It's hard to say. That's not really something we think about. We're more concerned with putting on the best possible experience for our audience. If I had to guess, I would say it's because we really take an active role in knowing our audience and ... more

Melodrama: A dramatic form that does not observe laws of cause and effect and exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action. ... more

We are not directly affiliated with the old Oildale Melodrama or the Great American Melodrama in Oceano but the closing of the Vaudeville Express Melodrama in Oildale did encourage owners/producers Arnie ... ... more

Julius Caesar is a historical tragedy; it concerns noble characters, high matters, the fall of great men (in this case, all men), the fate of nations altered by the deeds of the few goliaths. It employs recognition and reversal, two classic tragic ... more

We at the Gaslight Melodrama do our best to bring the genre of traditional Melodrama into the 21st Century. While we still encourage you to boo the villain, cheer the hero ... ... more

The theatrical genre of Melodrama utilizes theme-music to manipulate the spectator's emotional response and to denote character types. The term combines "melody" (from the Greek "melōidía", meaning "song") and "drama"(Classical Greek: ... ... more

For the most part, he disliked it (although occasional exceptions drew complements from him). He often referred to plays he did not care for as "melodramas" and those he enjoyed as "dramas." He strove, generally, to avoid the more patently ... more

That was Joan Blondell’s only Academy Award nomination (in the supporting category). The movie seems to be completely unavailable. I was able to see a video copy thanks to a collector, but it is not available on the home market. That’s a shame. It’s ... more

Melodrama film conjures up imagery in the mind's eye of old films with 'obvious' messages and motifs. Archival film scholar Stephen Neale noted that melodrama in 1950s and 1960s film studies criticism was often used as "a pejorative term . . . [it] ... more

Naturalism is extreme realism. Realism is like a soap opera- something which looks like life but is too controlled and unlikely. Naturalism is as near to real life as you can get. Melodrama is like a 1920's silent film. Big gestures, lots of passion ... more