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humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
The broadest of comedies, the film’s often puerile humor is driven by an endless stream of male bungling, blundering and whining, only to be kicked up a notch by pratfalls of nearly every variety, from getting bucked off a galloping horse to tripping into a pile of trash.
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Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Two comedies round out the five-strong announcement.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 May 2026
These effects have been used for emotional effect in operas ranging from serious dramas to lighthearted comedies.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
In recent years, Hollywood decided adult comedies were not good bets in movie theaters, and instead focused heavily on superheroes and animated films.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 22 May 2026
Successful network comedies are still rare, so stakes were high, and despite the veteran group, there was an element of novelty to the production.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
These whodunits range from goofy comedies to disturbing thrillers.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Unlike traditional college comedies like Road Trip or Revenge of the Nerds, the male protagonists of Off Campus were written by women.
—Anna Rinderspacher, Glamour, 20 May 2026
Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Two comedies round out the five-strong announcement.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 May 2026
These effects have been used for emotional effect in operas ranging from serious dramas to lighthearted comedies.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
In recent years, Hollywood decided adult comedies were not good bets in movie theaters, and instead focused heavily on superheroes and animated films.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 22 May 2026
Successful network comedies are still rare, so stakes were high, and despite the veteran group, there was an element of novelty to the production.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
These whodunits range from goofy comedies to disturbing thrillers.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Unlike traditional college comedies like Road Trip or Revenge of the Nerds, the male protagonists of Off Campus were written by women.
—Anna Rinderspacher, Glamour, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
Noun
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However, Khatima also maintained that the four humors played a role in determining the plague’s course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Known for creating wicked political satires like Veep and The Thick of It, Iannucci is currently competing on Taskmaster.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ludwigsen played each of the five commercial slapsticks five times in an anechoic environment, minimizing any acoustic room effects with absorbing wedges.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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