as in musical comedy
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Recent Examples of comedy drama
Described as a dark comedy drama anthology, The White Lotus from Mike White follows the often troubled and privileged guests and the employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain in a different location each season.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Longoria played Gaby Solis on the comedy drama from 2004 to 2012.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette, the third season of HBO's award-winning comedy drama will air on Max in February, 2026.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
His filmography ranges from thrilling sci-fi films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers to quirky comedy dramas like The Grand Budapest Hotel.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Longoria played Gaby Solis on the comedy drama from 2004 to 2012.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette, the third season of HBO's award-winning comedy drama will air on Max in February, 2026.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
His filmography ranges from thrilling sci-fi films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers to quirky comedy dramas like The Grand Budapest Hotel.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy drama
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In the film, the group of actors are working on a time-traveling musical comedy, which honestly looks rather fun.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Eight years later, Shepard played Presley’s business partner’s wife in the ’60s buddy musical comedy.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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He will next be seen in the British comedy horror film The Scurry.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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The crime comedy co-stars Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson, and Bill Murray.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Basics On the original Smash, the Marilyn musical is called Bombshell.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 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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There was a lot of love for The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s extraordinary shout-out to both 1950s wide-screen melodramas and 1970s moody epics, which was not a surprise.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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The film teases a will-they-or-won’t-they frisson about the two, and occasionally taps a lush score that wafts in the romantic melancholy of a 1960s American melodrama (making one wonder if the score from May December is starting to have its first, unironic imitations).—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
16 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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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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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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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy%20drama. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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