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high concept, a. and n.
Brit. |ˌhʌɪ ˈkɒnsɛpt|, U.S. |ˈhaɪ ˈkɑnˌsɛpt|
[‹ high adj. + concept n.]
A. adj.
1. Of a film, television show, etc.: based on a striking and easily communicable plot or idea; (also) relating to or characteristic of such productions.
1979Washington Post 14 Oct. (TV section) 34/2 A high concept show has something that somebody could recognize in the title and would want to see... Elvis Presley and pills are the highest concept you could get. 1983Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 30 June b6/3 The programmers sought high-concept shows after the soaring success of NBC's The A-Team, which combined Mr. T, helicopters and as much violence as possible. 1991C. Paglia in Arion Spring 191 Coke was responsible for the plot incoherence of fifteen years of TV sit-coms and glitzy ‘high-concept’ Hollywood films. 1994Vanity Fair July 78/1 They overcame a certain amount of cynicism about their romance—how too impossibly high-concept it was—by actually getting married last Thanksgiving. 2003Independent 30 Apr. i. 3/1 The so-called ‘high concept’ pitch has long been considered a byword for crass commercialism in the film world, a symptom of studio executives' reluctance to focus on anything for more than a minute.
2. More generally: having a pervasive or rigorously executed theme, esp. one suggestive of lofty artistic or intellectual intent. Cf. high adj. 6a.
1988Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. vi. 24 The restaurant is a high concept operation and it pushes all the right buttons: a stunningly designed open kitchen, post-modern vastness and a decibel level even Philip Glass would object to. 1996Independent 18 Dec. ii. 2/1 A store with such haute pretension could never have sullied its display windows by a regular Father Christmas... Barneys has to have high-concept windows. 2001M. Azerrad Our Band could be your Life i. 51 The fact that Black Flag, caricatured as a mindlessly aggressive punk band, could ally themselves with high-concept artwork was a tip-off that there was greater intelligence at work here than most outsiders suspected.
B. n. A striking and easily communicable plot or idea for a film, television show, etc.
1980N.Y. Times 14 Dec. d36/2 In order for a mini-series to be successful in today's market,..it has to have a high concept and a high theme. 1992Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 18/1 In the Hollywood of high concepts, the idea behind Bob Roberts..seemed..esoteric. 2003Variety 15–21 Dec. 54/1 A critical and box office success in its native Finland, pic should be welcomed by foreign auds who aren't afraid of subtitled fare. High concept is also ripe for remake. |