broad comedy

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He seems to think the assignment was to do a sort of Peter Sellers turn, as though under the impression that the project was a broad comedy like last year’s “Fackham Hall.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Qualley and Viswanathan are fantastically committed and charismatic, with Qualley demonstrating a capacity for broad comedy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

And ” About My Father,” the broad comedy starring stand-up Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro, was sixth with $4.3 million.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

It’s a low-key, fact-based caper movie that overcomes some broad comedy leanings to settle into the sweet stuff in the soft center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022

The piece, however, has nothing of historical matter but the names: it is merely a piece of broad comedy in the vein of English life and manners.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman