comedic tradition
Funny performance lineage
A comedic tradition is an established pattern of humor within a culture, genre, or artistic lineage—the recurring techniques, subjects, and styles that performers inherit and build upon.
Stand-up has its comedic traditions; so does Shakespeare, vaudeville, or Japanese rakugo.
She works squarely within the comedic tradition of physical slapstick.
The phrase often signals continuity: a comedian "working in the comedic tradition of" someone else follows their approach.
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- banana peelYellow fruit's outer layer
- AristophanesAncient Greek comic dramatist
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
Charlie Chaplin · punning · wordplay · satire · farce · straight man · Richard Pryor · parody · Mel Brooks · vaudeville act · Lucille Ball · folk humor · political satire · timing · running gag · Monty Python · double entendre · wit and humor
comedic traditiontragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
tragic drama · classical tragedy · Greek tragedy · Shakespearean tragedy · melodrama
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