superspectacle
noun
su·per·spec·ta·cle
ˌsü-pər-ˈspek-ti-kəl 
also -ˌti-kəl
plural superspectacles
: an extraordinarily large or impressive spectacle or display
… an incisive analytical history of the modern Olympic Games, tracing their birth from the fevered minds of European aristocrats through the bloated made-for-TV superspectacle that it is today.—
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Such a movie, in which talk provides the action, would prove that those who take the comic-book stories seriously can love the telling as much as the showing, the dramatic intricacy as well as the superspectacle, the ideas as well as their effects.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 May 2022
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 May 2022
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“Superspectacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superspectacle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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