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Tragicomedy is a
literary genre that
blends aspects of both
tragic and
comic forms. Most
often seen in
dramatic literature, the term can
describe either...
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Stroszek [ˈstrɔʃɛk] is a 1977 West
German tragicomedy film
directed by
Werner Herzog and
starring Bruno S., Eva Mattes, and
Clemens Scheitz.
Written specifically...
- The Billy-Club
Puppets (Los títeres de cachiporra) is a play for
puppet theatre by the twentieth-century
Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca. It was...
- The
Banshees of
Inisherin (/ˌɪnɪˈʃɛrɪn/) is a 2022
black tragicomedy film directed, written, and co-produced by
Martin McDonagh. Set on a
remote fictional...
- Beau Is
Afraid is a 2023
American surrealist tragicomedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Ari Aster. The film
stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title...
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defence of his play is best
known for its
pithy definition of
tragicomedy: "A
tragicomedy is not so
called in
respect of
mirth and killing, but in respect...
- Descent: An
Irresistible Tragicomedy of
Everyday Life is a 2004
roman à clef by
Sabrina Broadbent about a
troubled marriage. The protagonist, Genevieve...
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Spotless Mind (2004),
followed by a lead role in
Cameron Crowe's
tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005), and as
Marie Antoinette in Coppola's
Marie Antoinette...
- French-language play, En
attendant Godot, and is
subtitled (in
English only) "a
tragicomedy in two acts". In a poll
conducted by the
British Royal National Theatre...
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Terms of
Endearment is a 1983
American family tragicomedy film directed, written, and
produced by
James L. Brooks,
adapted from
Larry McMurtry's 1975...
