drugsploitation
drugsploitation noun: a genre of exploitation films which focus on the use of recreational drugs, typically featuring lurid scenes of drug-induced behaviour framed as a cautionary tale/morality play.
Noun
drugsploitation (uncountable)
- A genre of exploitation films which focus on the use of recreational drugs, typically featuring lurid scenes of drug-induced behaviour framed as a cautionary tale/morality play.
- Meanwhile, newfangled drugsploitation flicks like Maryjane and The Hooked Generation invaded drive-ins, providing cautionary tales while the smell of those funny scented cigarettes filled the night air.2004, Irv Slifkin, VideoHound's Groovy Movies: Far-out Films of the Psychedelic Era, Visible Ink Press, →ISBN, page 201
- Such shots are to be found throughout the genre from early 'drug hysteria' and 'drugsploitation' movies through to its most recent examples.2006, David Boothroyd, Culture on Drugs: Narco-cultural Studies of High Modernity, Manchester University Press, →ISBN
Origin of drugsploitation
From drug + -sploitation.
Questions about drugsploitation
- What does drugsploitation mean?
- Drugsploitation means a genre of exploitation films which focus on the use of recreational drugs, typically featuring lurid scenes of drug-induced behaviour framed as a cautionary tale/morality play.
- What part of speech is drugsploitation?
- Drugsploitation is a noun.
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