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Recent Examples of musical comedy
Kelly premiered her larger statement ring in several scene-stealing moments during the filming of High Society, the musical comedy that marks Kelly’s final performance before leaving Hollywood for royal life in Monaco.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
The 1992 film is remade as a musical comedy with direction and choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli.
—Jeffrey Miller, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Netflix may be eyeing two of them with its surprise hit of 2025, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’s musical comedy on K-pop stars who moonlight as demon hunters.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The festival will also include a variety show paying tribute to the late Pee-Wee Herman, and a reunion of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie).
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
The 1992 film is remade as a musical comedy with direction and choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli.
—Jeffrey Miller, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Netflix may be eyeing two of them with its surprise hit of 2025, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’s musical comedy on K-pop stars who moonlight as demon hunters.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The festival will also include a variety show paying tribute to the late Pee-Wee Herman, and a reunion of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie).
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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But Slumdog Millionaire, a feel-good comedy drama about predestination and game shows, is the one that won him all the glory.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
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The actor subsequently used the space to film parts of his 2011 comedy drama Newlyweds.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the two stars, who at first seem to be playing in different registers with O’Hara launching her punchlines towards the balcony and Byrne aiming for the second row, harmonize to deliver a master class in physical comedy.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Onion, now under the ownership of tech exec Jeff Lawson, has been rebooting itself in a bid to return to its subversive comedy roots.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
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Whether this is a new opera or a new musical is open to debate.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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From there, the parody musical went viral.—
Sara Belcher,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Despite reams of dialogue that tends to be enigmatic if not downright opaque, the gothic melodrama is stretched too thin to have much grip.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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The film walks a tightrope of humor and pathos, having fun with the idea of the ‘disease of the week’ TV melodrama while never diminishing a serious illness.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 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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Setting Pepsi’s story straight for America 250 Bradham’s story becomes a tragedy only if his influence is forgotten.—
Ryan Wilusz,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Stars like Florence Lawrence did not simply appear on screen—rather, their romances, scandals, and personal tragedies were shaped into serialized publicity, their lives turned into ongoing narratives designed to sustain public attention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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But on a night on which psychodrama only ever felt one mistake away, the mood just about held throughout.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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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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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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