as in comedies
humorous entertainment
an actor whose roles range from slapstick to serious drama
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Short Films The Festival presents short films from around the world, ranging from comedies to dramas, documentaries to thrillers, and everything in between, in ten Shorts Programs.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2025 -
The episode was typical of an era in broadcast history where television comedies explored important social issues from multiple perspectives.—
Time,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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And there’s a kinship between modern medicine’s aim to ascribe psychiatric disorders to a handful of chemicals in our brains and the medical catchall of the four-humors framework of centuries past.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Slapsticks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapsticks. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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