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.