Definder - what does the word mean?

What is dark comedy?

a lame comedy featuring all black people so black people feel obliged to se it and pretend that is was really really good.

Death at a Funeral was actually funny even though it was a dark comedy, damn we are gonna have to step it up now

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dark comedy - video


Dark comedy - what is it?

When a TV show or movie uses taboo subjects like death, cancer, racism, old age, rape, guns, domestic abuse, drugs etc is the source of the laughter. That's why it's dark.

ie. Archer, South Park, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy

I love watching dark comedy shows. They crack me up!!

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What does "dark comedy" mean?

When a TV show or movie uses taboo subjects like death, cancer, racism, old age, rape, guns, domestic abuse, drugs etc is the source of the laughter. That's why it's dark.

ie. Archer, South Park, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy

I love watching dark comedy shows. They crack me up!!

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Dark comedy - what does it mean?

1. A comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements, especially one in which a character suffers an irreparable loss.

2. A comedy characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.

see Gallows Humor

A good example of dark comedy is the series "Dead Like Me", a show with grim reapers and afterlife themes.

Fact: "Burn After Reading" is a hilarious dark comedy film!

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Dark comedy - meaning

a movie that is not funny.

Burn After Reading is a dark comedy.

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