broad comedy
Exaggerated physical gags
Broad comedy emphasizes exaggerated, obvious humor—physical gags, outlandish situations, and characters painted in bold strokes rather than subtle shades.
The style aims for immediate, visceral laughs over wit or nuance: pratfalls, slapstick, mugging for the camera.
The film's broad comedy won't appeal to everyone, but kids loved it.
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
- double takeDelayed reaction of surprise
- spit takeSpraying drink from shock
pratfall · banana peel · vaudeville · gag · punchline · mugging · hammy · ham it up · over-the-top · lowbrow · absurd · zany · ridiculous · fish out of water · sight gag · pie-in-the-face · screwball · burlesque
- slapstick comedyslapstick, pratfall, sight gag, buffoonery, clowning
- stage comedyslapstick, pratfalls, sketches, skits, vaudeville
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- Performance Stylesmethod acting, classical acting, physical theater, screen acting, voice acting
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification
broad comedydry wit
Understated, ironic humor
subtle humor · dry humor · deadpan comedy · wit · deadpan humor
broad, broadly, broaden, broadened, broadening, broadens, broader, broadest, broadness