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Recent Examples of melodrama
The actress dated her Melrose Place costar Andrew Shue while filming the popular ‘90s melodrama.
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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
That was easily the most engaging melodrama of the week so far.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
The ten-ton Behind the Music melodrama of Wilson’s later life often threatened to obscure his actual musical contribution, already so offbeat and vulnerable.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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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
That was easily the most engaging melodrama of the week so far.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
The ten-ton Behind the Music melodrama of Wilson’s later life often threatened to obscure his actual musical contribution, already so offbeat and vulnerable.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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Appearances by Amy Poehler, Will Arnett and Craig T. Nelson allow Blades of Glory to thrive like few 2000s comedies could.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Gale and Zemeckis were nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the film — a win in itself considering how popular sci-fi and comedy are both usually ignored by the Academy.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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Beer, wine, dinner, coffee and a unique aesthetic ‘Unexpected benefit’ Former West Village resident and current Brooklynite Bria Schirripa remembers the wild days without much sentimentality.—
Cindy Augustine,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Its sentimentality could easily come across as maudlin, its structure too confusing to follow.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
12 June 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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The man who shuffled offstage last year in the middle of the play — an absurdist tragicomedy plagued by poor reviews and weak attendance — has shuffled back onto it.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
9 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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Jacobson said the sorrow among Amira’s family and friends was tempered by a supportive community, including members of the Mosque Foundation who visited Richards after the tragedy.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The page lists half a dozen directorial projects Ford is attached to, including ferry disaster tragedy Wahine out of New Zealand, fantasy tale The King of Light – The Order of the Dark Gods, and comedy Food Fight.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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There’s the emotionality to it all, of course, and there’s a follow through, which is part of what this interview is for.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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This is problematic for adults assessing credibility of young children because legal practitioners pay special attention to the level of children’s emotionality when testifying.—
Patricia Fersch,
Forbes.com,
8 May 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.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Since then, Ramos has given musicals a rest with leading roles in popcorn fare like Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), Twisters (2024), and the Bad Guys franchise (2022–2025).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 June 2025
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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