stage-managed
Speech parts
1. stage-managed - Adjective
2. stage-managed - Verb
Meaning
stage-managed
simple past and past participle of stage-manage
stage-managed (comparative more stage-managed, superlative most stage-managed)
Carefully controlled or directed so as to ensure a particular desired appearance or outcome, especially an artificial one.
The party conference was very stage-managed, and no one deviated an inch from the official party line.
Examples
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
First of all, Russian democracy is (largely) a stage-managed sham, while U.S. democracy is still (largely) not.
Critics say the event, being held a week before the starts, is a stage-managed piece of theatre created to let Russians let off steam and fleetingly feel as if they can influence a bureaucratic, top-down system.
George claims that the findings of the Zamtel sale Commission of Inquiry which revealed glaring evidence of illegality and fraudulent transactions was stage-managed.
Full and unimpeded access to detention camps is key, considering previous visits by diplomats and journalists have been tightly controlled and stage-managed by the authorities.
On top of this, some demonstrations seem rather stage-managed, while other demonstrations seem more genuine.