comedy (film)

comedy (film)
  a film with elicits laughter or humor by celebrating or showing the eternal ironies of human existence; types include screwball, dark/black, farce, slapstick, dead-pan, parody, romantic comedy, etc.
  Example: See many examples in the genre section on comedy films

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