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Recent Examples of melodrama
As distanced from melodrama as possible, her performance is one of internalized grief.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Instead, Salles offers soft political melodrama that’s less frank than old Hollywood self-righteousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Feb. 2025
The writing also feels uneven at times, and some of the performances can veer toward melodrama.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
If anything, The Pitt is the first medical drama since ER to prioritize medicine over melodrama — a welcome change of pace after years of Grey’s Anatomy and House clones.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Instead, Salles offers soft political melodrama that’s less frank than old Hollywood self-righteousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Feb. 2025
The writing also feels uneven at times, and some of the performances can veer toward melodrama.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
If anything, The Pitt is the first medical drama since ER to prioritize medicine over melodrama — a welcome change of pace after years of Grey’s Anatomy and House clones.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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McElhenney is also the showrunner and star of Apple TV+’s video game workplace comedy Mythic Quest, currently airing its fourth season.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2025
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The result was a raucous and at times sentimental at television's most famous comedy hour.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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In its poise, its interiority and conviction, its lack of sentimentality or overstatement, her singing seemed to press the reset button on any standard expectations of a pop star.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Hart despises him and his blundering height, despises the hokey sentimentality of Oklahoma!—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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Alas, Godwin’s gentle take on the tragicomedy misses the explosive nature of this moment, the desperation these characters feel to change their fate right now or live and die steeped in stifling ennui.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The tragicomedy follows a grieving widower who sets off on an epic quest to find the truth about a mysterious photo left behind by his deceased wife.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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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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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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Ahead of the tragedy, Caribbean leaders met with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss the future of the mission amid its uncertain funding.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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The cause of the maritime tragedy remains under investigation.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities.—
Maytal Eyal,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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Sensations abound, but a human audience might struggle to access the same emotionality the Ochi are supposedly able to mine from them.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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Life imitated art on the set of The Sound of Music, the beloved musical that debuted in movie theaters on March 2, 1965.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Basics On the original Smash, the Marilyn musical is called Bombshell.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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