What is sardoodledom meaning?

Sardoodledom is a term originally coined by Victorian critic Henry James Byron to describe a particular style of melodramatic and formulaic playwriting. It refers to a type of theatre in which the plot is highly contrived, the characters are often one-dimensional, and the dialogue is overly dramatic and unrealistic. The term is usually used pejoratively to denote a kind of theatre that is formulaic, predictable, and lacking in artistic merit. Sardoodledom is often associated with 19th-century melodramas, but it has also been applied to modern works that exhibit similar qualities.