deadpan jokes
Expressionless comic delivery
Deadpan jokes are delivered with a deliberately blank, expressionless face—as though the speaker doesn't realize they've said anything funny.
The humor depends on the contrast between absurd or outrageous content and flat, matter-of-fact delivery: She told deadpan jokes all night and half the room didn't realize she was kidding.
- dry humorUnderstated, expressionless comedy
- dry witUnderstated, ironic humor
- straight-facedWithout visible emotion
- monotoneSingle unvarying pitch
- poker faceIntentionally expressionless look
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- jokespuns, one-liners, pun, one-liner, quips
deadpan jokesmugging
Robbery with violence
broad comedy · slapstick comedy · theatrical comedy · physical comedy · slapstick
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