Comedy

Comedy films, a genre of films, are created with the purpose of making the audience laugh. Often, the situation in a plot of the comedy genre film is overly exaggerated, making it humorous to amuse the audience. With origins in the theatre and stand-up comedy acts, comedy film has luminaries including Charles Chaplin, Woody Allen, Jim Carry, Cary Grant, Adam Sandler, etc. Spoofs and romantic comedy films are two of the most popular genres of comedy films. The first one deals with mockery, stereotypes and sarcasm; the latter is more of the typical ’boy-get-girl’ story.

Action Comedy is a sub-category of the comedy film genre that combines both action and comedy. These types of films lay more emphasis on visual appeal. The plots of these movies are complicated. Typically, the comedy happens during the action sequences. Black Comedy is another sub-category in the category of comedy films. These types of films lay more emphasis on the way the script is written. They deal with serious issues like death, mass murders, sickness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc., which are combined with morbid humour. Elements such as irony or fatalism play a more important role in writing scripts for these kinds of movies. The comedy of manners films revolve around the emotions of the social classes, especially love. The plot or the storyline for these movies may not be as gripping as their witty dialogues. This type of comedy has existed since Shakespeare’s era.