actor and singer Jessie Buckley gives it her all in this musical melodrama about a single Scottish mum with big Nashville ...
- Created on 14 June 2019
- 9. Literature Meets Litigation: How Charles Dickens’s "Bleak" Telling Of Victorian Law Led To Refor
- (Living)
- ... empty courtroom “like a stone figure.” Stricken with consumption and thoroughly worn out by the case, he dies rather melodramatically a short while later. Attorney and Client: Fortitude and Impatience ...
- Created on 04 June 2019
- 10. Mary Kay Place Breathes Life Into "Diane
- (Movies)
- ... melodrama, the bones of that kind of story are still there (as are retro flourishes like the slow cross-fade effect between several scenes). Diane (Mary Kay Place) is a kind, elderly widow who lives ...
- Created on 09 May 2019
- 11. Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening And Elisabeth Moss Shine In "The Seagull
- (Movies)
- ... characters’ melodramatic emotions. Konstantin likes to rant about how his mother doesn’t understand his art, and Masha’s habit of dressing in black as “a symbol of mourning for her life” makes her something ...
- Created on 11 May 2018
- 12. A Sudden Death, A Grieving Daughter, And A Leaky Vagina
- (Living)
- ... When I’m feeling melodramatic, I say he killed himself on her birthday, but that is not accurate—he shot himself in the head the day before, he just didn’t die right away. When my grandmother called ...
- Created on 27 March 2018
- 13. "I, Tonya" Tells Tonya Harding's Side Of The Story: BUST Revi
- (Movies)
- ... produced—takes her turn as Harding, playing her from age 15 through adulthood. Robbie portrays Harding as an awkward, melodramatic teen and young adult with braces, raging hormones, and incomparable talent. ...
- Created on 08 December 2017
- 14. "Stranger Things" And "Riverdale": The '80s Are Calling. They Want Their Actors Back. But We’ll Keep The
- (TV)
- ... II Archie comics as a teen melodrama/mystery, takes on all the referentiality that it can muster through the ’50s, the ’90s, and now. The echoing of ’90s, even though the TV show is set in present day, ...
- Created on 13 November 2017
- 15. Lorde's Onion Ring Instagram Account Is As Flawless As She I
- (Music)
- ... we’re excited about anything Lorde does, whether a series of onion ring reviews or her highly anticipated album Melodrama, which is coming out on June 16th. Photo Credit: Lorde's Instagram and the Newshub ...
- Created on 14 June 2017
- 16. "Harlots": Inverting Sex Worker Stereotypes In Lots of Taffet
- (TV)
- ... makeup, wild melodrama (Poisonings! Kidnappings! Venturing into a spooky house with a lantern!), and unapologetic sexuality of many kinds, including BDSM and queer relationships portrayed in non-stigmatizing ...
- Created on 14 June 2017
- 17. BUST's 10 Best Bets For Summer 2017:"Girls Trip," "Landline," And M
- (Entertainment)
- ... and Nicole Kidman as residents of a Virginia girls' school whose desires rise to the surface after they take in a wounded Union soldier. In theaters June 23. 2. Melodrama by Lorde Fans of New Zealand ...
- Created on 30 May 2017
- 18. DC's 'Dark Matter' Will Introduce 'A Female John Wick' With A Buzz
- (Arts)
- ... said Romita Jr., "I love the combination of the real and the fantasy. If there is too much superhero and not enough melodrama, you get too much overweighted. She is not superman, but she is a super assassin. ...
- Created on 21 April 2017
- 19. TV Is Doing a Better Job At Showing The Reality Of Abortion Than Republicans Are
- (TV)
- ... so that they could continue to fight for the right to get better-paying jobs. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend This too is an after-the-fact abortion — moving it farther away from melodrama. ANSRH writes, "yet, ...
- Created on 09 January 2017
- 20. BUST's Top 18 Movies Of 201
- (Movies)
- ... she ends up creating love spells so powerful that she's left a string of dead lovers. With its lush color palette and vibrant costume and set design, The Love Witch has all of the makings of a 60's melodramatic ...
- Created on 19 December 2016
