screwball comedy
Zany romantic farce
Screwball comedy is a film genre from Hollywood's golden age featuring fast-paced dialogue, romantic conflict between mismatched characters, and absurd situations.
The couple typically comes from different social classes, trading witty insults before inevitably falling in love.
Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday are classic examples.
The style influenced later romantic comedies.
- battle of the sexesCompetition between genders
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- high societyThe social elite
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- chaseRapid following of quarry
fast-talking · witty banter · mistaken identity · remarriage · repartee · dramedy · satire · parody · zany · Cary Grant · romcom · pratfall · wordplay · daffy · ensemble cast · newspaper · divorce · hijinks
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- comedy termsjokes, puns, wit, sarcasm, irony
- Romance Filmsromantic drama, rom-com, romcom, love story, chick flick
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- 1930sNew Deal, Hitler, Nazi Germany, Great Depression, appeasement
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
screwball comedytragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
drama · melodrama · weepie · tearjerker · tragic romance
screwball comedyslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
toilet humor · stoner comedy · deadpan comedy · cringe comedy · dark comedy
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