One of the greatest attributes attached to the melodramatic genre is that it holds a wide variety of styles, settings, and characters. The criteria, like every other film or television show revolves around the dramatic conflict and how the characters deal with it. The evolution of this genre is constantly being revised by those who insist on testing its limit - whether it be shifting the setting to the workplace as seen on West Wing or E.R., or having unique interaction between family members by creating a generation gap seen on Dawson's Creek. ... By presenting a unique coming of ...

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The structure of Indian drama has also remained fairly unchanged in the Sanskrit drama genre. ... One popular Indian play of the Sanskrit genre that you might consider is The Little Clay Cart by Sudraka. ... In the vein of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge film, it tells of a heroic Brahman merchant by the name of Carudatta, and his one love, Vasantasena, who is "a ravishingly beautiful and intelligent courtesan" (Oxford 449). ...

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