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stagecraft

[steyj-kraft, -krahft] / ˈsteɪdʒˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /


NOUN
melodramatics
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Did you find it a challenge to separate the truth from the kayfabe — the wrestling stagecraft?

From Los Angeles Times

It’s an elegant bit of stagecraft: The wisps of smoke waft low across the water as the woman meanders through it, splish-splashing softly, ankle-deep.

From New York Times

Republicans are betting their stagecraft will outweigh the fact that their investigations will almost certainly have no legal effect.

From Salon

At the Monday rally, the governor enlivened what could have been a dry policy pitch with the stagecraft of a slick campaign commercial: standing before an enormous American flag and bleachers full of young families.

From Washington Post

More stagecraft stealthily reveals itself: patches of the floor designed to produce rumbling, booming, rattling or scraping when his feet make contact.

From New York Times