Talk:Comedy

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change "In a segment on President Obama's trip to China Stewart remarks..." in Studies on comic theory to "In a segment on President Obama's trip to China, Stewart remarks...". There must be a comma after 'China'. Jordanbkatz (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for pointing this out.—Anita5192 (talk) 20:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Excuse this potentially stupid question, but should really be such a large focus on ancient greek comedy in the lead section? Seems like something that should be in a section of its own. I don't really want to change it myself, so here. SynthGuard (talk) 13:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

I don't see a large focus on ancient greek comedy in the lead. There are a few sentences describing how comedy originated in Greece. To me this seems concise and necessary. There is already a section of its own elaborating upon Greek contributions to comedy.—Anita5192 (talk) 13:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

a sub-genre:

"Lustspiel is first of all the German translation of comedy, just as mourning play is the translation of tragedy. Often the term is distinguished on the one hand from the refined courtly comedy of a Molière and on the other hand from coarser genres of comedic theatre such as Posse mit Gesang and Schwank (comedy). In the translation of the Greek-Latin term "comedy" into German, a contrast between “German” culture and Romanesque cultures plays a role, because the German language area still in the 19th Century was dominated by Italian and French operas and dramas. The pleasure play was therefore often understood as a specifically German and bourgeois type of comedy."

de:Lustspiel

Piñanana (talk) 20:02, 10 February 2026 (UTC)