screwball

Example Sentences

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That’s why screwball comedies didn’t try to upend capitalism, just have some clever fun with it and let a simple love story stick the landing.

From Los Angeles Times

Before that, though, she inevitably reached back for “Call Me Maybe,” delivering the song while pulling daffy faces that made her look like the star of some forgotten ’30s screwball comedy.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Good Place” star proves she is as at home with screwball comedy as she is with drama.

From Salon

They’re the only actors who’ve internalized that this is screwball stuff, despite the realistic cinematography that throws wet burlap on the nonsense.

From Los Angeles Times

"The Residence" is an "Upstairs, Downstairs" screwball murder mystery set in the East Wing, the residence wing of the White House, during an Australian state dinner.

From Salon