dark-comedy

noun

a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.

a comedy based on problems of a personal or social nature.

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dark comedy
noun
a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements

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"It is remarkable how few events or crises there are in our histories, how little exercised we have been in our minds, how few experiences we have had. I would fain be assured that I am growing apace and rankly, though my very growth disturb this dull equanimity,—though it be with struggle through long, dark, muggy nights or seasons of gloom. It would be well if all our lives were a divine tragedy even, instead of this trivial comedy or farce. Dante, Bunyan, and others appear to have been exercised in their minds more than we: they were subjected to a kind of culture such as our district schools and colleges do not contemplate. Even Mahomet, though many may scream at his name, had a good deal more to live for, aye, and to die for, than they have commonly."

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