1) Buster Keaton genre 2) Comedy type 3) Fictional clown 4) Humorous 5) Marvel Comic title 6) Pie-throwing comedy 7) Sennett proceedings 8) Sight gags 9) Silent-film comedy style 10) Some marx brothers humor 11) The Wire episode 12) Type of comedy
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1) Comicstyle 2) Humorous 3) Humour 4) Humourous 5) Zany
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Slapstick is the recourse to humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of common sense. ==Origins== The name `slapstick` comes from the Italian language word batacchio or bataccio — called the `slap stick` in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in commedia dell`arte. When struck,...
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[The Wire] ==Production== ===Title reference=== The title is an ironic reference to the slapstick manner in which many of the very serious events (all of which could have been avoided) in the episode play out: Prez`s tragic misfire; the breaking of the Sunday morning truce by Barksdale soldiers culminating almost comically in the shooting o...
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[book] 1932 elections in the United Kingdom. ...
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(from the article `slapstick`) Outrageous make-believe violence has always been a key attraction of slapstick comedy, and, fittingly, the form took its name from one of its ...
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a type of physical comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, usually violent action. The slapstick comic, more than a ... [2 related articles]
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Slightly manic but physical comedy that relies on often violent behaviour to elicit laughter.
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adj] - characterized by horseplay and physical action 2. [n] - a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes 3. [n] - acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together
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A broad style of comedy that usually involves pratfalls and contrived plots. Much of the humor arose from one character beating another character with a prop called a “Batacchio,” which translates, in English, to Slapstick. Was popularized during the height of Commedia Dell’arte in Italy.
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adjective characterized by horseplay and physical action; `slapstick style of humor`
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Physical comedy, especially that which is fast, exaggerated, and violent. Named for a hinged wooden implement used to make a sharp cracking noise.
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