Melodrama: Difference between revisions

* Speaking of, ''[[The Legend of the Titanic]]'' (not to be confused with [[Titanic: The Legend Goes On|the one with the rapping dog]]) is heavy on this in the second half.

* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies are adventure melodramas.

* [[The Room|Johnny]] would like you to know that "[[Memetic Mutation|you are TEARING me APART, Lisa]]!" It's amazing how much drama Wiseau attempts to put into the minimal amount of things that actually happen.

* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. Everyone puts intense effort in showing their emotions (worried, happy, frightened, angry...).

* Even though it's a reality show, ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]'' seems to be chock full of melodrama.

** Reality shows in general are a gold mine for this trope. For example, ''My Kitchen Rules'' makes putting on a dinner party look like an epic tale of love, hate, war and [[Buffy-Speak|other things.]]

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' exists to invert and subvert this trope. The show is about low-ranking, everyday doctors who realistically acknowledge that one third of their patients are old farts about to die and most of their day is spent disimpacting people's bowels. This is in direct contrast to medical dramas such as ''[[House (TV series)|House]], [[ER]]'' and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' where every single patient leads the cast on a roller-coaster of emotional torment and soul-searching. Although it should be noted that the doctors on ''[[Scrubs]]'' have, on occasion, been put on a rollercoaster of emotional torment and soul-searching (by their patients or otherwise) anyway.

* A commercial for mail-order eye contacts had an "overly-dramatic recreation" ("But Mary, our eyes are ''different!''").

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