单词 | shockumentary |
释义 | shockumentaryn.adj. A. n. A documentary film with shocking, tasteless, or voyeuristic subject matter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > documentary > types of travelogue1898 instructional1921 compilation film1953 docudrama1961 rockumentary1968 drama-documentary1970 shockumentary1970 docutainment1978 1970 Film in Rev. Nov. 579/1 K narrated the English version of this so-called ‘shockumentary’. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 June n38 Hoping to emulate ‘Mondo Cane’..‘Mondo New York’ purports to be a shockumentary, a travelogue of the ‘underground’ East Village. 1999 M. Dery Pyrotechnic Insanitarium Introd. 39 The real-life grand guignol of local news and Fox television shockumentaries like When Animals Attack has its inauspicious precedent in the much-publicized electrocution of an aging elephant..by Thomas Edison. 2004 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Jan. 9 The men behind this ‘shockumentary’ are now millionaires. Warms your heart, doesn't it? B. adj. Of, designating, relating to, or characteristic of a shockumentary. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > type of programme dramedy1905 news film1912 sex comedy1915 television adaptation1935 action comedy1936 sportcast1939 teleshopper1949 telethon1949 special1952 television special1952 TV special1952 science-fictioner1953 spectacular1954 promo1955 sitcom1956 spec1959 spin-off1959 reality programming1962 teleroman1964 mockumentary1965 serialization1965 talk show1965 laugh-in1967 novela1968 reality show1968 breakfast television1971 spy series1975 reality television1978 reality TV1980 series1988 shockumentary1988 1988 Business Wire (Nexis) 18 May ‘Mondo New York’—The shockumentary tour of New York's netherworld. It's grabbing, outrageous stuff. 1995 Toronto Star 14 July b11/1 With that war cry, iconoclastic filmmaker and TV shockumentary wizard Michael Moore..warned industry movers and shakers that he's not about to quit. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 27 Feb. (Seven Days section) 3/6 Steering his company away from the shockumentary specials which he says have taken their toll on the network's reputation. 2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Apr. i.7 His shaky, ‘shockumentary’ reportage of the facts—where major viewer impact reigns supreme over the minor details—often evades detection entirely. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.adj.1970 |
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