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What are some good examples of dark humor?

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wilvan | 1 year, 6 months ago
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Dark humor, also known as Black Comedy, comes from the French term, “humour noir”. It draws laughter from cynism, sarcasm, and skepticism. The intent is to get the audience to experience both laughter and discomfort simultaneously.

Modern examples of this in film along with a dark humor quote from each are:

Throw Momma From the Train - "One little murder and I'm Jack the Ripper."
Duplex - "She's watching Riverdance. I didn't know people still watched Riverdance."
Death Becomes Her - "Tell me, doctor. Do you think I'm starting to need you?"
MASH (the Movie) - "This isn't a hospital. It's an insane asylum. And it's your fault."
The Cable Guy - "I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You seem to prefer the latter."
Grosse Pointe Blank - "Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for *money*. It's a *job*. That didn't come out right."
Office Space - "I can't believe what a bunch of nerds we are. We're looking up "money laundering" in a dictionary."
Fargo - "Just keep it still back there, lady, or we're going to have to, you know, shoot you."
The War of the Roses - "Barbara: Have you ever made angry love? Gavin: Is there any other kind?"
Death at a Funeral - "When it's my funeral, I want people to be celebrating. Like it's Anna Nicole Smith or Richard Nixon, somebody big. The stock market should crash, factories shut down, girls crying in the streets..."
Envy - "Don't hassle me about crumbs man, because I am on the edge of the edge."

In television, you’re hard pressed to find better examples of dark humor than the Office, House, and Arrested Development.

Arrested Development is perhaps the most consistently well written genuinely funny dark humor in the history of television. Have you ever laughed at something and felt bad for laughing? Then you have been a witting victim of dark humor, and Arrested Development relentlessly nails the uncomfortable laughs one right after the other.
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gustavosd | 1 year, 6 months ago
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"Eat right, exercise, die anyway."

If you're arguing with an idiot make sure he isn't doing the same thing.

In a sea of retards, you're Poseidon.

"The greatest lies of all time:
I love you
This won't hurt a bit
The cheque's in the mail
I was just going to call you
I swear I won't come in your mouth
Of course I'll respect you in the morning
We have a really challenging assignment for you
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you"

More at: http://coolquotescollection.com/Black/

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