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Recent Examples of tragicomedy
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.
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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
The jury cited his skill in crafting a tragicomedy against the backdrop of social upheaval.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
John Fawcett’s flawless tragicomedy is part satire, part splatter body-horror flick, part full-on monster movie, and complete heart.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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
The jury cited his skill in crafting a tragicomedy against the backdrop of social upheaval.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
John Fawcett’s flawless tragicomedy is part satire, part splatter body-horror flick, part full-on monster movie, and complete heart.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragicomedy
Noun
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The White Lotus is a black comedy anthology series following the guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2025
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Yet horror movies dramatically outnumber comedies, particularly this year.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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So what starts out as this high-school melodrama done for laughs grows into something darker and more profound as the story progresses.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this romantic melodrama was filmed on the beaches of Big Sur.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Room Next Door shares the same theme, allowing director Pedro Almodóvar to address Covid-era tragedy, much as directing team Scott McGehee and David Siegel do in The Friend.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer’s passion for performing was fostered early — during an active, adventurous childhood in Chatsworth, Calif., making homemade films and plays alongside his brothers Mark and Wesley — and also shaped by tragedy.—
Kara Warner,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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About Town Indie Rock As Father John Misty, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman stages albums as little psychodramas.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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The thought that Sam Riley’s Tom might turn out to be Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity or John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice is tantalizing but gradually appears to be more like teasing misdirection as the movie shifts into psychodrama gear.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The original film was also adapted into a musical that opened on Broadway in 2007.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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Wade Hair directs the musical for the theater, 6900 Aloma Ave.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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During the conversation, the actress, who played Tanya in the 2008 musical comedy and reprised her role for the 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia!—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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This touring musical comedy, based on the movie about high school’s social pecking order, is in town for five performances over one weekend only, March 28-30.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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While the dramedy has some smart, if overwritten, dialogue and traces of worthwhile commentary, fans of Tropper’s work on Banshee and Warrior are likely to find this a somewhat flat and domesticated version of his voice.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with a bittersweet dramedy about three generations of Silverlake cancer survivors, but maybe save it for April 2.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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