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Recent Examples of tragicomedy
Her writing radiates a cosmic empathy that coexists, sometimes on the same page, with a strain of intolerance blind to life’s tragicomedy.
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
As previously reported by Variety, the film is an episodic dark tragicomedy about five individuals grappling with rejection and the desire for revenge.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
The simple life turns out to be anything but simple in this brilliantly observed tragicomedy, as the consequences of Strings’ success and mind-bending effects of his fame prove all but impossible to outrun.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The dark tragicomedy stars Maria Bakalova, who appeared opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and returns to her Bulgarian film roots.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
As previously reported by Variety, the film is an episodic dark tragicomedy about five individuals grappling with rejection and the desire for revenge.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
The simple life turns out to be anything but simple in this brilliantly observed tragicomedy, as the consequences of Strings’ success and mind-bending effects of his fame prove all but impossible to outrun.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The dark tragicomedy stars Maria Bakalova, who appeared opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and returns to her Bulgarian film roots.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragicomedy
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At the International Emmys, Daily Dose of Sunshine competes in the comedy category with the Australian series Deadloch, the Argentinian series Division Palermo and the French series HPI Season 3.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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She was recently set to star in and executive produce comedy pilot Phony at Hulu and she’ll also be seen in Prime Video’s Overcompensating.Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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The tragedy has become a focal point for broader dissatisfaction with Serbia's current administration, with increasing public demands for transparency in large-scale infrastructure projects, many of which involve Chinese state companies.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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The first tragedy is made all the more poignant by the film’s striking opening, in which moments of Callas’ life are intercut with a stark, beautiful image of her singing with glorious power — an image Lachman makes iconic through his stunning black-and-white photography.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 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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Oz may be a familiar backdrop, but Chu borrows from a diverse array of musicals to conceive the world of munchkins and talking animals.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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As the 2007 president of the Milan High School drama club, my love of musicals runs nearly as deep as my love of football.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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On tap are stand-up comedy, visual comedy, musical comedy, interactive shows and free outdoor events, with more than 1 million attendees expected over the week-and-a-half span.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 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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The dramedy series, which ran from 2004 to 2012 on ABC, won seven Primetime Emmys and three Golden Globes.Michaela Zee, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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The romantic dramedy stars Jack Lemmon as a nebbish office drone known for lending out his place for bosses to take their mistresses.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 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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“Tragicomedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragicomedy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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