black comedy

noun — 2 senses

black comedy

noun

1

Synonym of black humor.

2

A dramatic work that uses black humor.

A performance like Nicolas Cage’s gonzo turn in the brilliant 1989 black comedy Vampire’s Kiss—and this is true of many Nicolas Cage performances—raises the question of what good acting really means.2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.