shiny-floor

adj

Etymology

From the large, brightly-lit studios in which popular entertainment shows are often filmed, which tend to include well-polished or illuminated floors.

Definitions

  1. Highly produced, extravagant, and spectacular in a tightly-controlled, somewhat formulaic…

    Highly produced, extravagant, and spectacular in a tightly-controlled, somewhat formulaic way.

    • Roscoe (2013) describes the trope in talent formats as the big shiny floor moment: You have a factory of formats and each one has to be bigger and better.
    • In stark contrast to these 'shiny floor shows' was the very straightforward comedy panel show format, Have I Got News for You, which saw five personalities sitting on a panel in a simple set.

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