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Recent Examples of dramedy
Supporting actor nominee Stellan Skarsgård gives a masterclass, Norwegian style, in Joachim Trier's touching dramedy.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The dynamite dramedy chronicles the real-life 1977 media firestorm that came about when an outraged mortgage customer took a bank exec hostage.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
World premiere dramedy written by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler, directed by Chris Coleman.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Cooper obviously longs for that era of storytelling to return—nobody could lob a sincere, big-feelings dramedy over the plate better than Crowe (Say Anything, Singles, and Jerry Maguire).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The dynamite dramedy chronicles the real-life 1977 media firestorm that came about when an outraged mortgage customer took a bank exec hostage.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
World premiere dramedy written by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler, directed by Chris Coleman.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Cooper obviously longs for that era of storytelling to return—nobody could lob a sincere, big-feelings dramedy over the plate better than Crowe (Say Anything, Singles, and Jerry Maguire).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramedy
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The 30-second Super Bowl version manages to capture most of the ridiculousness of the lengthier, two-and-a-half-minute version directed by Spike Jonze, which feels as silly and committed as any of your favorite Stiller comedy moments.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sánchez Arévalo has framed the film as a deliberate genre blend — thriller, drama, black comedy and Western — emphasizing that its resistance to easy labelling was central to the appeal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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Stoppard broke through in 1966 with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an ambitious tragicomedy that reimagines the lives of two minor characters in Shakespare’s Hamlet, and which became a landmark moment in British theater.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Nov. 2025
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The citizen in you laughs heartily as this film, a tragicomedy, skewers the hypocrisies and ironies of the repressed West.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
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Yet after gesturing toward a promising thriller setup, the film soon begins to spin its wheels — doing little to complicate or tighten the melodrama, while only superficially probing its two principal characters as their romance is inevitably reignited.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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At their best, these shows are a mirror for what ails society, typically delivered with a heaping side of melodrama and romance.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Jan. 2026
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How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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And there are many things that people can actually do to get this transcendence, to get away from the tedium of the psychodrama of your own life.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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The original British cast of Broadway‘s Operation Mincemeat, the offbeat musical embraced by critics and audiences alike, will perform an additional, second show on its final performance date of Sunday, February 22, producers announced today.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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The classic musical has played here six times as part of the Broadway in Kansas City series, but not since 2017.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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America can't look away from celebrity tragedy Crime relating to celebrities and public figures always becomes a huge news story in the United States, all the way back (at least) to the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby in 1932.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Maxim Naumov Figure skater Maxim Naumov will make his first appearance at the Olympics after a year marked by tragedy and an emotional comeback.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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My background is stand-up and musical comedy, and all my acting jobs have been musical theatre.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Netflix may be eyeing two of them with its surprise hit of 2025, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’s musical comedy on K-pop stars who moonlight as demon hunters.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Dramedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramedy. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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