horse opera

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.

   “Three new examples of Hollywood's staple commodity, the horse opera, all filmed in color, contain the full quota of galloping and gunplay.”

2. isim An equestrian show, as in a circus.

   “The Ravels, after having played a successful engagement at the Metropolitan, closed last evening, and sail to-day for New-Orleans, and now we have no amusement but nigger minstrels and the horse opera—i.e., circus.”