comedy : Idioms & Phrases
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black comedy
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noun comedy that uses black humor
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comedy ballet
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noun a ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedy
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dark comedy
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noun a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements
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divine comedy
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noun a narrative epic poem written by Dante
Divina Commedia.
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farce comedy
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noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
travesty; farce.
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high comedy
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noun a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
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low comedy
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noun a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque
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musical comedy
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noun a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
musical; musical theater.
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situation comedy
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noun a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
sitcom.
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noun a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
sitcom.
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tragi-comedy
Trag`i-com"e*dy noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.
