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Recent Examples of psychodrama
This propulsive mother-daughter psychodrama was published to great acclaim in France in 1953 before falling into obscurity.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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
All those effects can startle for sure, but there’s a lot to take in and pay attention to in this multi-leveled multimedia psychodrama.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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
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
All those effects can startle for sure, but there’s a lot to take in and pay attention to in this multi-leveled multimedia psychodrama.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama
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Yet after gesturing toward a promising thriller setup, the film soon begins to spin its wheels — doing little to complicate or tighten the melodrama, while only superficially probing its two principal characters as their romance is inevitably reignited.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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At their best, these shows are a mirror for what ails society, typically delivered with a heaping side of melodrama and romance.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turner stars in Rosebush Pruning, a satirical tragicomedy thriller, alongside Pamela Anderson, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, and Lukas Gage.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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Stoppard broke through in 1966 with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an ambitious tragicomedy that reimagines the lives of two minor characters in Shakespare’s Hamlet, and which became a landmark moment in British theater.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Nov. 2025
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Some robots, like Noetix’s Bumi, appeared in comedy sketches to show social interaction capabilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mercor tried to train one AI model to be funnier by hiring comedians from the Harvard Lampoon, an iconic comedy publication from Harvard University.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In this case, the original musical can transition easily to a concert staging.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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The art of adapting scores is no longer honored at the Oscars, but Williams' take on Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's iconic musical is a strong argument for why it should be brought back.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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The death happened four years after a previous tragedy near Northstar.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Worst mass shootings in Canada's history The attack on the village of Tumbler Ridge is among the worst shootings in the history of Canada, where such tragedies are relatively rare.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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My background is stand-up and musical comedy, and all my acting jobs have been musical theatre.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
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At the end of mountain stages, a delicious monodrama always unfolds.—
Thomas Curran,
Time,
8 Aug. 2023
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The monodrama by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin propels Comer stunningly into the tale of a crackerjack barrister who prides herself on getting offenders off.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
13 Dec. 2022
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Newsom details the everyday struggle living with his mom after his parents divorced and occasional interludes into his father’s life charmed by the Gettys’ affluence, including that day when the Gettys outfitted him in designer clothes at a luxury department store.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The tracks here are shorter, often resembling the plangent interludes one finds studded across Boards of Canada albums, but dressed up in Western wear.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Psychodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychodrama. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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