as in musical comedy
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The Trophy Bride, a comedy drama about a poor family attempting to fake their way into high society, has been sold to 3388 Films for the U.S., Canada and all EU European territories, as well as to Infinity Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand.
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
The film, which world premiered as the opening film of the Sarajevo Film Festival over the summer, is a comedy drama about a young woman who travels to a remote island to solve an issue of family inheritance.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
With Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron, and Luis Callejo. Magnolia Pictures presents Bernardo Britto’s sci-fi comedy drama Omni Loop in 65 theaters day and date.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
The crime comedy drama debuts its second season on Sunday.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 15 Sep. 2024
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
The film, which world premiered as the opening film of the Sarajevo Film Festival over the summer, is a comedy drama about a young woman who travels to a remote island to solve an issue of family inheritance.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
With Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron, and Luis Callejo. Magnolia Pictures presents Bernardo Britto’s sci-fi comedy drama Omni Loop in 65 theaters day and date.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
The crime comedy drama debuts its second season on Sunday.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy drama
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In choosing Tim Platt, who does a lot of musical comedy, for the first album, is that going to be a theme of your label?Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
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After all, Bruce Campbell is the reigning king of horror comedy with roles in the first three Evil Dead films and Ash vs. Evil Dead, while Julie Bowen starred in the classic sitcom Modern Family and Anna Camp played a key role in the Pitch Perfect musical comedy trilogy.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Call Log • Maddie is a comedy queen in this episode.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The pair played Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker in the hit comedy, which aired from 2009 to 2020.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Grande, 31, and Erivo, 37, shared an emotional moment while speaking about the new movie musical's friendship-forward themes in a video shared to Australian television series The Project's Instagram page with interviewer Georgie Tunny on Monday, Nov. 4.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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That interpretation reached something of a tipping point with the September 30 death of Creel, one of Broadway’s most popular leading men of musicals and much beloved for his LGBTQ+ activism.Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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As the melodrama unfolded, the ups and downs of each candidate were tracked not only in the polls but for the first time in modern history by prediction markets.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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But if spooky isn’t your vibe, there’s a crime melodrama that’s also somehow a musical, a political thriller, several TV finales, and more.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Off-Broadway tragicomedy stars Driver as Strings McCrane, a country music icon who finds himself at a crossroads following the death of his mother.Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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But in this first-rate production – featuring superb performances from Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati – the play nevertheless emerges as a gripping drama of great wit, absurdity and tragicomedy.The Week UK, theweek, 26 Sep. 2024
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That tragedy impacts the family deeply, especially her brother Joe, who last saw her.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because, yes — somehow Peanut’s untimely death has spiraled from a social-media tragedy to a conservative political movement.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gaga would be seen as a key component of what Phillips wants to do with this sequel as well, in terms of integrating old-fashioned musical numbers into the psychodrama.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
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Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy%20drama. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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