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From slapstick to satire and subtle innuendo. From the grotesque to the carefully mannered. From madcap anarchy to the darkly deadpan, film comedy comes in a wide range of forms

For as long as there has been film there have been comedies – the type of comedy has changed a lot since the Charlie Chaplin era

To analyze comedy is to destroy it – comedy isn’t made to make a point, it is made as entertainment and to make people laugh

There is no single adequate theory of comedy. Various theoretical approaches are available and of differing degrees of use, depending on the precise nature of the comedy involved