screwball comedy

collocation in English

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screwball
noun[C]
uk
/ˈskruː.bɔːl/us
/ˈskruː.bɑːl/
mainly USinformal
a person who behaves in a strange and ...
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comedy
noun
uk
/ˈkɒm.ə.di/us
/ˈkɑː.mə.di/
a (type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or ...
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(Definition ofscrewballandcomedyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thescrewballcomedyhas close links with the theatrical genre of farce, and some comic plays are also described as screwball comedies.
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After exhausting their savings, they concoct a devious scheme in order to save the gallery in thisscrewballcomedy.
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Screwballcomedyderives its humor largely from bizarre, surprising (and improbable) situations or characters.
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This recreates the era of old-time radio programs and pays homage to thescrewballcomedyfilms of the 1930s.
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The film is a mixture of a thriller andscrewballcomedy.
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Thisscrewballcomedyretains a thin connection to the original.
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Their relationship sometimes resembles ascrewballcomedyminus the romance.
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The adaptation saw numerous changes to the original five-act play, altering its structure to three acts, updating the dialogue and presenting the new production as ascrewballcomedy.
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Taylor's work was light in tone, a bit more serious thanscrewballcomedy, but fun and easy to read.
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Butler saw the film as an unsuccessful attempt at creating a romanticscrewballcomedyof the classic type, lacking the necessary keen eye on detail, organization, character, and wit.
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It is a time travel novel modeled on the screwball comedies of the 1930s.
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He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centred around a case of mistaken identity.
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He was best known for two specific and contrasting types of film: crime thrillers and screwball comedies.
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She was particularly noted for her zany, energetic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s.
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Like farce, screwball comedies often involve mistaken identities or other circumstances in which a character or characters try to keep some important fact a secret.
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For example, crime, sci-fi and romance allow more scope for suspense than screwball comedies or musicals do.
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His scripts included virtually every movie genre: adventures, musicals, and impassioned romances, but ultimately, he was best known for two specific types of film: crime thrillers and screwball comedies.
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Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies and stoner comedies.
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Stewart made his mark in screwball comedies, suspense thrillers, westerns and family comedies.
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