1. By Joe Freedberg, Hannah Gray and Malcolm Mandel
8 Types of Comedy
By Joe Freedberg, Hannah Gray and Malcolm Mandel

2. Parody
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
For example, the Trump party + The Office

3. Reversal
Role switch
When two characters switch roles and do so in a humorous manner.
Reversing the normal:
Taking what’s normal or expected and doing the opposite

4. Incongruity
The idea is that we laugh at things that surprise us because they seem out of place or are deemed not the social norm.
For example,

5. Exaggeration -Overstating the truth to a comedic effect
For example, Jack and Jill
No sisters are actually that annoying

6. Slapstick
A type of comedy using boisterous and deliberately clumsy actions

7. Word Play
Witty or clever exploitation of meanings and ambiguities of words
For example,

8. Satire Exposing or criticizing people’s stupidity or vices
For example, SNL

9. Situational Comedy/Humour
Usually TV series made up of the same group of characters involved in unusual situations
For example, Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men or The Office

10. The End
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