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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
slapstick comedy (= in which the performers do silly things like falling over, getting dirty etc )
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The tradition of slapstick comedy goes back to the early days of cinema.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I don't think slapstick is funny.
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Except for very basic slapstick , humour travels uncertainly. 4.
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Fate seemed determined to translate his dramatic mission into slapstick .
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He is playful, too, managing the difficult manoeuvre of translating wit into sound without resorting to slapstick .
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Much of the comedy is slapstick and loaded with black slang.
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Repetitive slapstick , it has the charm of earliest documentary film.
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She appropriated slapstick and hyperbole to the delicious purpose of lampooning the fathead who made her life miserable.
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That's why nuclear war is so frightening - like slapstick .