Europudding

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English

Etymology

From Euro- +‎ pudding.

Noun

Europudding (plural Europuddings)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc. produced through European cooperation.
    • 1997, Deborah Baldwin, “The Proof Will Be in the 'Europudding'”, in Los Angeles Times:
      Coproduction isn't new. The '80s gave rise to big, unwieldy coproductions that were so bad some critics called them "Europuddings".
    • 2002, Stephen Walker, King of Cannes: a journey into the underbelly of the movies, page 122:
      I'm annoyed because [] all these executives seem hell-bent on turning this film into some kind of horrible Europudding.
    • 2005, David Bordwell, Figures traced in light: on cinematic staging, page 267:
      After the Nouvelle Vague, and certainly after Fassbinder, Duras, and perhaps The Godfather, what was there left to respect? The multiplex and the summer locomotive picture; the Europuddings and hyphenate productions that had neither local flavor nor radical ambitions []
    • 2008, Barbara J. Selznick, Global television: co-producing culture, page 23:
      A classic example of Europudding is described by a German television executive: I saw a German/Italian/French co-production. It involved three hour-long programs. A German girl went to Italy and met a young Italian. They fell in love.