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Recent Examples of tragicomedy
The audience—both the fictional one upstate and the real one in Manhattan—soon slips into a world where human-scale beach balls and painter’s buckets become a playground for physical investigation, where the tragicomedy of real life slips in through the cracks.
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Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
In its first glimpse of their Carabao Cup-winning team, St James’ Park gave no inclination of letting the moment go, of consigning the recent past to history books which have traditionally read like epic tragicomedy.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his tragicomedy take.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
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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Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
In its first glimpse of their Carabao Cup-winning team, St James’ Park gave no inclination of letting the moment go, of consigning the recent past to history books which have traditionally read like epic tragicomedy.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his tragicomedy take.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragicomedy
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Appearances by Amy Poehler, Will Arnett and Craig T. Nelson allow Blades of Glory to thrive like few 2000s comedies could.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Gale and Zemeckis were nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the film — a win in itself considering how popular sci-fi and comedy are both usually ignored by the Academy.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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This is the stuff of old-as-the-hills melodrama, as a vulnerable youngster is caught between good and, well, less good life paths.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
12 July 2025
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The backstage melodrama, the rehearsal montages, the glittering audition sequences didn’t start with disco.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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While most Americans celebrated Independence Day, a tragedy unfolded in Central Texas.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 July 2025
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For past campers, the tragedy turned happy memories into grief.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
Noun
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How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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And there are many things that people can actually do to get this transcendence, to get away from the tedium of the psychodrama of your own life.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Louis-Fernand is a dancer who has worked on several musicals and shows.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Giovannetti continued performing in both musicals and plays while attending Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
Noun
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And, for several years, Brooks explored the ideas of a musical comedy of the notorious Adolph Hitler, which turned into his first feature comedic film, The Producers, in 1968.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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New Jersey’s first superhero takes the stage in this monster of a musical comedy, based on the classic cult film.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
28 June 2025
Noun
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On the other end of the spectrum, Materialists, Celine Song's quietly engrossing romantic dramedy starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal is still holding firm in the domestic top 10, adding $1.3 million in week four for an impressive $33.5 million domestically.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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Rendezvous in Paris to Tyler Perry’s dramedy series Divorced Sistas, BET+ Premium has it all.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
3 July 2025
Noun
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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