That said, nothing on television does dark comedy quite like HBO’s Barry. Heathers’ status as a cult classic is still going strong, and Bojack Horseman’s risky coupling of the anthropomorphic and alcoholic has paid off in spades. This difficulty should come as no surprise to modern audiences with a taste for the genre loosely referred to as dark comedy. Not everyone gets out unscathed, even if the play does end on a lighter note. The tragicomedies, like The Winter’s Tale, mix violence and death with foolish shepherds and “Exit: pursued by a bear”. This element seemed to easily distinguishes Shakespeare’s comedies from his histories and tragedies – but things quickly get a little more complicated. Initially, my professor emphasized that whatever the theatrical tangle, characters usually emerge in one piece happily married or content with a return to drunken foolishness. A Shakespeare class I took a few years back began with a straightforward exercise: define comedy.
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