overacting

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Front-runner: Overacting can be cringe-inducing or somewhat endearing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2018

Viola Davis and Denzel Washington compete in the World Series of Overacting in this film adapted on the nose from a very boring baseball play by August Wilson.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2017

Overacting was also distracting in “Vertiginous,” Mr. Forsythe’s ebullient ode to ballet classicism, set to Schubert.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2016

If the Academy handed out an award for Best Overacting, he would win every year.

From Time Magazine Archive