Europudding

English Etymology From en Euro pudding. Noun en informal derogatory A stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc. produced through European cooperation. en 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". en 2002 Stephen Walker King of Cannes: a journey into the underbelly of the movies 122 I'm annoyed because all these executives seem hell-bent on turning this film into some kind of horrible Europudding. en 2005 David Bordwell Figures traced in light: on cinematic staging 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 en 2008 Barbara J. Selznick Global television: co-producing culture 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.