Types of Comedy

There are different comedy sub-genres, which are often quite popular, especially 'dark humour'. Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of common sense. Dark humour is humour that makes light of subject matter usually considered controversial. Finally, wordplay is a literary technique and a form of wit in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. 

Charlie Chaplin; slapstick comedy star.