Meaning of tentpole | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
2. A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors.
   US, attributive, figuratively

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Examples

“His [James Rolfe's] reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer—that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.”

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