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

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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.

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.

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 ...

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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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