greasepaint

IPA: grˈispˈeɪnt

Examples of "greasepaint" in Sentences

Their crimes were written in greasepaint across their faces.
Even today, in live theater, actors apply makeup that is so heavy it is called greasepaint.
Then a three-foot iguana strolls by, followed by a Marine on patrol in greasepaint and camouflage.
Alongside a handful of very fine professional actors are a few old rugby pals who agreed to wear the greasepaint.
Those of you with HD televisions might want to try and identify which of the contestants are quietly sobbing under all their greasepaint.
Effectively, it makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self.
What may have initially seemed like a trio of Buster Keaton-like magician/musicians clad in shiny blue greasepaint over latex skull caps has evolved into a mass-marketable phenomenon for the LED generation.
Were enough of us to recognize that the two seemingly impregnable major political parties were likewise fabricated on falsehoods, and that behind the greasepaint was a two-headed corporatist monolith intent on wringing all of the wealth from every corner of the world, we might see the collapse of that charade as well.