kabuki
(US, figuratively, by extension) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
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(US, figuratively, by extension) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
Ichikawa, whose real name is Takahiko Kinoshi, made his kabuki debut in 1980 and went on to become one of the country’s most renowned performers.
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(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
Despite its self-consciously assumed irreverence toward traditional practices, “Hokaibo” incorporates all the essential elements of classic Kabuki: the all-male company of actors, exaggerated makeup, the stomping dances, the arresting, c…
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