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Recent Examples of psychodrama
But this haunted and harrowing psychodrama — based on surviving records from the 18th century, and rooted in the day-to-day tedium of Styrian farm life — has too much respect for its emotionally isolated heroine to frame her unraveling as part of a broader phenomenon.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
Jane Campion’s spellbinding psychodrama about a cruel rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who terrorizes his tender brother’s new wife (Dunst) in 1920s Montana launched the next phase of Dunst’s career, which has now led her to Alex Garland’s Civil War.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Cusk’s follow-up, 2021’s Second Place, is a psychodrama about artistic production that sacrifices realistic world making for the starkness of fable.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
To say that Lars von Trier’s haunting psychodrama casts Dunst against type would be an understatement.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
Jane Campion’s spellbinding psychodrama about a cruel rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who terrorizes his tender brother’s new wife (Dunst) in 1920s Montana launched the next phase of Dunst’s career, which has now led her to Alex Garland’s Civil War.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Cusk’s follow-up, 2021’s Second Place, is a psychodrama about artistic production that sacrifices realistic world making for the starkness of fable.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
To say that Lars von Trier’s haunting psychodrama casts Dunst against type would be an understatement.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama
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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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Call Log • Maddie is a comedy queen in this episode.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The comedy centers on Ashley (Arjona), who has asked for a divorce from good-natured Carey (Marvin), who then runs to his friends Julie (Johnson) and Paul (Covino) for support.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 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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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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After a personal tragedy, Proffitt wanted to center LGBTQ rights in his campaign — even in a reliably Republican district.Serena Lin, Them, 4 Nov. 2024
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In choosing Tim Platt, who does a lot of musical comedy, for the first album, is that going to be a theme of your label?Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
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After all, Bruce Campbell is the reigning king of horror comedy with roles in the first three Evil Dead films and Ash vs. Evil Dead, while Julie Bowen starred in the classic sitcom Modern Family and Anna Camp played a key role in the Pitch Perfect musical comedy trilogy.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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These interludes seem to mark the shaky dividing line between terror and solace, as George tirelessly makes his way back to his mother.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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The backstage interlude evokes both the glamour of movies and the glamour of making movies — how both the product and production in Hollywood is aspirational.Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Psychodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychodrama. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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