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low comedy

NOUN
comedy based on slapstick
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Sounds sad, but the show blends high and low comedy with weighty themes and melancholic moments.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

But he’s now knocking 70 and suffering through an undignified low comedy of back problems, tinnitus and spiritual malaise.

From The Guardian Aug. 11, 2019

Gaiman views much of their behavior as essentially low comedy:

From Washington Post Feb. 13, 2017

Despite the borderline low comedy of the outhouse dialogue, Friedenberg is more alert to the couple’s mutual regard.

From The New Yorker Nov. 4, 2016

To tell the truth, it was seldom that Hodge could see comedy in anything, and low comedy, sure to appeal to the masses, he regarded as foolish.

From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.



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