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Recent Examples of musical comedy
Anna Camp has won high praise from her Pitch Perfect musical comedies, while Bruce Campbell is the undisputed king of horror comedy thanks to his classic role as Ash Williams in The Evil Dead movie trilogy and the spinoff series Ash vs. Evil Dead.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The directorial debut from the Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids star is an Aussie musical comedy set in a small outback town that appears to have the energy to be a potential Muriel’s Wedding or Strictly Ballroom-style indie breakout.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
So the musical comedy style helps carry that through musical drama, where singing and dancing do play a role.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Last year, Hewson starred in John Carney’s musical comedy Flora and Son which was acquired by Apple.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The directorial debut from the Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids star is an Aussie musical comedy set in a small outback town that appears to have the energy to be a potential Muriel’s Wedding or Strictly Ballroom-style indie breakout.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
So the musical comedy style helps carry that through musical drama, where singing and dancing do play a role.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Last year, Hewson starred in John Carney’s musical comedy Flora and Son which was acquired by Apple.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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Goodrich—a new comedy drama starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis—is coming soon to digital streaming.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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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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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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