Entertainment / Literature / Satiric Comedy: Any drama or comic poem involving humor as a means of satire.
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Entertainment / Literature / Old Comedy: The Athenian comedies dating to 400-499 BCE, featuring invective, satire, ribald humor, and song and dance. See further discussion under stock character. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / New Comedy: The Greek comedy the developed circa 300 BCE, stressing romantic entanglements, wit, and unexpected twists of plot. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Romantic Comedy: Sympathetic comedy that presents the adventures of young lovers trying to overcome social, psychological, or interpersonal constraints to achieve a successful union. Commedia dell'arte is a general ty MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Satiric Comedy: Any drama or comic poem involving humor as a means of satire. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Tragicomedy: A experimental literary work--either a play or prose piece of fiction--containing elements common to both comedies and tragedies. The genre is marked by characters of both high and low degree, even th MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Slapstick Comedy: Low comedy in which humor depends almost entirely on physical actions and sight gags. The antics of the three stooges and the modern fourth stooge, Adam Sandler, often fall into this category. MORE