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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the musical sounds of the babbling brook
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as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the song of the skylark has been celebrated for being especially musical
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as in comedy
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David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Jacques Audiard’s genre-melding noir musical, Emilia Pérez, opens with a plea.
—Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
The allegations ranged from Iswaran obtaining tickets for UK soccer matches and taking a flight on Ong’s private jet to obtaining tickets to the F1 race in Singapore and tickets to musicals in London.
—Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Trump and allies say the rallies are an opportunity to organize, sign up voters, raise money and have fun, complete with videos and a musical playlist.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Jacques Audiard’s genre-melding noir musical, Emilia Pérez, opens with a plea.
—Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jackman also starred in big screen musicals like The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
The allegations ranged from Iswaran obtaining tickets for UK soccer matches and taking a flight on Ong’s private jet to obtaining tickets to the F1 race in Singapore and tickets to musicals in London.
—Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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But where Grapes is relentlessly symphonic and often melodramatic, Unknown—which was finally edited and released 20 years ago—is intimate and restrained, focusing acutely on the slow-motion erosion of the agrarian American dream in a pattern of exploitation that the Dust Bowl only intensified.Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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This early morning performance showcases Halloween’s greatest hits with a symphonic twist, featuring music from fan-favorite franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel Studios and Disney Animation.Holly Alvarado, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
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From Joe Rogan to Greg Gutfeld, conservative comedy’s influence grows Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Each won the Emmy Award for outstanding music or comedy program.Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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This is McQueen’s method: a passage of lyrical beauty, a chaser of righteous struggle.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Soon, though, his smooth and lyrical patter sold him on most Dodger fans, an old-school baseball guy with a poetic bent.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Even Lawrence, the steadiest of the lot, gets caught up in the melodrama.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Haley was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor in the 2006 Academy Awards for his performance in Todd Field’s 2006 satirical melodrama Little Children.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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While she’s dipped her toes into lyric writing before and recorded some relative obscurities in the jazz catalog, she’s often thought of as a neo-traditionalist Great American Songbook type.Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Oct. 2024
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Each lyric site is a golden ticket to win a trip to Louisville and experience the lyric in real life.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024
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But in this first-rate production – featuring superb performances from Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati – the play nevertheless emerges as a gripping drama of great wit, absurdity and tragicomedy.The Week UK, theweek, 26 Sep. 2024
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Her writing radiates a cosmic empathy that coexists, sometimes on the same page, with a strain of intolerance blind to life’s tragicomedy.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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After all, Bruce Campbell is the reigning king of horror comedy with roles in the first three Evil Dead films and Ash vs. Evil Dead, while Julie Bowen starred in the classic sitcom Modern Family and Anna Camp played a key role in the Pitch Perfect musical comedy trilogy.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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In the musical comedy franchise, Kendrick played the role of Beca, alongside Wilson's Fat Amy and Brittany Snow’s Chloe Beale.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Gaga would be seen as a key component of what Phillips wants to do with this sequel as well, in terms of integrating old-fashioned musical numbers into the psychodrama.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
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Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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