Comedy

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television that combines elements of comedy and drama, having both humorous and sometimes serious content. 

In the comedy genre it has a range of sub-genres they are:

• Alternative comedy - This type of comedy differs from traditional punchline jokes which features many other forms of comedy such as observation, satire, surrealism, slapstick and improvisation.

• Anecdotal comedy - Anecdotal is a Greek word for 'unfinished' and anecdotal comedy refers to comic personal stories that may be true, or partly true but embelished.

• Black comedy or dark comedy - Black comedy deals with distrubing subjects such as death, drugs, terrorism, rape and war and it can also be related to the horror movie genre.

• Blue comedy - This form of  comedy means the comedic punchlines are usually sexual in nature or they use profane language and often uses sexism, racism and homophobic views. 

• Character comedy  - The humour is ooften invented by a performer and they often use stereotypes. 

• Cringe comedy - Cringe comedy is a comedy of embarrassmentm in which the humour comes from inappropriate actions or words. This form of comedy is usually popular in television shows and films. 

• Deadpan comedy - This form of comedy is when the performer is telling jokes without changing facial expressions or the  change of emotion.

• Improvisational comedy - This is a type of comedy that isn't planned out and they are usually just given an idea and they improvise on the spot. 

Soap Opera

A soap opera, sometimes called a "soap" for short, is an on-going, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. 

Soap operas were historically broadcasted  on the radio during the daytime slots and usually five days a week and the majority of listeners would be housewives, and the shows were aimed at and consumed by predominantly female audience. 

The fist serial considered to be a soap opera was Painted Dreams, which debuted on October 20th 1930 on a Chicago radio station WGN. Shows like Painted Dreams was broadcasted weekday daytime slots and would run five days a week. 

The name "soap" refers to soap and detergent adverts originally broadcasted during the shows, which were aimed at women who were cleaning their houses and "opera" refers to the melodramatic characters of the show.

We know soap operas as shows like Eastenders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street.