seriocomic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of seriocomic
Example Sentences
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Debt is a theme running through Season 5 of “Fargo,” and there was no more terrifying bill collector in Noah Hawley’s latest seriocomic venture into the dark whiteout of the Upper Midwest than Ole Munch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2024
Instead, it's a highly stylized and fictionalized seriocomic mystery thriller that employs a slew of heavy hitters, including Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, Margo Martindale and Richard Kind.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
More of a recognition reel for a fan convention than a movie, it signals a career that’s traveled far from its first evocation of a raw seriocomic intelligence about small-to-bursting lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
Back in 2011, I reviewed Mat Johnson’s “Pym,” a wildly entertaining seriocomic novel that revisits — and updates — Edgar Allan Poe’s enigmatic, racially charged fantasy, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
"O, please spare us Dr. Johnson," cried Charlotte, with seriocomic intensity.
From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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