metatheatrical
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Englisch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meta- + theatrical.
Adjective
[edit]metatheatrical (not comparable)
- of or pertaining to metatheatre
- 2008 August 22, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- Amply stocked with jokes about theater lore and wry, metatheatrical gags, it may be silly and inconsequential, but it has more humor and heart than lots of the big-shot musicals on Broadway (1:30).
- 2006 December 15, Laura Molzahn, “Mezza Verita”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Late in the game Core interjects a weird dance by two broccoli spears as well as metatheatrical musings that are genuinely thought-provoking.
- 1999 April 16, Justin Hayford, “Technical Difficulties”, in Chicago Reader[3]:
- Like his closest aesthetic cousin in Chicago, Ian Pierce, Corwin has cobbled together a semiabsurdist, metatheatrical approach that rarely gives an audience easy access to his brooding, hard-edged fantasies.