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Line 1: {{trope}} [[Soap Opera]] staple, the [['''Melodramatic Pause]]''' is the perfect way to pad out time, show everyone's up-close reaction to a [[The Reveal\|provocative statement]], build tension after same, discovering an affair, and otherwise give the actors and orchestra a [[Large Ham\|chance to ham it up.]] Basically, it's the swiss army knife of [[Soap Opera]] cuts for scenes and episodes. This is the Drama Queen big sister of the [[Dramatic Pause]]. The set up varies but will usually go like this: Line 12: This continues through all of the characters present, and if this is a comedy, some irrelevant characters will be eating or [[Long Speech Tea Time\|doing something terribly mood breaking.]] The noise between [[Jump Cut~~\|Jump Cuts~~]]s is usually a heartbeat, thump, clang, or in Spanish soaps, a musical flourish. Frequently used in episodes where there's [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]. When used in text, this generally represented by... [[Dramatic Ellipsis\|ELLIPSIS!]]

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