comedy of errors
noun phrase
: an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout
The project was a comedy of errors.
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Everyone’s hiding secrets, and parts of The Decameron are built like a comedy of errors, with someone’s absurd decision — burying a body in the garden and pretending that character is still alive, for example — spreading out into ridiculous results for everyone else.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 July 2024
In a classic comedy of errors, Lohan plays a woman who is trapped on a vacation from hell: Her new boyfriend’s sister is dating Lohan’s character’s ex, and the awkward foursome must make nice to not end up on the Naughty List.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
India has selected Kiran Rao’s comedy of errors Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies) to represent the country in the 2025 Oscar race in the Best International Feature category.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
It's been largely a comedy of errors, and there's been a lot of surprising success.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Burn After Reading Year: 2008 Runtime: 1h 35m Director: Joel Coen
Joel and Ethan Coen followed their Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men with one of their most cynical and hysterical movies, a comedy of errors about some incredibly stupid people.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The Sharks were a comedy of errors in the defensive zone, as a red-hot Predators team took advantage of their opponents’ plethora of poor puck decisions, bad positioning, and a lack of willingness to engage.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
For both parties, the resultant comedy of errors is not satisfying.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
In David Mandel's historic comedy of errors White House Plumbers, perennially affable actors Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux play two bumbling cads involved in one of the most shameful events in American history.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 May 2023
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 July 2024
In a classic comedy of errors, Lohan plays a woman who is trapped on a vacation from hell: Her new boyfriend’s sister is dating Lohan’s character’s ex, and the awkward foursome must make nice to not end up on the Naughty List.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
India has selected Kiran Rao’s comedy of errors Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies) to represent the country in the 2025 Oscar race in the Best International Feature category.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
It's been largely a comedy of errors, and there's been a lot of surprising success.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Burn After Reading Year: 2008 Runtime: 1h 35m Director: Joel Coen
Joel and Ethan Coen followed their Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men with one of their most cynical and hysterical movies, a comedy of errors about some incredibly stupid people.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The Sharks were a comedy of errors in the defensive zone, as a red-hot Predators team took advantage of their opponents’ plethora of poor puck decisions, bad positioning, and a lack of willingness to engage.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
For both parties, the resultant comedy of errors is not satisfying.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
In David Mandel's historic comedy of errors White House Plumbers, perennially affable actors Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux play two bumbling cads involved in one of the most shameful events in American history.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 May 2023
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“Comedy of errors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20of%20errors. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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