docudrama vs drama

docudrama

noun
  • A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events. 

drama

noun
  • A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play 

  • A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue 

  • Theatrical plays in general 

  • Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy) 

  • Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering. 

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