A comedian who turned cringe comedy into a lucrative artform, Ricky Gervais' HBO/BBC series Extras excels here for several ...

Cringe comedy falls under that umbrella, but the genre specifically bases its humor on the awkwardness of social interaction and people’s lack of self-awareness.

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Hennefeld, who taught a class on comedy previously at the University, said dark humor is a broad category but summarized it as the kind of humor that makes light of topics that are typically ...

And as it turns out, a great source of cringe comedy and gross-out gags too. Bridesmaids, one of the best Netflix movies, follows Annie Walker (Wiig), a down-on-her-luck single-ish young woman ...

A new comedy festival, The Falmouth Cringe, is the first of its kind in the South West, organisers said. A series of 25 events have been announced around the Cornish town from 30 June to 3 July.