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Meanings of slapstick in English

Russian
буффонада
Portuguese
pastelão
Spanish
bufonada
Catalan
comèdia de pallassades
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Style of comedy.

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        буффонада

        Slapstick.

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                Usage of slapstick in English
                1
                The Carry On movies were a long-running series of modest-budget, slapstick comedies.
                Wired
                2
                Tragedy and slapstick run through the film and it is very funny.
                The Guardian
                3
                It's part classic animated slapstick, part new-school ensemble sitcom, and all weird.
                Wired
                4
                Both teams continued to attack relentlessly and defend with slapstick energy.
                The Guardian
                5
                The Mendy-Sissoko channel in particular was home to some slapstick moments.
                The Guardian
                6
                It is deliberate, more subtle than slapstick, and the political messages are many.
                The Irish Times
                7
                Apparently we had exchanged enough slapstick and insults, because his tone turned serious.
                Man in the Middle
                8
                After Kabosh's stunning, unnerving Box comes the absurd slapstick of Tinderbox's The Chairs.
                The Irish Times
                9
                Once, most of them actually had a praise for the slapstick.
                The South African
                10
                There are times when their pursuit becomes dangerously close to a slapstick routine.
                The Reality Dysfunction
                11
                Bulletstorm,a gleeful opera of gory slapstick, is in a category all its own.
                The Irish Times
                12
                Picture a slapstick, slow-mo boxing match, each flailing blow landed by a boomerang.
                Wired
                13
                Yes, it stoops to slapstick too often, and probably could have taken more risks.
                Wired
                14
                No one does slapstick paranoia quite as Thomas Pynchon does.
                The Irish Times
                15
                Funny should come close to hurting, or it's just slapstick.
                Audrey's door
                16
                Gremlins was a blend of violent slapstick and moral decency.
                The Guardian
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