George Orwell was a strong critic of Deeping's, criticising his melodramatic plots.

The melodramatic plots were left as the number of adult characters was reduced, giving place to more children-centered plots.

Another scene parodies the melodramatic plots and flamboyant acting styles of certain silent films.

However, these are expressed within a melodramatic gothic plot culminating in infanticide and suicide.

In this adaptation Ercoli emphasized the gothic horror elements of the melodramatic plot.

Reviews praised the movie but criticised the melodramatic plot.

In this eye-riveting context, the ballet's dated Orientalisms and melodramatic plot are lifted into a suspended level of reality.

The operatic qualities of Louisiana politics, with larger-than-life personalities and melodramatic plots, are reinforced by the state's election laws.

He has also taken a much-used, melodramatic plot and given it an emotional shape and heft.

And now, after decades of recycling the same melodramatic plots and extravagant dance numbers, Bollywood is having a youth movement.