retelling
English
Verb
retelling
- present participle of retell
Noun
retelling (plural retellings)
- A second or subsequent telling.
- The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.
- 2001, Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles
- Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.
- 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.
Translations
subsequent telling
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