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Things slapstick often describes ("slapstick ________")
- clown
- series
- violence
- farce
- finale
- devices
- episodes
- melodrama
- parody
- business
- story
- show
- clowns
- manner
- techniques
- film
- humor
- movie
- tragedy
- comics
- gags
- routine
- fight
- element
- reelers
- pantomime
- sketch
- situations
- variety
- action
- gag
- climax
- adventures
- films
- team
- affair
- quality
- version
- jokes
- tradition
- sequence
- kind
- act
- moments
- shorts
- mode
- elements
- comedies
- humour
- fun
- style
- silliness
- skits
- ending
- scene
- genre
- sequences
- artists
- entertainment
- clowning
- burlesque
- fashion
- battle
- routines
- scenes
- sketches
- movies
- sort
- stuff
- joke
- chase
- performance
- antics
- satire
- comedians
- episode
- comic
- comedian
- comedy
- tone
- farces
- pictures
- buffoonery
- interludes
How slapstick often is described ("________ slapstick")
- classic
- tasteless
- skillful
- farcical
- popular
- playful
- vulgar
- fashioned
- rowdy
- simple
- dull
- brutal
- obvious
- cruel
- much
- rough
- more
- less
- arbitrary
- linguistic
- physical
- furious
- comic
- little
- enough
- burlesque
- elemental
- gigantic
- crude
- amusing
- american
- usual
- bawdy
- boisterous
- grisly
- exaggerated
- grotesque
- mere
- visual
- riotous
- hilarious
- honest
- outright
- savage
- near
- violent
- intellectual
- wild
- chaplinesque
- style
- silly
- knockabout
- cheap
- pure
- good
- tragic
- literary
- musical
- straight
- traditional
- silent
- sheer
- coarse
- lively
- plain
- verbal
- ancient
- broad
- funny
