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Answer : FARCE
farce, farce comedy, travesty – n
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.
SYNONYMS
caricature, cartoon, joke, mockery, parody, sham, travesty
IN A SENTENCE
an actor with a talent for farce
the recall of a duly elected official for a frivolous reason is not democracy in action but a farce
ETYMOLOGY
When farce first appeared in English, it had to do with cookery, not comedy. In the 14th century, English adopted farce from Middle French with its original meaning of “forcemeat” or “stuffing.” The comedic sense of farce in English dates from the 16th century, when English imported the word again, this time to refer to a kind of knockabout comedy already popular in France.
This dramatic genre had its origins in the 13th-century practice of augmenting, or “stuffing,” Latin church texts with explanatory phrases. By the 15th century, a similar practice had arisen of inserting unscripted buffoonery into religious plays. Such farces—which included clowning, acrobatics, reversal of social roles, and indecency—soon developed into a distinct dramatic genre and spread rapidly in various forms throughout Europe.
More Clues
- GONZO Highly exaggerated and subjective, as journalism
- FARCES Highly exaggerated comedies
- TALL Highly exaggerated
- UNDUE Exaggerated and excessive
- CAMPY Exaggerated and theatrical
- TRITE Overdone and unimaginative
- BURNT Overdone and then some
- VALUE _ judgment: subjective opinion
- OP EDS Subjective newspaper pieces
- AURAS Subjective surroundings
- SLANT Make subjective
- SMART Subjective
- BASIC Subjective
- INFLATED Exaggerated (and liable to 5?)
- OVERDRAWN Exaggerated and is no longer credited
- OVERDONE Exaggerated and drove one mad
- CRANNOG Small island artificially enlarged and fortified
- SCALED UP Enlarged and mounted
- STRETCH THE TRUTH Exaggerate, and a command followed three times in this puzzle
- OVERDRAW Exaggerate and take more money from an account than what it contains
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