Katharine Coldiron

MELODRAMA-RAMA: ABSORBING DELIGHT

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The Telugu film RRR is an incredible mixture of genres, influences, and ideas: a historical epic with obvious ahistorical qualities, a combat-heavy actioner with exuberant song-and-dance numbers, a homosocial friendship drama with recognizably romantic montages. Strong notes of melodrama accent its potent blend.

From Tasteful Rude
On September 20, 2022
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MELODRAMA-RAMA: LOCAL FEELINGS

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A few weekends ago I drove to the teeny beach town of Oceano. I had received a tip that, somewhere on California’s Central Coast, someone was performing live melodramas.

From Tasteful Rude
On June 8, 2022
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MELODRAMA-RAMA: WHERE DO I BEGIN?

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Katharine Coldiron's new column Melodrama-Rama takes readers on a beguiling tour of the world of melodrama.

From Tasteful Rude
On May 12, 2022
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