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Recent Examples of dramedy
The term dramedy is a genre label often synonymous with mediocrity or an inability to settle on a tone for a film.
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Apple announced Friday that that the hit sports dramedy will be returning for Season 4, and the man behind the mustache, Sudeikis, will be coming along too.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
From Prime Video and A24, the dramedy also counts Jonah Hill as an executive producer via his production company, Strong Baby.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In theater, Left No Ring is producing the Off Broadway production On The 5:31, a love triangle dramedy by Mando Alvarado, and the theater productions Mythic, Of You, and Bzzz.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Apple announced Friday that that the hit sports dramedy will be returning for Season 4, and the man behind the mustache, Sudeikis, will be coming along too.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
From Prime Video and A24, the dramedy also counts Jonah Hill as an executive producer via his production company, Strong Baby.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In theater, Left No Ring is producing the Off Broadway production On The 5:31, a love triangle dramedy by Mando Alvarado, and the theater productions Mythic, Of You, and Bzzz.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramedy
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Lorre, a veteran comedy creator, executive producer and writer, will speak as part of the Summit Series at the 46th edition of Banff from June 8 to 11, 2025.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The comedy special Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life will premiere Saturday, April 26 at 10 pm on HBO (and stream on Max).—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Josef Hader The soil of the Austrian countryside is rich with tragicomedy in writer-director-star Hader’s second feature as a director after 2017’s Wild Mouse.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 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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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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Comic pastiche gives way to tender romantic ballads only to explode in musical psychodrama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 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 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
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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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The book by Bob Martin travels between Betty’s cartoon world and the real one — or at least the world of musical comedy (which isn’t all that real anyway).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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While the series was on the air, North also appeared as Dennis on The Donna Reed Show and The Red Skelton Hour and in the 1960 musical comedy film Pépé, starring Cantinflas.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Dramedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramedy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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