screwball
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Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, it’s utterly virtuosic screwball absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
In “Trouble,” she buzzes with nervous energy, her dizzying delivery of Raphaelson’s smart dialogue creating the template for the screwball heroines soon to follow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
In spirit, however, this redo is pure 1930s screwball comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
But instead of it finding Doncic or any Lakers player, it badly curved toward the courtside seats, a screwball turnover in a game littered with mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
The nation’s corner theaters hosted 85 million people a week for 25-cent viewings of an endless array of cheery musicals and screwball comedies.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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