black comedy

noun

comedy that employs morbid, gloomy, grotesque, or calamitous situations in its plot.

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First recorded in 1965–70

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"American Psycho" is a black comedy and is deeply satirical.

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There was a degree of black comedy as he sat on the grass, his tyres spinning furiously, before finally managing to reverse back on to the track.

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But for film buffs, perhaps more interesting is the fact this is Bong Joon Ho's first film since his Oscar-winning black comedy Parasite.

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Season 3 of HBO’s addictive black comedy anthology is finally here.

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“The White Lotus,” Mike White’s black comedy anthology series, is back on HBO for a third season.

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