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genre-busting

British  

adjective

  1. not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc

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Shortly after Dominique Fishback signed on to portray an obsessive fan-turned-serial-killer in the genre-busting limited series “Swarm,” mild panic set in.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2023

There’s no genre-busting hip-hop; its score is a mixed bag of mostly forgettable numbers with occasionally labored wordplay.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2023

It’s been quite a year for Black queer theater, due in large part to the Broadway debut of Michael R. Jackson’s mind-bending, genre-busting musical “A Strange Loop.”

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2022

Currently on the road supporting her genre-busting album “Motomami,” the Spanish superstar hits Boston on Sept. 15, then cities including New York, Toronto and Chicago before heading to California.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

Thierry Mugler, 73, the outrageous, genre-busting French designer who dominated European runways in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Jan. 23.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2022

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