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melodramas

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The mutual melodramas cancel each other out, resulting in a film with more truth than fiction.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Market participants have come to assume they will come out of these recurring melodramas intact.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Many things happen, never for too long; all kinds of maladies, medications and melodramas are involved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

In fact, you may be old enough to remember when there’d be dozens of these sleek melodramas geared toward grown-ups.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

From the look of it, one of her favorite Israeli melodramas.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny