comic drama
Example Sentences
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Shot on a handheld digital camera, the film applies an anarchic home-movie aesthetic to a superbly performed, discomfitingly comic drama of darkness within a family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Farber said while the movie "is not without its flaws, it is an engaging and often touching comic drama that builds power as it moves toward its immensely satisfying conclusion".
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023
“The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit podcast, is a darkly comic drama with a contemporary “Sweeney Todd” twist.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
“The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic” is a darkly comic drama about how Jaakko navigates life as a disabled man in Finland, yet his disability isn’t his defining characteristic.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
Etherege and Wycherley ushered in the comic drama of the Restoration.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
