comedy drama

noun

: serious drama that has comic elements

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The latter sports comedy drama, starring Bernal and Diego Luna as two brothers working on a banana plantation with dreams of breaking into professional football, was produced by Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025 In the Canadian film categories, My Old Ass, the coming-of-age comedy drama written and directed by Megan Park won for best picture, best screenplay and a best female actor prize for Maisy Stella. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Julie Delpy’s French comedy drama film follows the story of Brittany’s Town, which has unanimously decided to accept Ukrainian refugees in exchange for government subsidies. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 Avengers filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo helm this sci-fi action comedy drama that stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and Ke Huy Quan. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for comedy drama

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comedy drama was in 1838

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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20drama. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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