tragicomic
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This tragicomic result winks at the slight but important difference between artistry and stardom.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
But the tale he tells is tragicomic and never less than fascinating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
"Penn is a knockout tragicomic villain: it's his best performance in years," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
More than 50 years since its publication, the story of the Buendía family and the tragicomic events that ravage their small town of Macondo remains one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
It would obviously be unjust to judge the Holy Roman Empire of the first Otto by the tragicomic aberrations of his immediate successors.
From Medieval Europe by H. W. C. (Henry William Carless) Davis
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