Slipping on a banana peel that was left on the ground is a joke that the entertainment industry has used for ages. The gag ...

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Slapstick comedy has always required the suggestion of pain. The Three Stooges poked each others’ eyes out; Lucille Ball drank enough Vitameatavegamin to get her sloppy drunk, and audiences ate up ...

Slapstick is making something of a comeback, with two film seasons already this year celebrating silent comedy and a BBC series about the genre scheduled for the Spring. So why is no one making new ...

Slapstick is one of the most recognisable forms of comedy, and it is one of the first that we are introduced to as humans. While satire, verbal gags and other forms of comedy require some degree of ...

As captivating as an Oscar-winning drama can be, sometimes you just want to watch a dumb, goofy comedy with actors doing dumb, goofy things. Slapstick comedies don’t often get the critical acclaim ...

Slapstick comedy is a purposefully exaggerated form of performance that can portray a cartoonish reality. In the world of slapstick, characters are constantly getting hurt, mugging their faces, ...