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black comedy
noun
- comedy that employs morbid, gloomy, grotesque, or calamitous situations in its plot.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black comedy1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
Now, Plaza is back at Sundance with a hilarious performance as a raging zombie girlfriend in the black comedy Life After Beth.
From The Daily Beast
He steals the show as Hans, a bizarre dog snatcher in this new black comedy.
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In this much-maligned black comedy, Lizzie ( Phoebe Cates) suffers from social repression due to years of abuse from her mother.
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Up to this point white criticism viewed the stage-setting of the black comedy with the impersonal interest of a box party.
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