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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Mash-up

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With 'Cowboys and Aliens' out this week, we look at movie genre mash-up successes.

The first line in blue is the title of the article from Yahoo.

The second line is a short commentary below the title.

Q1) What does 'mash-up' mean?

Q2) What can be used instead of it?

Q3) Is it adjective there?
  

Top answer

Q1: In this context a "mash-up" is a movie that mixes two or more genres. " I haven't checked but I'm sure Wikipedia has articles on both. Q2: I guess you could just say that the movie mixes genres but "crossover" and "mash-up" are much more colorful.

— Anonymous

  • Q1: In this context a "mash-up" is a movie that mixes two or more genres.
  • " I haven't checked but I'm sure Wikipedia has articles on both.
  • Q2: I guess you could just say that the movie mixes genres but "crossover" and "mash-up" are much more colorful.
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Q1: In this context a "mash-up" is a movie that mixes two or more genres. In this case the genres in question are the "Western" and "Science Fiction." I haven't checked but I'm sure Wikipedia has articles on both.

Q2: I guess you could just say that the movie mixes genres but "crossover" and "mash-up" are much more colorful.
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