dramedy
noun
dra·me·dy
ˈdrä-mə-dē 
ˈdra-
: a comedy (such as a film or television show) having dramatic moments
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Le Goy’s keynote will precede an opening night screening of the upcoming Peacock romantic dramedy The Miniature Wife, to be followed by a Q&A with castmembers Matthew Macfadyen, O-T Fagbenle and Sian Clifford.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Goldstein co-created the dramedy and appeared in Season 2.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In the dramedy, which marked her film debut, Sulewski plays a waitress, Becca, whose image is used by a dad to catfish his son on a dating app.
—Grace Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
What follows is a dramedy that is simultaneously an anthropological examination of the film industry’s denizens and a disturbing — though often very funny — look at the fragility of identity in that world.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Goldstein co-created the dramedy and appeared in Season 2.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In the dramedy, which marked her film debut, Sulewski plays a waitress, Becca, whose image is used by a dad to catfish his son on a dating app.
—Grace Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
What follows is a dramedy that is simultaneously an anthropological examination of the film industry’s denizens and a disturbing — though often very funny — look at the fragility of identity in that world.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Dramedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramedy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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