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Recent Examples of melodrama
Through four pilgrimages to the French Riviera in Stanley Donen’s time-hopping melodrama, Audrey Hepburn’s Joanna and Albert Finney’s Mark meet, fall in love, honeymoon and fall apart.
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Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Motor-Cycle was a daring way to make an entrance, a comedic rock melodrama that blasted Golden’s seedy world out in Technicolor.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Thought-provoking and relatable to anyone who has ever been in a long-term relationship, the setup seems perfect for the melodrama and conflict that makes for great relationship comedies.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Paredes and Almodóvar formed a consummate partnership that heightened the melodrama in his movies.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Motor-Cycle was a daring way to make an entrance, a comedic rock melodrama that blasted Golden’s seedy world out in Technicolor.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Thought-provoking and relatable to anyone who has ever been in a long-term relationship, the setup seems perfect for the melodrama and conflict that makes for great relationship comedies.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Paredes and Almodóvar formed a consummate partnership that heightened the melodrama in his movies.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
Noun
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Directed by Tina Romero, the delightful feature debut is a horror comedy chock-full of fun and meaningful ideas, most of which stop just short of fruition.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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The Shane Gillis comedy Tires is at #3 now, back for season 3.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson, never one for excess sentimentality, admitted the idea had been floating around for a while.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Imaginative touches like that go a long way toward ameliorating the film’s small but not ignorable flaws, such as its tendency toward sentimentality in the last stretch and the gaping spaces where more character-building needs to be to land the plane safely.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 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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In the aftermath of the tragedy, Persun grieved on the shoulders of her parents, Tyler's parents and her circle of ever-supportive friends.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Each of these tragedies reverberates through their departments and communities, amplifying the sense of vulnerability and loss.—
Jillian E. Snider,
Boston Herald,
13 June 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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Her theatricality, emotionality, romanticism, and understanding of the human condition led her to writing original songs for motion pictures.—
Carrie Wittmer,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The first couple have long planned on attending the opening night performance of Les Misérables, which is one of the president's favorite musicals.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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More than a century after Jack Norworth penned the lyrics, a nonprofit founded with the song’s royalties is celebrating 50 years of supporting young musicians — including the talent behind some of today’s most popular musicals.—
James Pollard,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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