Like Ms. Shelly, Martin Donovan (as Matthew) knows how to make Mr. Hartley's pared-down, stylized dialogue express the essence of his character.

Casual viewers have typically complained about the show's stylized dialogue, poseur diction and references seemingly inspired by Bartlett's and Roget's.

It may be no coincidence that the younger, naturalistic actors have trouble with Mr. Shepard's stylized dialogue and action.

However, many reviewers, while criticizing the drama's stylized dialogue or calling its Biblical themes "pretentious", praised Ian McShane's kingly performance and the show's ambitions.

The removal of the stylized dialogue in the GBC remake has similarly been lamented.

The first play Machine with lyrical, stylized dialogues depicted the exploitation of industrial labour.

Liturgical worship is in itself dramatic, with its stylized dialogues and the use of choirs.

Wedekind's farcical flights and stylized, deliberately stilted dialogue (in the translation by Carl R. Mueller) invite just such an approach.

The actors speak in stylized, fragmentary dialogue, often while moving in ritualized circular patterns.

This season "Sports Night," struggling in the ratings, has softened its attitude and its stylized dialogue.