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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Since the word ‘slack’ carries connotations of liberty, deviance and anarchy, it fits well within a word for rough comedy. 300+ ghits:
The famous and absolutely unique slack stick comedy team from the 1950s ~ Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy
fineartamerica.com/.../laurel-and-hardy-stephanie-h-johnson.html
A hilarious series filled with slack stick comedy, running, jumping, kung fu, ninjas, and Pucca a girl with stupendous strength …
www.atozkidsstuff.com/dvd.html
He thinks they are making it tooo slack stick comedy like and wants the drama to be portrayed more.
www.rupert-grint.us/forum2/showthread.php?t=1181
This movie made a miskate of being a message movie, a slackstick comedy, a drama with no results to back it up.
www.bigscreen.com/ReaderReview.php?movie=49681
A fun slackstick comedy that involves three bags and a long chase though the street in one of the funniest scenes that I ever saw. www.bigscreen.com/ReaderReview.php?movie=6100 – Cached -
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