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Recent Examples of musical comedy
Delano's last role was in the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints, which was released in May.
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Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
More recently, Delano appeared in two films this year - the adventure Road to Dreamland and the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The musical comedy, based on the popular Apple TV+ series, will open in January at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Two days before Hilty and Simard opened the best new musical comedies in ages, Vogue sat down with them at the cavernous Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to discuss camp, spookiness, and their paths to Death Becomes Her.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
More recently, Delano appeared in two films this year - the adventure Road to Dreamland and the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The musical comedy, based on the popular Apple TV+ series, will open in January at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Two days before Hilty and Simard opened the best new musical comedies in ages, Vogue sat down with them at the cavernous Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to discuss camp, spookiness, and their paths to Death Becomes Her.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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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.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Longoria played Gaby Solis on the comedy drama from 2004 to 2012.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 Dec. 2024
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Now, the proud mom-of-three — and grandmother of two — is making a splash in comedy.—
Katie Mannion,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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Dark comedy Fabula, by Dutch director Michiel ten Horn, about a provincial criminal grappling with personal and professional failures, will open the festival, the first Dutch movie to do so since 2018.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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This year, the International frontrunner appears to be Emilia Pérez, a trans-empowerment musical that received 13 Oscar nominations.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
1 Feb. 2025
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The 2025 Oscars also marks the second time that two musicals each received 10 or more nominations in the same year.—
Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Jan. 2025
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Still, Dynevor and Ifans do their best to present these bursts of accidental melodrama in a straightforward manner.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the international competition, Australian stop-motion animator Adam Elliot took home the 50,000 Swedish krona ($4,500) prize for his tragicomedy Memoir of a Snail.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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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.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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All those aboard the plane were killed in the tragedy.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Our prayers are with the families, friends, neighbors and everyone affected by this tragedy.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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The results are equal parts marital crisis, sins-of-the-father psychodrama and visceral body horror.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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Niemann himself sometimes seems like a method actor appearing in a psychodrama, whether by temperament or by a recognition that the mad villain is the only decent role available to him now.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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