comedy genre
Laughs as entertainment
Comedy genre encompasses creative works—films, plays, television shows, literature—intended primarily to amuse and provoke laughter.
The genre ranges from slapstick and farce to sophisticated wit and dark humor.
Comedy typically features lighter subject matter, humorous situations, and happy endings, though modern comedy often blends with drama or satire: a romantic comedy, the comedy genre dominated streaming this year.
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- deadpan deliveryEmotionless comedic performance style
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
banter · joke · running gag · parody · caricature · mockumentary · observational humor · stand-up routine · satire · tragicomedy · meet-cute · fish out of water · absurdity · workplace humor · sketch · clowning · laughter · laugh track
comedy genretragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
tragedy genre · horror · tragic drama · horror genre · drama
comedy genretragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
war film · disaster film · crime drama · courtroom drama · political thriller
comedy genretragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
Greek tragedy · classical tragedy · tragic drama · Shakespearean tragedy · tragic romance