This week my focus will be on black comedies. A lot of people think that a black comedy is a comedy show about black people....these people take things too literally and you probably shouldn't use a lot of idioms around them. A black comedy, or gallows humor, is actually, and I quote via
thefreedictionary.com (feel free to visit and extend your vocabulary, lest you become one of those people that uses 'like' before every other word.)
"a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot."
In my own words black comedies are just darkly humored shows that find the funny in all the places it shouldn't be. I'm a very darkly humored person so I'm always excited to find a show that makes me feel like I'm not alone in my sick and twisted sense of humor. Above is picture that sums up my view of the black comedy movement and some of the backlash some shows in the genre have gotten for being inappropriate. We'll be looking at two gloomy but really funny shows this week that I hope all will......Enjoy!
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