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Recent Examples of melodrama
What elevates this bizarre melodrama is that Trump spews this sort of rhetoric on an hourly basis.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
The show is over-the-top melodrama, but writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan obviously chose real-life conflicts in Montana and other western states to base the plot on.
—Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Schmaltz refers to excessive sentimentality or melodrama and is often used for art, movies, music or storytelling purposes.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
Watch on Deadline Writer Mak Tin-shu, whose credits include last year’s milestone alien invasion extravaganza Warriors of Future, offsets the action with a generous showering of overwrought melodrama, as is to be expected from such a bombastic crowdpleaser.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
The show is over-the-top melodrama, but writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan obviously chose real-life conflicts in Montana and other western states to base the plot on.
—Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Schmaltz refers to excessive sentimentality or melodrama and is often used for art, movies, music or storytelling purposes.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
Watch on Deadline Writer Mak Tin-shu, whose credits include last year’s milestone alien invasion extravaganza Warriors of Future, offsets the action with a generous showering of overwrought melodrama, as is to be expected from such a bombastic crowdpleaser.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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The writers behind some of this year’s hottest comedy series took on Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition to discuss the landscape of laughter on TV.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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By the way, the period around the movie, roughly 1998 to 2001, had so many teen comedies.Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Schmaltz refers to excessive sentimentality or melodrama and is often used for art, movies, music or storytelling purposes.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
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By Barry Levitt October 14, 2024 10:31 PM EDT English Teacher, created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, is a show with no interest in sentimentality.Barry Levitt, TIME, 15 Oct. 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 jury cited his skill in crafting a tragicomedy against the backdrop of social upheaval.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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Simmons took that religious devotion to exercise, stripped away its grim asceticism and elitism, and imbued it with pure emotionalism and inclusivity.Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, The Atlantic, 16 July 2024
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There was a not-insignificant strain of complaint about Guardians 3 trading in its fun irreverence for goopy emotionalism and melodrama.Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
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The psychodrama is naked — sometimes hard to read, at other moments approaching farce.New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 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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Here is where the films of Mike Leigh, a master of human tragedy and everyday comedy, land on a scale of tragic-comic circumstances.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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This monumental tragedy about today and tomorrow used its size and awe to burrow bold ideas into the multiplex.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Individuals high on emotionality are sensitive to emotional experiences, prone to worry often and highly empathetic toward others.Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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In director Jamie Lloyd’s electric and minimalist Broadway update of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1990s musical based on a ‘50s movie, the former Pussycat Doll nails the comedy of a camp diva — inhabiting former ingenue Norma’s delusion and ego without ever losing sight of her sincerity.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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While many shows saw their grosses fall from last week, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical had the highest gross of its run so far – a promising sign for a new musical in a tough environment – bringing in $719,680 and playing to a capacity of 83 percent.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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