1) Absurd comedy 2) Absurd sham 3) Absurdity 4) Any of the Scary Movie movies 5) Bedroom comedy 6) Broad comedy 7) Broad humor 8) Burlesque 9) Comedy 10) Comedy genre 11) Comedy of errors 12) Comic absurdity 13) Empty show 14) Farce comedy 15) Feydeau forte 16) Feydeau specialty 17) Film genre 18) Forcemeat
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1) Absurdity 2) Charade 3) Disaster 4) Forcemeat 5) Humour 6) Pretence 7) Sham 8) Travesty 9) Farsa
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In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable. Farces are often highly incomprehensible plot-wise (due to the many plot twists and random events that occur), but viewers are encouraged not to try to follow the plot in order to avoid becoming c...
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• (v. t.) To render fat. • (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous. • (v. t.) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat. • (v. t.) A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incide...
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A comedic film genre in which characters are hyperbolized in situations for the purpose of eliciting laughter. Exaggerated physical movements (pratfalls) were the primary vehicle for this type of comedy. (For exampe, such movements and forms of entertainment are a major portion of `clowning.`) Film farces originated during the production of silent ...
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[Noun] An amusing play full of silly happenings; also an event that is a silly and empty pretence.
Example: The consultation talks were a farce as the Council had already made a decision.
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a comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations, stereotyped characters, extravagant exaggeration, and violent horseplay. The term also ... [9 related articles]
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a funny play in which plot and broad action dominate. Example: 'The Adjustment,' a farce by Albert Bermel, 1m1f.
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Genre broad popular comedy drama involving stereotyped characters in which ordinary people become unwittingly trapped in complex and often improbable situations. The term `bedroom farce` relates...
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(from Latin Farsus, 'stuffed') A farce is a form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter through
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stuffing.
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Farce noun [ French
farce , from Latin
farsus (also sometimes
farctus ), past participle pf
farcire . See
Farce ,
transitive verb ]
1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
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Farce transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Farced ,
present participle & verbal noun Farcing ] [ French
Farcir , Latin
farcire ; akin to Greek ........................ to fence in, stop up. Confer
Force to s...
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Type of comedy which contains highly exaggerated, improbable situations which the reader or audience immediately understands as such. Very often the characters of a farce are stereotypes.
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n] - a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
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farce 1. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations. 2. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect; including, the branch of literature constituting such works and the broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works. ...
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an extreme form of comedy that depends on quick tempo and flawless timing and is characterized by improbable events and farfetched coincidences; from the French meaning “to stuff.”
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Stuffing.
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A farce is a comedy in which everything is absolutely absurd. This usually involves some kind of deception or miscommunication.
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farce comedy noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
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Genre broad popular comedy drama involving stereotyped characters in which ordinary people become unwittingly trapped in complex and often improbable situations. The term `bedroom farce` relates to a common farcical situation revolving around extramarital relationships. Originating in the physical knockabout comedy of Greek satyr plays an...
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A type of comedy designed to provoke simple hearty laughter. Farce employs broad humor and horseplay. Characters are usually caricatures; situations are improbable and ludicrous. In its use of exaggeration, farce is related to parody. Farce generally does not lend itself to serious themes, except indirectly. The bedroom farce, involving attempted s...
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[PSAT glossary] a comedy characterized by broad satire
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a comedy characterized by broad satire
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