Comedy and Narrative

Comedy

Comedy noun - Humorous entertainment.

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Narrative and comedy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Comedy".

Nearby Word: comedian

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Comedy and narrative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comedy" instead a noun "Narrative".

good	good comedy	good narrative
common	common comedy	common narrative
short	short comedy	short narrative
complete	complete comedy	complete narrative
Other adjectives: standard, original, straight, popular, serious, dark, straightforward, new, dramatic, bizarre, lighthearted.

Rule of Funny: Although McKee says that both drama and comedy share the same structure, you may halt the narrative drive of a comedy just for jokes.

Source: Literature / Story
As referenced by the opening credits of Deadpool, Weasel's narrative purpose is comedy.

Source: Plucky Comic Relief
Princess Flibbage deliberately tries to steer the narrative towards comedy for Keti's sake, and is very apologetic to Beansprout when her first attempt fails.

Source: Webcomic / Footloose

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