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Recent Examples of melodrama
Desplechin didn’t want to make a classical melodrama.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Breaking the Waves, von Trier’s beautiful and artfully punishing 1996 melodrama, elevated Skarsgård’s image in America from side character to formidable screen presence.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.
—Jessica Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
And despite the inherent melodrama that comes with these finer details–my life seemed normal to me.
—Amy Sheehan, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Breaking the Waves, von Trier’s beautiful and artfully punishing 1996 melodrama, elevated Skarsgård’s image in America from side character to formidable screen presence.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.
—Jessica Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
And despite the inherent melodrama that comes with these finer details–my life seemed normal to me.
—Amy Sheehan, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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The spy dramedy will submit across 20 categories at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards, including lead comedy actress for Emilia Clarke and supporting actress for Haley Lu Richardson.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
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The roundtable-style comedy talk show, which is hosted by Allen, has featured comedians including Sebastian Maniscalco, Tiffany Haddish, Gabriel Iglesias, Cedric the Entertainer and Nate Bargatze.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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And underlying them all is an unexpectedly sincere exploration of what true love can or should feel like, pitched right on the knife’s edge between sentimentality and cynicism.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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That sentimentality makes all this nastiness more satisfying.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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That’s a strong hook, but Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke is just getting started with an erotic political tragicomedy that, like a Roomba, is forever veering off in unexpected directions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hints of the tragicomedy to come surfaced on the second day, when heavy clouds threatened rain and the meeting was held in the barracks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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While this gentler effort is unlikely to be similarly impactful, its witty humor and genuine emotionalism recall the best of Pixar, where its director worked as a story artist on such films as Wall-E and Incredibles 2.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arpino’s interest in popular culture, athletic technique, and unapologetic emotionalism has found a new audience in the post-Balanchine world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The other is a patchy, unpersuasive psychodrama about the underlying motivations and years-later ramifications of an unspeakable act—or, in this case, an unrealized plan to commit an unspeakable act.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The trauma drama — ideally multigenerational and tied to addiction, abuse or both — is a tough one for audiences that tends to work better as an acting showcase than as involving psychodrama.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme, who sometimes served as a mentor and listening board for Metayer Bowen, was equally saddened by the tragedy.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite the Reina Sofía’s many refusals to lend the work to various institutions around the world, its rebuff of the Guggenheim’s request carries a particular sting because the Basque Country has long held that the painting belongs in the place where the depicted tragedy occurred.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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So Mark initially came to me reporting symptoms of headache, memory loss, sleep difficulties, emotionality, and irritability.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the first season, that emotionality felt calibrated.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Pop diva Alicia Keys based this original musical on her own upbringing in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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The studio is also developing a new musical from Turning Red director Domee Shi as well as a project called Ono Ghost Market.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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