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Recent Examples of psychodrama
The psychodrama is naked — sometimes hard to read, at other moments approaching farce.
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
Gaga would be seen as a key component of what Phillips wants to do with this sequel as well, in terms of integrating old-fashioned musical numbers into the psychodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Jane Campion’s masterly psychodrama is a story of repression, something Rose knows a thing or two about.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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New York Times, 8 July 2024
Gaga would be seen as a key component of what Phillips wants to do with this sequel as well, in terms of integrating old-fashioned musical numbers into the psychodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Jane Campion’s masterly psychodrama is a story of repression, something Rose knows a thing or two about.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for psychodrama
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama
Noun
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Still, Dynevor and Ifans do their best to present these bursts of accidental melodrama in a straightforward manner.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the international competition, Australian stop-motion animator Adam Elliot took home the 50,000 Swedish krona ($4,500) prize for his tragicomedy Memoir of a Snail.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Feldman’s specific style is hard to explain or neatly label though critics and viewers alike have tried to with terms like dramedy and tragicomedy.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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Now, the proud mom-of-three — and grandmother of two — is making a splash in comedy.—
Katie Mannion,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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Netflix has unveiled its 2025 Australian content lineup, featuring three new productions spanning mystery, comedy and social commentary.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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This year, the International frontrunner appears to be Emilia Pérez, a trans-empowerment musical that received 13 Oscar nominations.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
1 Feb. 2025
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The 2025 Oscars also marks the second time that two musicals each received 10 or more nominations in the same year.—
Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Our prayers are with the families, friends, neighbors and everyone affected by this tragedy.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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All those aboard the plane were killed in the tragedy.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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The cast of Sing Sing will perform an off-Broadway rendition of the play Breaking the Mummy’s Code, a time-traveling musical comedy originally staged at Sing Sing correctional facility in 2005 and reenacted in the A24 film.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2025
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The 54-year-old will become the first Supreme Court justice to make her Broadway debut, with a one-night-only walk-on role in the hit musical comedy & Juliet.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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At the end of mountain stages, a delicious monodrama always unfolds.—
Thomas Curran,
Time,
8 Aug. 2023
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Suzie Miller constructs her monodrama at the intersection of #MeToo and British justice, and though the dramatist appends a superfluous moral to the story, the proceedings amount to a virtuosic, blow-by-blow account of a process stacked against female victims.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
17 May 2022
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During these interludes, there is no tomorrow to plan for or worry about — there’s just now.—
Sofia Perez,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2025
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Since the end of the Biden administration, America is presently enjoying a rare interlude in the post–World War II era: there is no Kennedy in public office anywhere in America.—
The Editors,
National Review,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Psychodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychodrama. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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