Parliament's novelty songs, with all their stagy, dramatic, corny scenarios, delivered powerful messages about being black through irreverence.
www.npr.org As she finds in the mural's stylized, interwoven figures analogies germane to her own situation, we in turn get a convenient, if stagy, portal into her backstory.
www.theglobeandmail.com Although shortcomings were noted by critics generally focusing on clichd dialogue and slow, stagy scenes, however, the overall impression by the public was nearly universally favorable.
en.wikipedia.org Perhaps that taint of self-indulgence, of stagy transport, helps explain the word's bad rap?
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