black comedy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black comedy
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Pattinson said he got the job just months after he asked Zendaya how he could join the “Dune” cast while on set filming their black comedy “The Drama.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Her latest black comedy takes the viewer on a tour of Vienna's Baroque architecture and cobbled streets, as well into the provinces of the Habsburg Empire.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Ms. Cash attends to the family crises with a winning mixture of black comedy and innocent sweetness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Director Park Chan-wook and star Lee Byung-hun reunite for the anti-capitalist black comedy of Korean Oscar submission ‘No Other Choice.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
The head-slapping stupidity of the situation could only be viewed as black comedy.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
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