slapstick

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His style is so scattered he'll try anything -- slapstick, spoof, sarcasm -- to tickle our ribs.

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  1. noun A boisterous form of comedy marked by chases, collisions, and crude practical jokes.
  2. noun A paddle designed to produce a loud whacking sound, formerly used by performers in farces.

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  • You may anticipate the solution, but the attraction of this series is the humor--farce, slapstick, and situational--that is somehow sustained over 300 hilarious pages Mat Coward: Open and Closed, Five Star, $25.95. —  EQMM, May2006
  • Life is slapstick, and then you don't die, you keep right on laughing, always laughing with the people so they're not laughing at you. —  The Daily Iowan - Online Edition
  • Easy Virtue could be heap of fun, and in fact, the movie has moments of roaring '20s sexual daring and pure slapstick -- but it's just not enough. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • But the slapstick was engaging and the "I'm Good" phrase has a 50 / 50 shot of catching on. —  Reverse_Vampyr
  • Look, slapstick is slapstick, and that's fine, but this went too far, because it's heavily implied that she is dead. —  FlickFilosopher.com
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