Black Comedy Conventions

Black Comedy usually uses controversial content and makes satire of the topic creating a more morbid form of humour. These subjects can be anything that is capable of been seen controversial including;

Death









War









Illness









Although Black Comedy does make satire of controversial subjects it does not completely make a farce of the topics with everything film that is under the genre. The jokes are dry and usually deadpan but still manage to make you laugh while have a basis of questionable subjects. Examples of these can be Four Lions that uses Black Comedy along with the subject of terrorism, American Psycho that uses an ill minded murderer and Welcome To The Dolls House with obvious teen angst and a rather questionable lesser theme of rape.