low comedy

American  

noun

1. comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.

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low comedy British  

noun

1. comedy characterized by slapstick and physical action

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Other Word Forms

• low comedian
  noun

Etymology

Origin of low comedy

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

low comedy

Beckett, who miraculously balanced high literature with low comedy, is too complex for single-minded interpretations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019

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

Still, as a low comedy about crazed middle-American family life, “The Long Haul” pretty much delivers on its promise, diapers and all.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 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

No trouble about any of those things, Miss Sylla, unless it's the low comedy wig, and about that I have my doubts.

From Belles and Ringers by Smart, Hawley