black comedy
noun
comedy that employs morbid, gloomy, grotesque, or calamitous situations in its plot.
Origin of black comedy
1First recorded in 1965–70
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How to use black comedy in a sentence
Now, Plaza is back at Sundance with a hilarious performance as a raging zombie girlfriend in the black comedy Life After Beth.
Aubrey Plaza on Playing A Zombie in ‘Life After Beth,’ the ‘Daria’ Movie, and More | Marlow Stern | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe steals the show as Hans, a bizarre dog snatcher in this new black comedy.
Christopher Walken on ‘Seven Psychopaths,’ Natalie Wood, & More | Marlow Stern | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this much-maligned black comedy, Lizzie ( Phoebe Cates) suffers from social repression due to years of abuse from her mother.
Up to this point white criticism viewed the stage-setting of the black comedy with the impersonal interest of a box party.
Birthright | T.S. Stribling
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