slapstick
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Even Queen itself was deemed lame until “Wayne’s World” resurrected “Bohemian Rhapsody” as headbanging slapstick.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
He's a natural wide player but he's dug Celtic's slapstick recruitment out of a hole since Kyogo Furuhashi departed and the club was so unimpressive in trying to replace him.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Mostly the comedy in “The Sheep Detectives” derives from slapstick high jinks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It used to be slapstick gags like this all the way around.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026
She snapped a needle from a cactus and with the slapstick pantomime of a circus clown pretended to pick her teeth with it.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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