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  2. List of slapstick comedy topics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slapstick comedy topics. Slapstick is a type of broad physical comedy involving exaggerated, boisterous actions (e.g. a pie in the face), farce , violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.

  3. Category:Slapstick comedy - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to slapstick comedy, a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders.

  4. Slapstick - Wikipedia

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    Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. [1] Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders.

  5. Need a Laugh This Week? Cue Up One Of These Funny Christmas ...

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    The 60 best Christmas movies to watch this holiday season include rom-coms and slapstick comedies like Elf, Happiest Season, and Home Alone, among others. ... Kurt Russell plays a cool and ...

  6. Jim Abrahams, Slapstick Icon Behind ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun ...

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    Jim Abrahams, a film director and writer behind hit slapstick comedies like “Airplane!,” “Hot Shots!,” the “Naked Gun” series and more, died Tuesday, his son Joseph confirmed to Variety.

  7. Comedic device - Wikipedia

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    Repetition is the essential comedic device and is often used in combination with other devices to reinforce them. The "callback" in comedy writing—in which a statement or theme is recalled as the punchline or close of a scene—is a classic example of the tension and release that are possible using repetition.

  8. Fool Moon (play) - Wikipedia

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    Fool Moon is a 1993 comedy sketch and slapstick show written and performed by David Shiner and Bill Irwin.The show debuted on Broadway at the Richard Rogers Theater in 1993, and had two more Broadway runs in 1995 and 1998.

  9. Low comedy - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Punch and Judy booth, at Swanage, Dorset, England. Low comedy, or lowbrow humor, is a type of comedy that is a form of popular entertainment without any primary purpose other than to create laughter through boasting, boisterous jokes, drunkenness, scolding, fighting, buffoonery and other riotous activity. [1]