what exactly is melodrama ?

[rashikwa]

Hello. Would u plz explain to me what exactly melodrama is???
I know it means sad drama with music. Is that all?? And how can a movie be melodramatic??

thank u so much in advance

[Scheherazade]

melodrama Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
a story, play, or film in which the characters show stronger emotions than real people usually do:

a television melodrama

MAINLY UK The car's hardly damaged - there's no need to make a melodrama out of it (= make the situation more important than it is).

melodramatic Show phonetics
adjective
showing much stronger emotions than are necessary or usual for a situation:
a melodramatic speech

melodramatically Show phonetics
adverb
"Life is not worth living, " she declared melodramatically.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=49764&dict=CALD

[rashikwa]

thanx alot that was so kind of u