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screwball

[skroo-bawl] / ˈskruˌbɔl /


Example Sentences

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Despite the screwball setup, “The Hitch” is, as much as anything, a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s priceless in a screwball murder movie in which everyone’s soul is for sale.

From Los Angeles Times

Scratch just beneath the film’s screwball surface and its beating heart as a food movie quickly reveals itself.

From Salon

In spirit, however, this redo is pure 1930s screwball comedy.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s why screwball comedies didn’t try to upend capitalism, just have some clever fun with it and let a simple love story stick the landing.

From Los Angeles Times