tragicomedy

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(uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

(countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

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Politics becomes a horse race, and a tragicomedy motivated by greed, backstage manoeuvres, betrayals, and, often, sex and violence – a genre increasingly indistinguishable from TV scripts. Manuel Castells

An unprecedented cast of 166 narrators combines in a spectral chorus, telling their stories in an astonishing gabble of voices that teem with pathos, tragicomedy, and the tenderest love. Source: Internet

Beattie’s unsurpassed talent for rural tragicomedy is on display in a splendid collection of short stories largely set in Maine, where her characters live in a state of existential chagrin and exhaustion. Source: Internet

Since then, her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004), the science fiction romantic comedy-drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Cameron Crowe 's romantic tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005). Source: Internet

Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French version, En attendant Godot main, and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts". Source: Internet

The 1648, 1660, and 1682 editions were no longer subtitled " tragicomedy ", but "tragedy". Source: Internet

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