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Soap Opera staple, the Melodramatic Pause is the perfect way to pad out time, show everyone's up-close reaction to a provocative statement, build tension after same, discovering an affair, and otherwise give the actors and orchestra a chance to ham it up. Basically, it's the swiss army knife of Soap Opera cuts for scenes and episodes. This is the Drama Queen big sister of the Dramatic Pause. The set up varies but will usually go like this: A Sub-Trope of Melodrama. Examples of Melodramatic Pause include:

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  • Soap Opera staple, the Melodramatic Pause is the perfect way to pad out time, show everyone's up-close reaction to a provocative statement, build tension after same, discovering an affair, and otherwise give the actors and orchestra a chance to ham it up. Basically, it's the swiss army knife of Soap Opera cuts for scenes and episodes. This is the Drama Queen big sister of the Dramatic Pause. The set up varies but will usually go like this: A Sub-Trope of Melodrama. Examples of Melodramatic Pause include:
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  • Soap Opera staple, the Melodramatic Pause is the perfect way to pad out time, show everyone's up-close reaction to a provocative statement, build tension after same, discovering an affair, and otherwise give the actors and orchestra a chance to ham it up. Basically, it's the swiss army knife of Soap Opera cuts for scenes and episodes. This is the Drama Queen big sister of the Dramatic Pause. The set up varies but will usually go like this: This continues through all of the characters present, and if this is a comedy, some irrelevant characters will be eating or doing something terribly mood breaking. The noise between Jump Cuts is usually a heartbeat, thump, clang, or in Spanish soaps, a musical flourish. Frequently used in episodes where there's Four Lines, All Waiting. When used in text, this generally represented by... ELLIPSIS! A Sub-Trope of Melodrama. Examples of Melodramatic Pause include:
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