physical comedies
Bodily humor movies
Physical comedies are films or performances that rely primarily on bodily humor—pratfalls, slapstick, exaggerated gestures, and visual gags rather than witty dialogue.
The genre traces from silent film stars like Chaplin and Keaton through modern examples: Physical comedies like the Home Alone films depend on elaborate sight gags.
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- mimesSilent gestural performers
- pratfallsStaged comedic falls
- slip and fallLose footing, then collapse
- sketchesRough, quick drawings
Charlie Chaplin · slapstick · visual pun · funny walk · buffoonery · farce · vaudeville · sight gag · clowning · double take · Laurel and Hardy · burlesque · Buster Keaton · stunt · shtick · Three Stooges · Jackie Chan · over the top
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Genre mocking social etiquette
screwball comedies · satirical comedies · intellectual humor · dry wit · dry humor
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Dramas with fatal endings
tragic plays · dramas · Greek tragedies · Shakespearean tragedies · melodramas
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