kitchen-sink drama

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This series of misadventures sounds like a gritty kitchen-sink drama, commissioned by someone who feels life is just too cheerful.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

The kitchen-sink drama “Threads” introduces us to two families connected by the son of one dating the daughter of the other — and getting her pregnant at the worst possible moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Alvarez previously featured the characters in another play, kitchen-sink drama “Dusty de los Santos.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

But midway through, this slow-burning kitchen-sink drama suddenly shape-shifts, as a dark twist leads Francisco and his co-workers to take over the house and live in it together with their families.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Fighting With My Family Now, this is either going to be a knockabout action comedy about hilarious domestic disputes, or a harrowing kitchen-sink drama about the emotional toil caused by a lifetime of familial resentment.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2017