musical comedy

musical comedy

n.

A comedic play or movie in which dialogue is interspersed with songs, especially one with a focus on musical numbers and a simple plot.

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Noun

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musical comedy - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing musical, musical theater motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" play - a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours"