We all have a favorite movie or literary genre.
Some of us find comfort in fantasy and others in realism; maybe we love sci-fi
and horror is our favorite in October and October only.

Most of us stick to the genre we like the most
and kind of stray away from others. This doesn’t mean we never watch anything
or read books that aren’t our favorite genre, it just means we don’t dig deep
or actively look for things in different genres. And we might be missing out on some amazing novels, movies or shows (and
maybe some fashion inspiration).

For this series of posts I’m going to dive into
some of my favorite genres and let you know which books you should read and
which TV shows and movies to watch, plus a couple of outfit inspirations from
iconic characters in each of those genres.

In the last post for this series, I covered everything you need to know about the horror genre. This week, I’m approaching horror’s polar opposite (or is it?), comedy.

Table of Contents

What is comedy?

Basically, comedy is any body of work that intends to be humorous.

This sounds simple enough, but it’s actually an incredibly complex genre to explain — and execute. There are numerous studies of how and what makes comedy, well, comedy. And it can be hard to get it right.

Not only is comedy hard to execute in an effective way, it is also a broad genre. There are as many types of humor as there are people on Earth. When it crosses over with other genres, especially tragedy and horror, it has to be with extreme care and balance or it won’t work.