A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor.
The term black humor (from the French humour noir) was coined by the Surrealist theoretician André Breton in 1935, to designate a sub-genre of comedy and satire in which laughter arises from cynicism and skepticism, often relying on ...
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Books In This Genre:
- Vera ,
- Catch-22 ,
- Choke ,
- Survivor ,
- Slaughterhouse-Five ,
- Haunted ,
- London Fields ,
- Ludmila's Broken English ,
- The Sacred Art of Stealing ,
- The Wrong Box
Films On This Subject:
TV programs of this genre:
- Happy Tree Friends ,
- Wilfred ,
- M*A*S*H ,
- Wonder Showzen ,
- Nighty Night ,
- Hellholes ,
- Breaking Bad ,
- Lucky ,
- Dexter ,
- Lucky Louie
