2(of writing) sensationalist and of poor quality; trashy.
‘pulpy detective novels’
‘They're going for a cohesively conceptualized oeuvre: a pulpy sci-fi epic serialized to music.’
‘Studying the inky pictures on pulpy pages, the adolescent Kubrick was soon a fan.’
‘These pulpy Cold War thrillers seemed altogether too serious at first.’
‘It takes a B-movie, a horror film, or a pulpy comic-book film, to get that.’
‘Here, he indulges a story as pulpy and lurid as his words and direction are spare and restrained.’
‘Despite its pulpy theme, the story is provocative and acutely depressing.’
‘Fudoh is based on a manga, a Japanese comic series, and a tawdry, pulpy one at that.’
‘Perhaps my current love of books and their acquisition can be traced back to the far too many hours I spent in childhood alone except for their pulpy companionship.’
‘His works are kinetic, pulpy and filled with the conventions of noir, fantasy, and sci-fi.’
‘Entertainment Weekly, for example, said that ' a big-budget comic-book adaptation has rarely felt so humorless and intellectually defensive about its own pulpy roots '.’
‘The Singing Detective: A novelist embarks on a fever dream while hospitalized, replete with musical numbers and plot lines from his pulpy detective novel.’
‘The film clearly identifies itself as a critique of narrative traditions when Ed's narration is revealed to be a submission to a pulpy men's magazine.’
‘I haven't seen any of them in quite some time, and watching it now it hit me just how pulpy those movies were.’
‘Why is it that prodigious writers of pulpy, elaborate fiction spark such complete devotion?’
‘The show is soapy, pulpy, and often a little bit shameless.’
‘After all, Profiler is a lurid, pulpy sort of show meant to thrill audiences tuning in on Saturday nights.’
‘I was looking through the disgustingly pulpy content and came upon an interview with Paul Smith, the executive producer of the program.’
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