Related Clues:

• Be a ham
• Show one's emotions
• Play too broadly
• Strike back, say
• Milk a scene for all it's worth
• Overdramatize
• Do a part poorly
• Retaliate
• Wax theatrical
• Overdo a scene, say
• Be melodramatic
• Act the ham
• Act in opposition
• Strike back, e.g.
• Overdo a part