prop comedy

noun

prop comedy

noun
1

A style of comedic performance in which common and/or unusual objects are used as physical aids to help achieve a humorous effect.

  • In his zany prop comedy Gallagher would sometimes smash watermelons and splatter the front rows of the audience.
Related terms
prop comic

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