Farce vs. Burlesque

Farcenoun

(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

Farcenoun

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

Farcenoun

(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.

Farcenoun

(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.

Farceverb

To stuff with forcemeat.

Farceverb

(figurative) To fill full; to stuff.

Farceverb

(obsolete) To make fat.

Farceverb

(obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.

Farceverb

To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

Farceverb

To render fat.

Farceverb

To swell out; to render pompous.

Farcenoun

Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

Farcenoun

A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

Farcenoun

Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.

Farcenoun

a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

Farcenoun

mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

Farce

Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.

Burlesqueadjective

Parodical; parodic

Burlesquenoun

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

Burlesquenoun

A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

Burlesquenoun

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesqueverb

To make a burlesque parody of

Burlesqueverb

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Burlesqueadjective

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.

Burlesquenoun

Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Burlesquenoun

An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

Burlesquenoun

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesqueverb

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Burlesqueverb

To employ burlesque.

Burlesquenoun

a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

Burlesquenoun

a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

Burlesqueverb

make a parody of;

Burlesqueadjective

relating to or characteristic of a burlesque;

Burlesque

A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery.Burlesque overlaps in meaning with caricature, parody and travesty, and, in its theatrical sense, with extravaganza, as presented during the Victorian era.