Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Potboiler

Potboiler is frequently used in Indian journalism for describing a typical, formulaic film. Merriam-Webster defines it as a usually inferior work of art or literature produced chiefly for profit.

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Such a movie or book would bring in money to keep pots of food boiling, hence the term.