pulp fiction

noun

fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55

Then, he singled out Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting as “glorifying” drug use.

The scene between getaway cab driver Esmeralda Villalobos (Angela Jones) and Butch is one of the oddest in Pulp Fiction.

After watching that scene, you could hardly call the use of heroin in Pulp Fiction romanticized or glamorous.

It's pulp fiction—smart pulp fiction, but pulp fiction all the same.

And here's the thing about pulp fiction: it doesn't really work unless it's page-turning stuff.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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