Farce
A farce was a comedic piece of literature that featured unusual and humorous situations. Slapstick was defined as "comedy stressing farce and horseplay." ()

Elim Garak thought William Shakespeare's  was more of a farce than a tragedy as the Cardassian thought a man as intelligent as Julius Caesar would see that Brutus was going to assassinate him. ()

In 2378, The Doctor declared that Tom Paris's alterations to Photons Be Free had changed it from a social commentary into an "insulting farce". ()

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Literature genres