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Poll: The Many Types of Comedy

A poll by ElMaruecan82
What is your favorite type of comedy?

After voting, you may discuss the list here

(definitions 'borrowed' from Wikipedia)

Results of 829 votes:

  1. 1.

    Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

     
    BLACK COMEDY: A comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. STARS: Alec Guinn…
  2. 2.

    Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)

     
    COMEDY OF ERRORS: Comedy that involves people being mistaken for other people and/or when mistakes are further made creating more confusion, chaos and as many humorous situations as possible. STARS: P…
  3. 3.

    #4

     
    SATIRE: A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.…
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