black humor
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Mr. Lanchester is a magnetic writer who combines the skills of a social realist with this penchant for Nabokovian black humor and narrative trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The black humor and arch-fabulism of what Smerilli and Schimberg concocted took inspiration from opera and old Italian movies — they both love composer Nino Rota — as well as Duke Ellington and Bernard Herrmann.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
The film is chock full of black humor set against steampunk visual design.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
“Without black humor, we can’t live in the war,” he said.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022
He reminded Tyrion of Bronn, though Bronn had a sellsword’s black humor and Griff had no humor at all.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
