black humor

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Mr. Lanchester is a magnetic writer who combines the skills of a social realist with this penchant for Nabokovian black humor and narrative trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The black humor and arch-fabulism of what Smerilli and Schimberg concocted took inspiration from opera and old Italian movies — they both love composer Nino Rota — as well as Duke Ellington and Bernard Herrmann.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

The film is chock full of black humor set against steampunk visual design.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

“Without black humor, we can’t live in the war,” he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

He reminded Tyrion of Bronn, though Bronn had a sellsword’s black humor and Griff had no humor at all.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin