comedic dialogue
Humorous spoken exchange
Comedic dialogue is conversation written or performed to produce humor.
The term appears in discussions of screenwriting, playwriting, and acting: The show's comedic dialogue relies heavily on timing and delivery.
It encompasses witty banter, comic misunderstandings, punchlines, and humorous exchanges between characters.
- duologueConversation between two
- back and forthRepeated alternating movement
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- witty banterPlayful clever conversation
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
sitcom · laugh line · double entendre · tease · banter · crosstalk · rapid fire · repartee · screwball · puns · satire · laughter · comic timing · timing · callback · setup · farce · riposte
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, satire, parody, sarcasm
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- Greek comedyAristophanes, The Birds, Greek theatre, Greek drama, Dionysian
comedic mode
comedic dialogueslapstick comedy
Humor from physical mishaps
physical comedy · sight gags · pratfalls · visual humor · mime