hammy
അതിഭാവുകത്വമുള്ള
definition
adjective
there is some hammy acting
(of acting or an actor) exaggerated or overly theatrical.
example
His speech was a lamentable effort - nothing about it was convincing, from the 'hammy' acting to the misfired soundbites.
The acting was 'hammy' , the jokes were forced, and the entire thing came across like a high school play - actors overdoing everything in cringe-worthy performances.
The voice acting is deliberately 'hammy' , the sound effects are loud and intrusive and the gameplay is frantic.
If you can put yourself in a mental place to enjoy this completely flawed but eminently watchable sci-fi homage, you will be rewarded with clever twists, enjoyably 'hammy' acting, and great footage of a stunning woman in her prime.
They used 'hammy' actors to ‘reconstruct’ the alleged plot, with sinister characters smearing a dark substance on door handles.
How are you supposed to follow the story when you're constantly making sarcastic comments about the 'hammy' acting?
Autobiography used to be the preserve of 'hammy' actors, gammy lieutenant commanders and superannuated hangers-on to the Bloomsbury Group.
Other reviews of Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan I've read on the Internet have commented on its melodramatics and its 'hammy' acting.
Which singer will die next and have his dumb musician's problems re-enacted by a 'hammy' actor who wants an Oscar really bad?
While the films are plagued by poorly developed plots and 'hammy' acting, the fight sequences are excellent in that they reveal the true roots of Jackie's training.
However, the consistently bad dialogue, expensive set design and knowingly 'hammy' acting lifts it almost to pastiche level.
Wolfgang Koch sings with well-focussed richness as Peter, the son driven to an excess of 'hammy' acting by Eva's desertion.
Ropey dialogue and 'hammy' acting abound, and Zombie seems in no hurry to wind up the proceedings as the film starts to feel interminable.
It's hard now to see the lame special effects and 'hammy' acting of Star Trek without giggling to myself.
This disc escapes the electric chair only due to the judge's fascination with William Shatner's 'hammy' acting.
You can feel the writers trying to create a new evil nemesis for Steed and the crew, and the surreal set designs and 'hammy' acting by the lead bad guy more than makes up for the 1930s era tin man cyborgs.
Look beyond the ancient effects and 'hammy' acting, however, and you'll find reflected on the movie the familiar gaze of innocent eyes.
Wednesday's opener was full of all those little traits viewers have come to equate with ITV drama: 'hammy' acting, excruciating dialogue, stereotypes and ludicrous plots.
Sadly, the acting is never 'hammy' enough to be enjoyable and the sets are well constructed just enough to be convincing.
It would be hard, for example, for someone playing Bottom (John Ramm, in this case) to preen and swagger, when showing off his 'hammy' acting, if he is barefoot, as was the entire cast here.
The modern American actor is terrified of seeming a ham, even when 'hamminess' is called for.
Carlyle didn't take much persuading to make a cameo appearance, and the resultant sketch - on the set of a war movie - is a riot of 'hamminess' , spitting and bad German pronunciation.
With a solid cast, respected director and the well-publicised loan of 30 Marks & Spencer suits for the cast during the run, 'hamminess' , togas and thickly applied make-up have no place in this production.
Bulldog was just stupid and 'hammily' overplayed.
Unfortunately, what Cecil offers seems little better - it's little more than an episodic series of 'hammily' acted altercations between his shrill cast and various bemused multiplex employees and film producers.
Even when Bird ramps up the wattage, as on the 'hammily' Beatle-esque ‘Opposite Day’ and the grandly theatrical ‘The Naming of Things,’ Eggs rarely causes a fuss.
The story of lonely video-dater Julian and his cabaret-singing, sequin-wearing alter ego Joyce is told without 'hamminess' or too much camp - although hugely funny, Venus Rooms is also moving, delicate and truly poignant.
Her delivery is mannered: grandstanding effects punctuated by 'hammily' deadpan understatement and coyly rhetorical pauses emerging from a face cosmeticized into a comic mask.
The Television Without Pity recapper seems to think the father is played too 'hammily' , but I thought the point was to show a certain kind of father who intentionally hams it up, which I find endearing.
Usually 'hamminess' in R & J is reserved for Mercutio, and with good reason; we need to like Mercutio particularly, we need to appreciate him, because he's the first one to die.
Credits: Google Translate
