Example sentences for: slapstick

How can you use “slapstick” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman, is a genius at finding slapstick correlatives for people's nebulous sense--or non-sense--of themselves.

  • Most movies about science aren't as lucky as October Sky , which features failures more hilarious than the slapstick set pieces of any 10 Jerry Lewis pictures.

  • Curtis is ingenious in his slapstick farce and spoof mode, less assured when the emotional ante is upped.

  • Each of her weddings (Ike gets a videotape) is a terrific slapstick turn.

  • While noting the film's cheap gags and formulaic plot, critics end up smiling at this slapstick courtroom comedy, which stars Michael Richards, Seinfeld 's Kramer.


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