comedic interlude
Humorous scene inserted
A comedic interlude is a humorous scene or segment inserted into a more serious work—a moment of levity between dramatic or tense passages.
The term appears in theater, film, and television to describe planned comic relief: The play's comedic interludes kept the tragedy from becoming unbearable.
Any brief funny interruption in an otherwise serious situation might be called a comedic interlude.
- skitBrief comic performance
- guffawBoisterous burst of mirth
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- chuckleLow, suppressed laugh
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
pun · clown · British humor · gag · sight gag · improv · cabaret · musical number · giggle · stand-up · catharsis · sketch · irony · pratfall · amusement · double entendre · caricature · farce
comedic interludetearjerker
Emotionally manipulative entertainment
dramatic scene · death scene · funeral scene · tear-jerker · dramatic monologue
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