seriocomic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of seriocomic
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Her most recent book, “Colored Television,” is a seriocomic exploration of race and creativity and the haves and have-nots of Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023
For Ben Stiller and Adam Scott, the positive response to their seriocomic dystopian Apple TV+ series “Severance” means different kinds of relief.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Hanif’s deftness at this kind of seriocomic storytelling has often, almost reflexively now, gotten him compared to Joseph Heller.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
"I humbly appeal to you all," said Bertram in seriocomic tone, "is my rotundity a mere bagatelle?"
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
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