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biodrama

American  
[bahy-oh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] / ˈbaɪ oʊˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /

noun

Television.
  1. a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.


Etymology

Origin of biodrama

bio- (in sense “biographical”) + drama

Example Sentences

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McCarten, who made his Broadway debut this month as the book writer of “A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical,” knows the biodrama genre better than most.

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2022

‘Amadeus’ Live in Concert The music of Mozart will fill the air as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pacific Chorale perform live-to-picture to accompany Miloš Forman’s Oscar-winning 1984 biodrama about the 18th-century Austrian composer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2022

This is no conventional biodrama about the tortured artist, but very much the film that lovers of Wallace’s dazzlingly perspicacious fiction and essays would want.

From Washington Times Jul. 28, 2015

It is helped by a weak slate of challengers, though Lucky Guy — Nora Ephron’s slender but enjoyable biodrama on New York newspaper columnist Mike McAlary — would be a better choice.

From Time Jun. 8, 2013

ABC's Elvis, though a failure in the ratings, deconstructed the rock king's life into fresh, evocative snippets of biodrama.

From Time Magazine Archive

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