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en-wikipedia-org-6413		Farce - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	860	189	69	Farce Wikipedia Petrov-Vodkin's Theatre Farce In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.[2] Farce is also characterized by physical humor, the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense, and broadly stylized performances. The term farce is derived from the French word for "stuffing", in reference to improvisations applied by actors to medieval religious dramas. 1460.[4] Spoof films such as "Spaceballs," a comedy based on the Star Wars movies, are farces.[5] "farce Free On-Line English Dictionary Thesaurus Children's, Intermediate Dictionary Wordsmyth". A New History of French Literature. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. External links[edit] IMDb list of film and television farces Comedy festival Comedy-drama Comedy of humours Musical theatre This theatre-related article is a stub. Categories: Theatre stubs Comedy genres Comedy genres Hidden categories: Articles with short description Personal tools Edit links	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6413.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6413.txt