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comedy that employs morbid, gloomy, grotesque, or calamitous situations in its plot.[1965-70]
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Black Comedy — is a one act play by British dramatist Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1965. The play is, suitably enough, a black comedy in which the effect loss of light would have on a group of people who all hold things from each other is explored; as such … Wikipedia
Black comedy — Black com e*dy (bl[a^]k k[o^]m [e^]d*[y^]), n. (Drama) a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black comedy — first recorded 1961, from BLACK (Cf. black) (adj.) in a figurative sense of morbid; Cf. Fr. pièce noire. In a racial sense, from 1921 … Etymology dictionary
black comedy — n [U and C] a play, story etc that is funny, but also shows the unpleasant side of human life … Dictionary of contemporary English
black comedy — noun count or uncount a play, movie, or story that deals in a humorous way with unpleasant aspects of life such as illness and death … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Black comedy — This article is about the genre. For situation comedies featuring a predominantly African American cast, see Black sitcom. For the play by Peter Shaffer, see Black Comedy (Play). Black Humor redirects here. For the Spanish film, see Black Humor… … Wikipedia
black comedy — noun comedy that uses black humor • Hypernyms: ↑comedy * * * noun Etymology: translation of French comédie noire : comedy that employs black humor ; also : a situation or a series of events that resembles black comedy his odyssey from illness to… … Useful english dictionary
black comedy — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms black comedy : singular black comedy plural black comedies literature a play, film, or story that deals in a humorous way with unpleasant aspects of life such as illness and death … English dictionary
Black comedy (disambiguation) — Black comedy refers to a genre of comedy that deals humorously with serious or disturbing subject matter.It may also refer to:*U.S. film and TV comedy featuring characters of African ethnicity, including: ** Blaxploitation ** Black sitcom * Black … Wikipedia
Black Comedy/White Lies — Black Comedy is the stuff of which British sex comedies are made. It focuses on Brindsley Miller, an opportunistic young sculptor who is facing one of the most important evenings of his life, the night in which he is to meet both the tyrannical… … Wikipedia
black comedy — black co·me·dy loc.s.f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} genere teatrale o cinematografico caratterizzato da elementi macabri e dalla rappresentazione cruda di delitti, omicidi e sim. con intento comico e satirico {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX.… … Dizionario italiano
