comedy of manners
noun phrase
: comedy that satirically portrays the manners and fashions of a particular class or set
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The movie is good fun and also surprisingly obvious — a slapstick comedy of manners that hints, but only hints, at darker human urges.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Here, all of the horror tropes are reconstituted as a comedy of manners.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Reid employs her signature sharp eye and sardonic wit to spear academia in Come and Get It, a biting comedy of manners.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life
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—Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
Yet something is lost when a slow comedy of manners with no real storyline turns into a melodrama.
—Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
The comedy of manners turns dangerous when their surroundings begin to burn.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2023
The comedy of manners takes place on the gay enclave in Long Island, where Booster and co-stars (including Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho) spend a summer week partying, looking for love and celebrating their community.
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
What results is a comedy of manners featuring betrayal, scandal, secrets, and a healthy (or unhealthy) dose of competition.
—townandcountrymag.com, 4 June 2023
Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Here, all of the horror tropes are reconstituted as a comedy of manners.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Reid employs her signature sharp eye and sardonic wit to spear academia in Come and Get It, a biting comedy of manners.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life
11.
—Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
Yet something is lost when a slow comedy of manners with no real storyline turns into a melodrama.
—Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
The comedy of manners turns dangerous when their surroundings begin to burn.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2023
The comedy of manners takes place on the gay enclave in Long Island, where Booster and co-stars (including Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho) spend a summer week partying, looking for love and celebrating their community.
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
What results is a comedy of manners featuring betrayal, scandal, secrets, and a healthy (or unhealthy) dose of competition.
—townandcountrymag.com, 4 June 2023
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