review vs revue

Definitions

verb

1. look at again; examine again
2. hold a review (of troops)
3. refresh one's memory
4. appraise critically
5. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

noun

1. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
2. a new appraisal or evaluation
3. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
4. (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
5. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

Examples

As the holiday movie season winds down, we thought we'd preview the films of 2003 to see which ones stand out and which should stand down.

Hmm... a bit of Googling produces this short book review by Charles Solomon, which has the line: "As an essayist, Didion lacks the hyaline profundity of Susan Sontag or the classical erudition of Marguerite Yourcenar ...

There are only a couple of days left in Graeme's Fantasy Book Review's Giveaway for one of three copies of Orson Scott Card's new release, Hidden Empire.

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Definitions

noun

1. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

Examples

In many cases, well-qualified songs from musicals, operettas, vaudeville, and revues, as well as variety shows, music hall, and cafe concert, were recruited for use in cabarets.

Anyone who has seen a revue of their sketches in Germany knows how deliriously funny their work can be.

The roster of tattooed, pierced misfits and post-punk gals has become a phenomenon with a recent burlesque revue touring North America.

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