Political drama

/pəlˈɪtɪkəl dɹˈɑːmə/

/pəlˈɪɾɪkəl dɹˈɑːmə/

Political drama

a genre of television, film, or literature that focuses on political conflicts and the workings of government, often involving power struggles, scandals, and controversies

Examples

1. Wisconsin has been living through a political drama for nearly two years now, with a great debate over the size and scope of government, budget deficits and spending, and the power of corporations and unions.

2. It's an hour of exciting political drama spread out over nine hours.

3. It was a political drama with parallels today, one that pitted a president against the U.S. Justice Department, and jolted Washington on the night of October 20, 1973.

4. Alfred Dreyfus this man was a french artillery officer who was convicted of treason in 1894, his case became one of the most tense political dramas in french history and is now known as the dreyfus affair.