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Seriousness and Comedy

Further information: Seriocomedy

Seriousness is sometimes contrasted with the comical in humor. In the performing arts and literature, the seriocomedy is a genre which blends seriousness with the comical, drama with comedy.

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Famous quotes containing the words seriousness and/or comedy:

    “Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to your skepticism.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)

    “Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter, not to be tickled or bustled into it.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)