Europudding

Europudding

English

Etymology

Euro- +‎ pudding

Noun

Europudding (plural Europuddings)

1. (informal, derogatory) A stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc. produced through European cooperation.
   • 1997, Deborah Baldwin, Los Angeles Times, "The Proof Will Be in the 'Europudding'"

     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.