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劇場型犯罪
げきじょうがたはんざい
1. [n]
▶ sensational crime that becomes a media event
▶ [lit] theatrical crime



History:
2. A 2019-11-06 00:35:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Comments:
I think using our "lit" tag gets around this.
There's a bit of a tendency to whack 劇場型 on things, e.g. 劇場型政治, 劇場型選挙.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>crime that is the subject of a media frenzy (esp. one that is the subject of much speculation)</gloss>
+<gloss>sensational crime that becomes a media event</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">theatrical crime</gloss>
1. A* 2019-11-04 22:47:03 
  Refs:
daijs daijr wiki eij ("theatrical crime")
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/
03/national/media-national/rethinking-
medias-coverage-theatrical-crime-japan/
"Rethinking the media's coverage of 
'theatrical crime' in Japan 
...Criminologists typically call such 
cases “theatrical crimes,” or incidents in 
which a suspect commits a crime in a 
public space to generate as much attention 
as possible."
  Comments:
I'm not sure I rhink "theatrical c

rime" is a good translation. It's 
certainly not a common expression in 
English and the meaning seems different 
from the dictionary definitions.

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