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
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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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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Tim Lammers For example, SPE’s summer action comedy smash Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened in theaters on June 7 PVOD and arrived on PVOD about six weeks later, on July 23.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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The original did air on NBC, which could rebuild a comedy block to try to bring back Must-See TV.Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 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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His television series Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017) further cemented his reputation, becoming a cultural phenomenon with its blend of soap opera melodrama, supernatural intrigue, and quirky humor.Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Stiles and Carlino steer the proceedings away from melodrama and broad comedy, rooting the movie in balanced, honest sincerity.Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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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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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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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 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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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy%20drama. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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