slapstick
蜻蜓点水,蜻蜓点水式,蜻蜓点水式的,蜻蜓点水般
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- : broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- : a stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking other performers, especially a combination of laths that make a loud, clapping noise without hurting the person struck.
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- : using, or marked by the use of, broad farce and horseplay: a slapstick motion picture.
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From slapstick to satire to memes, it can be a balm, a moment of catharsis to punctuate the often-cruel and random nature of life, reminding us of our common humanity.
Who would picture Wu-Tang doing slapstick comedy in primetime on Fox?
Asian slapstick humor does not translate well, and most of the captive audience agreed, although they grudgingly watched it.
Mr. Mayall, who was married with three children, was famed for his slapstick routines.
A botched center-right leadership election on Nov. 18 verged on slapstick.
Raimi is the king of the sustained slapstick horror sequence.
Don Marquis recognizes as well as any one the value of the slapstick as a mirth-provoking instrument.
There was a moment when the slapstick comedy grazed red tragedy.
He is the comedian most often proclaimed an artist by the fastidious, and most often forgiven for his slapstick.
Her enthusiasm for the slapstick artist provoked him, but at the same time that gay laughter tickled his ears pleasantly.
Even this thing of Baird's, with all the saving slapstick, is over the heads of a good half of them.