sardoodledom (SAR-doo-duhl-duhm) noun Plays having contrived melodramatic plot, concentrating excessively on the technique to the exclusion of characterization.
[After Victorien Sardou (1831-1908), French playwright; coined by playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).] "Most of Lubitsch's other plot sources are hackneyed representatives of Sardoodledom." Gerald Mast; The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies; University of Chicago Press; Aug 17, 2004. "There is even the Secret of the well-made play, Sardoodledom's ultimate question: who is Godot? Will he come?" David Bradby, Michael Robinson; Waiting for Godot: Plays in Production; Cambridge University Press; Nov 15, 2001. This week's theme: eponyms. Sponsored by: "Prinderella and the Since," "Beeping Sleauty," and 41 other tales twisted by Col Stoopnagle can be yours at http://stoneandscott.com/humor.asp Travel the world vicariously with The Yank Abroad http://yankabroad.com and experience all that the world is made of, and then some. ............................................................................ A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. -Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist (1795-1881) What to give to the person who has everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html To subscribe yourself, use http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sardoodledom.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/sardoodledom.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/sardoodledom.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
