soundstagey

English

Etymology

From sound stage +‎ -y.

Adjective

soundstagey (comparative more soundstagey, superlative most soundstagey)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a sound stage.
   • 1999 May 15, Glenn Saunders, “What Makes a Good (Live-action) Fantasy Movie?”, in rec.arts.sf.movies‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I don't have a problem with the CGI-- it's the overall production design and writing that destroys the suspension of disbelief. Most interior shots are lit with red and blue gels rather than trying for a torch/candle-lit look. Interior shots look extremely "soundstagey" in a bad sense of the word.

   • 2005, Andrew Dickson, The Rough Guide to Shakespeare: The Plays, the Poems, the Life, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 191:

     In uncritical homage to the heyday of Hollywood musicals, Branagh sets the action in a kind of soundstagey Oxbridge (wittily designed by Tim Harvey) and at crucial moments has his cast spin on their heels and croon American songbook standards by Porter, Kern, Gershwin and company instead of launching into sonnets and masques.

   • 2018 May 9, John DeFore, “'Terminal': Film Review”, in The Hollywood Reporter‎^[2], Los Angeles, C.A.: Eldridge Industries, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-30:

     An airless debut that says much about its writer-director's cultural diet and little about anything else in the world, Vaughn Stein's Terminal blends tropes from several sorts of crime flicks into a soundstagey affair that's more brittle than hard-boiled.

   • 2023 May 24, Wesley Morris, “’The Little Mermaid’ Review: Disney’s Renovations Are Only Skin Deep”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-27:

     This remake injects some contemporary misfortune (humans despoil the water, we're told). It also packs on another 52 minutes and three new songs, trades zany for demure and swaps vast animated land- and seascapes for soundstagey sets and screensavery imagery.