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Recent Examples of melodrama
Hairpin turns and stressful pit stops go a long way toward entertaining F1 fans and neophytes alike, though melodrama and a bloated run time put the brakes on what should be a film that zips.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Here, melodrama and misandry merge in lyrics and a performance drenched in the giddiest disbelief about smoking weed with Lady Gaga.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
The actress dated her Melrose Place costar Andrew Shue while filming the popular ‘90s melodrama.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 21 June 2025
There is surprisingly little melodrama or tragedy to draw on: just four co-workers.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Here, melodrama and misandry merge in lyrics and a performance drenched in the giddiest disbelief about smoking weed with Lady Gaga.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
The actress dated her Melrose Place costar Andrew Shue while filming the popular ‘90s melodrama.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 21 June 2025
There is surprisingly little melodrama or tragedy to draw on: just four co-workers.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
Noun
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His performance in The Studio garnered him a nod for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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The series received nominations in major categories, including four individual nominations for Rogen — outstanding comedy series, lead actor, writing, and directing.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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The Sun in Cancer and Moon in Taurus speak to the film's emotional depth, humor, and sentimentality.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The jewelry company and Mattel brand embrace nostalgia and sentimentality, with new charms, jewelry pieces and more in the collaborative collection launching on Monday via Alex and Ani’s official website.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
14 July 2025
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Erotic Lives of the Superheroes, a cancer tragicomedy, killer women, and more were among the show pitches presented during the Industry Days program of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Tuesday.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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In Facility Theatre’s new revival of the Irish playwright’s absurdist tragicomedy, the blind and paralyzed character (played by artistic director Kirk Anderson) looks like a slightly steampunk Scrooge, writes Emily McClanathan.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 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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As the climate crisis accelerates, producing more frequent and devastating tragedies, our leaders must offer more than thoughts and prayers.—
Brian Recker,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Blakely, along with 26 other Camp Mystic girls and counselors, perished in the deluge – forcing her family to endure yet another unfathomable tragedy.—
Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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The negative emotionality is over a long period of time to get them to a breaking point to act out.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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Additionally, emotionality’s impact on physical health is negative, possibly due to chronic stress or emotional strain.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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On London's West End, a musical of the 1990s movie Clueless also started running this year, with a plot that takes its cues from Austen's novel Emma.—
Robbie Griffiths,
NPR,
20 July 2025
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Cygnet Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical about love, betrayal and changing times in the early 1900s Oklahoma Territory.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 July 2025
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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