broad comedy
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Chaplin was a master of blending political and social commentary with broad comedy.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
He seems to think the assignment was to do a sort of Peter Sellers turn, as though under the impression that the project was a broad comedy like last year’s “Fackham Hall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
From prolific Mexican-born, U.S.-based writer-director Alejandro Montoya Marin, this enjoyable broad comedy with a timely thesis turns its average protagonists into amateur vigilantes risking it all to regain their hope for a better future.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Tune in for the ultimate professional wrestling experience that “is one part gladiator arena and one part soap opera mixed with broad comedy and pyrotechnics,” writes Joshua Needelman for The Times.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Somewhat of a mannerist; but excellent in broad comedy, as well as in the sentimental pathetic.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
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