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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread looking for a few adjectives #187160 10/07/2009 6:13 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA As my vocabulary is lacking in this department, I am open to adjectives describing types of TV dramas. For instance I find NCIS kind of silly in some ways but the new NCIS Los Angeles more intriguing with a sort of inscrutable tack; contrasted with Law and Order seeming more serious and realistic (admitted however that some of its dramatic flourishes are a trifle unlikely). And how would you describe the new Raising the Bar, given its most absorbing interplay amongst characters and the rare insight it affords into the workings of appointed legal defense Then there's the show with inconsistencies, seeming to have different writers for each episode, like Monk. In this adjectival vein, how would The Daily Show, for instance, compare with The Colbert Report How for instance might you characterize Desperate Housewives so as to differentiate it from the typical soap dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for a few adjectives dalehileman #187164 10/07/2009 6:47 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass it would seem to be virtually impossible to help you find adjectival language to describe *your feelings about television shows that *I don't watch. however, it might help you (lazy as you profess to be, and no doubt are) to do a little research into the background of these shows, and intent of the writers. for instance, "[NCIS] is described by the actors and producers as being distinguished by its comedy elements, ensemble acting and character-driven plots." [according to Wikipedia] -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for a few adjectives tsuwm #187304 10/14/2009 4:49 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA I didn't get much response on FRDB either, except maybe "procedural" (adj? noun?) http://www.freeratio.org/showthread.php?t=276313 Maybe because there just aren't a whole lot of common applicable adjectives Though a sort of obscure term tsu's "ensemble acting" was a new one for me http://onelook.com/?w=ensemble+acting&ls=a dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for a few adjectives dalehileman #187307 10/14/2009 5:47 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague You can take it off stage and call it 'working together'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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