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Umm... the two terms are synonymous to me. What distinction are you drawing?
by messe 4y ago
Umm... the two terms are synonymous to me. What distinction are you drawing?
- craftyguy98 4y ago[flagged]
- esrauch 4y agoThere's another genre also commonly called Black Comedy where Black is African American not Dark. To be fair, it is genuinely confusing to have that genre name collision.
- messe 4y ago> There's another genre also commonly called Black Comedy where Black is African American not Dark. Ah, well, that would explain it. I'm not American. I have never before now heard the term "black comedy" refer to comedy solely by African Americans.
- itisit 4y agoThat’s not true in colloquial American English. Movies like “Friday” or “Madea Goes to Jail” are just referred to as “Comedy”.
- messe 4y agoThat doesn't contradict the person you're replying to
- sph 4y agoBlack comedy has always been used to refer to a certain type of dark humour. You need more than a few "Twitter critics on a righteous circlejerk" to change its meaning.
- esrauch 4y agoMy context isn't Twitter but like Airline in-flight movie catalogs which had "Black Comedies" and it was movies with all-black casts rather than what I expected.
- prepend 4y agoI’ve never heard “Black Comedy” used to describe comedies by black filmmakers. However, I have heard name collisions with “Black Arts.” My city hosts an annual event called the “Black Arts Festival” and when I first saw the banners around town, I was confused. I learned the true purpose and have always wondered if some evil wizards mistakenly attend.
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