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Recent Examples of dramedy
In the dramedy, Clooney plays the titular Kelly, a disillusioned movie star having a personal crisis.
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Goldstein co-created the dramedy and appeared in Season 2.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 26 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
Director Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother ($5 in the MFL) won the top prize at Venice, but there’s nevertheless an enduring sense that the family dramedy starring Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, and Vicky Krieps will be too small for awards season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Goldstein co-created the dramedy and appeared in Season 2.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 26 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
Director Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother ($5 in the MFL) won the top prize at Venice, but there’s nevertheless an enduring sense that the family dramedy starring Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, and Vicky Krieps will be too small for awards season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramedy
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The third annual Shine Away event, this year taking over the Universal Studios lot, also featured conversations with Mariska Hargitay, Chrissy Teigen, Malin Åkerman, Lilly Singh, Karen Pittman, Monica Lewinsky and Brittany Snow, along with an opening comedy set from Yvonne Orji.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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If Feel Good was comedy with a powerful dramatic arc, Wayward turns that formula on its head and is largely a drama with some lighter moments along the way.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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This was the run that was supposed to make up for that tragicomedy of errors.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The longtime friends put their chemistry to good use in the latest revival of Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, a 1940s B-picture conjuring up some heavy Maria Montez mojo, known as Kiss of the Spider Woman — a typically hyperventilating melodrama that featured a vamping diva playing several parts, including the venomous title character.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Lipa is a straight shooter; all song and dance sans melodrama, the show reminiscent of Christina Aguilera’s 2006-2008 Back to Basics Tour.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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Directed by Bill Condon, the film is an adaptation of the 1992 musical by Terrence McNally, itself an adaptation of the 1976 play by Manuel Puig.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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But even in that announcement, League producers warned of rising costs for producing shows, and while grosses were high, as The New York Times reported, none of the musicals that opened last year made a profit.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her name was Maggie McCabe, a grieving former combat surgeon who had her license revoked after a tragedy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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The duo pushes the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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The actress has also switched more to writing and directing, creating Nickelodeon's musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band — which starred her and husband Michael Wolff's two sons, Nat and Alex Wolff — and the 2018 film Stella's Last Weekend, among others.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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The 1975 musical comedy starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick was produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman and distributed by then 20th Century Fox (now owned by Disney).—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Dramedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramedy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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