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Recent Examples of tragicomedy
The jury cited his skill in crafting a tragicomedy against the backdrop of social upheaval.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
John Fawcett’s flawless tragicomedy is part satire, part splatter body-horror flick, part full-on monster movie, and complete heart.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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
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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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
John Fawcett’s flawless tragicomedy is part satire, part splatter body-horror flick, part full-on monster movie, and complete heart.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragicomedy
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Now, the comedy about a very eccentric suburban dad (Robinson, obviously) having a little trouble making friends has its first trailer.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2025
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Chappelle has also received five Primetime Emmy Awards – three for his Netflix comedy specials Equanimity (2018) and Sticks & Stones (2020), and two for hosting Saturday Night Live (2017 and 2021).—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Salles offers soft political melodrama that’s less frank than old Hollywood self-righteousness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing also feels uneven at times, and some of the performances can veer toward melodrama.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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In many ways, Payne’s life and death have the familiar contours of a pop tragedy: a young artist, whose talents were often at odds with his demons, experiencing the apex of stardom as well as its depths.—
Federico Fahsbender,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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That applies, too, to the unusual case of the Jews, scattered to the winds and reconvening 2,000 years (and one extraordinary tragedy) later in Israel.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The results are equal parts marital crisis, sins-of-the-father psychodrama and visceral body horror.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 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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There, visitors can catch performances by pop artists like Amy Grant, theatrical stagings of musicals like Hamilton and Kimberly Akimbo, and dances by troupes such as the Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Spanish-language musical, which leads the 2025 Oscar nominations with 13, has come under fire for multiple issues: its depiction of Mexico and transgender identity, and its star Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced, offensive tweets with anti-Muslim, anti-diversity and racist language.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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The musical comedy features the country music singer appearing like a fairy godmother to give life lessons in song to a stricken fan.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Airing on Nickelodeon from 2010 to 2013 for four seasons, the musical comedy series followed Tori Vega (Justice) navigating her teen years at a performing arts high school with her friends and sister (Monet) by her side.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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The romantic dramedy was renewed for a fifth season following Season 4 Part 2, which dropped in September.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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The third edition of the upstairs-downstairs dramedy, named for a fictional chain of upscale resorts, both continues this trajectory and complicates it.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the end of mountain stages, a delicious monodrama always unfolds.—
Thomas Curran,
Time,
8 Aug. 2023
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Suzie Miller constructs her monodrama at the intersection of #MeToo and British justice, and though the dramatist appends a superfluous moral to the story, the proceedings amount to a virtuosic, blow-by-blow account of a process stacked against female victims.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
17 May 2022
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“Tragicomedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragicomedy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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