talkback
noun
uk/ˈtɔːk.bæk/us/ˈtɑːk.bæk/[C]
adiscussionof aplayorfilmafter it has beenperformed, betweenpeoplewho made it orperformedin it andpeoplewhowatchedit:
Thetheatreofferstalkbacks andbackstagetoursafter everyperformance.
About 150membersof theaudiencestayedafterwardfor a talkbacksessionwithcastmembers.
[U]Australian English(alsotalkback radio)
radioprogrammesin whichpeoplelisteningtakepartbyphone:
Talkback is one of the mostpowerfulmediaformatsinAustralia.
I wastunedto a talkbackradiostation.
Compare
call-in
phone-inUK
- Severaltheorieswere putforwardat the post-show talkback.
- Sheadmittedin the post-performance talkback that she's a "rulesfollower."
- At last Sunday's talkback, a college-agegirlspokefor many when she said, "Iknewwhat theplaywas about and wasafraidtoseeit. But Ifoundit verytherapeutic".
- I canrememberplenty of talkbackcallershere in MelbournecallingJohnHoward "Johnny".
- Note the last fourdigitsof the TV program's talkbackphonenumber.
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- parley
- polarized
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- special pleading
- talk turkeyidiom
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