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Recent Examples of psychodrama
The psychodrama is naked — sometimes hard to read, at other moments approaching farce.
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
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
Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Jane Campion’s masterly psychodrama is a story of repression, something Rose knows a thing or two about.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
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
Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Jane Campion’s masterly psychodrama is a story of repression, something Rose knows a thing or two about.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama
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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 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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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 film adaptation of the iconic musical was released widely in the United States on Jan. 21, 2005 Comments It's been 20 years since Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler stepped into the iconic mask and white dress to bring The Phantom of the Opera to the big screen.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Taylor-Corbett choreographed and/or directed more than a dozen off-Broadway musicals since 1987, including 1992’s Eating Raoul, 2009’s My Vaudeville Man!—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2025
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The GoFundMe appeal continues to raise donations from well-wishers keen to help the family move on from the tragedy.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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All these years later, through prosperity and tragedy and a rebirth with the Chiefs, Reid has become what might be considered a coaching version of Picasso — one of the most influential and successful forces ever at their craft.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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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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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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There was also an introductory interlude with a curly-haired vampire — those of you who watched season two of Interview With the Vampire may recognize Felix — who befriends Lasher on a park bench and urges him to drop his human impulse to empathy.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Psychodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychodrama. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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