as in musical comedy
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Recent Examples of comedy drama
At Vulture Festival’s 10-year anniversary reunion for the film, Hader said Craig Johnson’s comedy drama is also the reason that his HBO show Barry exists.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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This comedy drama presents a chaotic, dysfunctional Thanksgiving dinner among friends, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Goodrich—a new comedy drama starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis—is coming soon to digital streaming.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s been ten years since Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader starred in the comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, and what better way to celebrate than talking to them both.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
More:These metro Detroit restaurants offer Thanksgiving dinner options 'Friendsgiving'
This comedy drama presents a chaotic, dysfunctional Thanksgiving dinner among friends, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
Goodrich—a new comedy drama starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis—is coming soon to digital streaming.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s been ten years since Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader starred in the comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, and what better way to celebrate than talking to them both.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy drama
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So the musical comedy style helps carry that through musical drama, where singing and dancing do play a role.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
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Rarely have feet played such a prominent role in the history of musical comedy.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If screwball comedies provided the comic escape people needed in the Great Depression, these days some Americans want to scream.Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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Headlined by Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, Stree 2 is the second film in Maddock Films’ Stree franchise and fifth film in their ‘Supernatural Universe’ which comprises of popular horror comedies including Bhediya and Munjya.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The performances at the 3,000-seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium — a first-time expansion of the Playhouse’s commitment to put on regional revivals of classic American musicals — were well on track to hit sales goals, with a final marketing push set to unfold in the coming weeks.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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As one of the most celebrated and highest-selling singers in the Middle East, Fairuz has recorded close to 1,500 songs, released 80 albums, performed in 20 musicals, and sold more than 150 million records worldwide.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
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The cast is more than up to the task of making the melodrama relatable.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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That trophy inflated expectations for The Room Next Door above what was reasonable, though as the euthanasia melodrama rolls into theaters this weekend, the hype has cooled.Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
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Feldman’s specific style is hard to explain or neatly label though critics and viewers alike have tried to with terms like dramedy and tragicomedy.Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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If that sounds less than promising, even for a deadpan Romanian slice-of-life tragicomedy, go ahead and make the mistake of skipping this one.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
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That family tragedy at what seemed to be the end of his political career was a bookend to the one at its beginning, when his first wife and baby daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car crash.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The tragedy is still under investigation in Argentina, where five people have been charged in connection with Payne's death, according to multiple outlets including the BBC.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Niemann himself sometimes seems like a method actor appearing in a psychodrama, whether by temperament or by a recognition that the mad villain is the only decent role available to him now.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Barney, as is often the case, reveals unexpected refinement, directing a black-and-white psychodrama about his alcoholism, but Homer, who’s on the judging panel, prefers the one with the football in the groin.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy%20drama. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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