comedy drama

noun

: serious drama that has comic elements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. —

Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. —

cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023 Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ best big-screen work is hands down starring opposite James Gandolfini in Nicole Holofcener’s tender 2013 comedy drama Enough Said. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023 An absurd comedy drama about a woman living in a exclusive Costa Rican beach house, waiting for her American lover who maintains her. —

Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022 Hamill will co-star with her real-life husband, actor Jason O'Connell, in the risqué comedy drama based on the memoirs of real-life 19th-century British courtesan Harriette Wilson. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022 See More

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