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Recent Examples of melodrama
Devoid of music or melodrama, this is slow cinema at its most viscerally rigorous and patient.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Connecticut, thankfully, is not built for melodrama.
—Robert T.f. Downes, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Globe Photos / Alamy The provocative French melodrama about a voluptuous teenager who scandalizes Saint-Tropez was a box office smash both abroad and in the United States, despite mixed critical reviews and condemnation by watchdog groups like the National Legion of Decency.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
The mortal wound is not physical, the book, so far from being a melodrama, is very brilliantly understated.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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Rudd's latest project, the comedy Anaconda, which costars Jack Black, is now in theaters.—
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Jade Catta-Preta Jade Catta-Preta pivoted from a career in theater to a career in comedy.—
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Much of Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the Weeknd trying to make peace with his transformation—wrestling with the old habits that haunt him, watching his legacy slip away, recognizing the limits of hedonism, navigating nostalgia and sentimentality.—
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Taurus’s affinity with sentimentality and enduring love will draw them to this magical story that transcends lifetimes and generations for these soulmates to unite.—
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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.—
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The citizen in you laughs heartily as this film, a tragicomedy, skewers the hypocrisies and ironies of the repressed West.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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Reactions to this tragedy from friends on social media align completely with their political persuasions.—
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Thirasak Wongsoongnern, a member of staff on the train, told local media outlet Thairath Online, that the train had been traveling at around 74mph when the tragedy occurred, according to the BBC.—
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So Mark initially came to me reporting symptoms of headache, memory loss, sleep difficulties, emotionality, and irritability.—
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In the first season, that emotionality felt calibrated.—
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Accordingly, the film is a historical musical.—
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The show comes to Broadway as the season has a slim number of new musicals, which could all be vying for the Tony for best musical.—
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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