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. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
That kind of staginess isn't found elsewhere in this production. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
There is not an ounce of staginess in her make-up. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
And so the MAE WEST legend began, the staginess that would lead her from the pages of a play to the timelessness of an icon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
He warned the crew of The Maltese Falcon that the long climactic scene in Sam Spade's apartment couldn't lapse into staginess. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
It's based on Brett Neveu's late-night play of a couple years ago, and it retains the staginess of its ancestry, not least since Neveu adapted the script. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
And not just in the staginess -- the focus on arbitrary gamesmanship, the physical and emotional cruelty, and the hyper-masculine atmosphere are all Mametesque. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
And I think that the very staginess of it, the very plan of it -- but hey, who knows -- you know, I don't know whether the Democratic Convention is going to be any better. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Nancy Reagan Discusses Her Husband and the Republican National Convention - August 2, 2000] Reference
(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.). From Wordnik.com. [Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs Miniver shares Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes feeling] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Kermode's DVD round-up] Reference
This is one of those productions that deliberately calls attention to its staginess — we begin with seven chairs in a semicircle waiting for the singers, who stroll in through a dressing-room door. From Wordnik.com. [All That Froth: Morris Gives Purcell a Cutesy Vaudeville Treatment] Reference
One gets a sense of the grand staginess of our daily world, the carnivalesque and the midway of the city street, the shopping bags, the stripes and plastics, and the willingness of passersby to be in on the game. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
There is no staginess, no sentimentality, in his work. From Wordnik.com. [Leo Tolstoy] Reference
You can't expect me to get excited over mere staginess. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
The discarded stanza lies open to the charge of staginess. From Wordnik.com. [From a Cornish Window A New Edition] Reference
Feuerstein staggered and paled -- there was no staginess in his manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
Ultimately though, it's hard to shake the staginess of this production. From Wordnik.com. [IGN DVD] Reference
But the staginess of her acting was unbearable, and grew worse as she went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Picture of Dorian Gray] Reference
There is not a touch of staginess about Isolda; she was not born in the green-room. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner] Reference
Skewering "the Radicals,/The Table D'Hote Bolsheviki," she damns them for staginess. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
What mockery, what uncanny staginess for either her mother or herself to be so calm!. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Shot] Reference
The occasional staginess and jacked-up sentiment in just about every one of his films. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Elsewhere] Reference
When at night the moon shines full on this pale façade, the theatre is far outdone in staginess. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight in Italy] Reference
Revolutionary Road, a film that was dependent on its form and staginess, and there's a sense that. From Wordnik.com. [Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews] Reference
As for the montages, I felt they were necessary, if only to avoid staginess and not allow the film to become overly talky. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Verdict] Reference
Howells, always interested mainly in the realism of to-day, in his review hints at staginess in the action and setting and even in. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
Despite the film's staginess and conventionality, Maoz does a powerful job capturing the countenances of his soldiers in resonating close-ups. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Howells, always interested mainly in the realism of to-day, in his review hints at staginess in the action and setting and even in Joan herself. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900] Reference
There is no staginess or far-fetched emotion, or artificial scene-painting: the style strikes the right chords of passion or pity, and stamps upon the mind a vivid impression of situation and character. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Literature and History] Reference
(her solo was the only one with hints of staginess), has some extraordinary spasms and self-contradictory gestures. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"Where so many films about domestic stress descend into staginess and flat-out caricature. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
The movie also suffers from a bit of staginess. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
I never did like staginess, "he blurted. From Wordnik.com. [Inconstant Star]
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