shadowcast

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English

Etymology

From shadow +‎ -cast (from broadcast).

Noun

shadowcast (plural shadowcasts)

  1. The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.
    • 2013, Corrine Jackson, Pushed, page 314:
      They described shadowcasts where amateur performers acted out the film on a stage below the screen, and the whole audience had interacted, throwing objects and screaming things on cue.
    • 2014, Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag Queen Guide:
      I joined a shadowcast and started as part of the "Tranny Corp." I learned all the parts and the makeup.

Verb

shadowcast (third-person singular simple present shadowcasts, present participle shadowcasting, simple past and past participle shadowcast or shadowcasted)

  1. To take part in such a performance.