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  1. screwball comedynoun

    A genre of motion picture made in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s where opposites were juxtaposed; characterized by snappy dialog, and a blend of sophistication and slapstick

  2. screwball comedynoun

    A motion picture of this genre.

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  1. Screwball Comedy

    Screwball Comedy is an album by the Japanese band Soul Flower Union. The album found the band going into a simpler, harder-rocking direction, after several heavily world-music influenced albums.

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  1. Screwball comedy

    The screwball comedy is a principally American genre of comedy film that became popular during the Great Depression, originating in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s. Many secondary characteristics of this genre are similar to the film noir, but it distinguishes itself for being characterized by a female that dominates the relationship with the male central character, whose masculinity is challenged. Other elements are fast-pace repartee, farcical situations, escapist themes, and plot lines involving courtship and marriage. Screwball comedies often depict social classes in conflict, as in It Happened One Night and My Man Godfrey. Some comic plays are also described as screwball comedies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of screwball comedy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of screwball comedy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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