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Tragicomedy

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Tragicomedy or dark comedy refers to fictional works that blend aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy.


Polonius:
The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical- comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited: Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the only men.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 1

Tragicomedy in film

Dark comedy was a popular British film genre of the early 1990's. An example of a dark comedy is 'Life is Sweet, by British directory Mike Leigh.

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