black comedy
Morbid humor genre
Black comedy is humor derived from grim, morbid, or taboo subjects—death, violence, disease, disaster.
The comedy doesn't make light of suffering so much as find absurdity within it: Dr. Strangelove is the definitive black comedy about nuclear annihilation.
The term also describes films or plays in this mode.
Sometimes called dark comedy or gallows humor.
Comedy about taboo subjects
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- tragicomedyGenre blending sorrow and mirth
- satireMockery exposing vice
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
absurdist · mockumentary · sardonic · cynical humor · morbid humor · deadpan · dry wit · cringe comedy
Meaning opposite to words
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
grimness · irreverence · subversion · taboo · edgy · provocative · controversial · transgressive
Adjacent contrasting placement
- incongruityLack of harmony
- timingArt of choosing moments
- subverted expectationsAnticipated outcome overturned
- anticlimaxDisappointing conclusion after buildup
bathos · understatement · overstatement · shock value · cognitive dissonance · punchline · setup · delivery
dark humor
Comedy about taboo subjects
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- tragicomedyGenre blending sorrow and mirth
- satireMockery exposing vice
farce · absurdist · mockumentary · sardonic · cynical humor · morbid humor · deadpan · dry wit · cringe comedy · nervous laughter
irony
Meaning opposite to words
bleakness · grimness · irreverence · subversion · taboo · edgy · provocative · controversial · transgressive · uncomfortable
juxtaposition
Adjacent contrasting placement
- incongruityLack of harmony
- timingArt of choosing moments
- subverted expectationsAnticipated outcome overturned
anticlimax · bathos · understatement · overstatement · shock value · cognitive dissonance · punchline · setup · delivery · contrast
death
Cessation of life
suffering · disaster · war · illness · suicide · murder · funeral · grief · apocalypse · addiction
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- comedy termsjokes, puns, wit, sarcasm, irony
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- adult humorblue humor, dirty jokes, dirty joke, bawdy humor, bawdy jokes
- comic theaterburlesque, cabaret, farce, musical comedy, operetta
black comedyromantic comedy
Humorous love story genre
screwball comedy · gentle humor · light entertainment · slapstick · clean comedy
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