Black comedy
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Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated as taboo or seriously (such as death, war, hostilities, rape, murder, suicide, substance abuse, domestic violence, etc.) are treated in a humorous or satirical manner. Synonyms include dark humor and morbid humor. Although very similar, it is not to be confused with gallows humor and off-color humor.
Black comedy should be contrasted with obscenity,...
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