Slapstick

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Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy, which may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from physical abuse or inept use of props.

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Image: Harold Lloyd and Wesley Stout, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.