broad comedy
Example Sentences
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Chaplin was a master of blending political and social commentary with broad comedy.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
The ‘Mad Men’ star reflects on playing a washed-up version of himself, the fickleness of Hollywood and why broad comedy is harder than it looks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
Tune in for the ultimate professional wrestling experience that “is one part gladiator arena and one part soap opera mixed with broad comedy and pyrotechnics,” writes Joshua Needelman for The Times.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
In each a tragic story is told in blank verse, audaciously Shakespearean, and this is mixed with broad comedy or farce in prose.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
