▁rec ourse ▁in ▁r uses ▁which ▁eng ender ▁very ▁dram atic ▁ir ony ▁which ▁prov okes ▁laugh ter . ▁ ▁Sat ire ▁and ▁political ▁sat ire ▁use ▁comedy ▁to ▁port ray ▁persons ▁or ▁social ▁institutions ▁as ▁rid icul ous ▁or ▁cor rupt , ▁thus ▁al ien ating ▁their ▁audience ▁from ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁their ▁humor . ▁Par ody ▁sub ver ts ▁popular ▁gen res ▁and ▁forms , ▁crit iqu ing ▁those ▁forms ▁without ▁necessarily ▁condem ning ▁them . ▁ ▁Other ▁forms ▁of ▁comedy ▁include ▁sc rew ball ▁comedy , ▁which ▁der ives ▁its ▁humor ▁largely ▁from ▁b izar re , ▁surprising ▁( and ▁impro b able ) ▁situations ▁or ▁characters , ▁and ▁black ▁comedy , ▁which ▁is ▁character ized ▁by ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁humor ▁that ▁includes ▁dark er ▁aspects ▁of ▁human ▁behavior ▁or ▁human ▁nature . ▁ ▁Similarly ▁sc at ological ▁humor , ▁sexual ▁humor , ▁and ▁race ▁humor ▁create ▁comedy ▁by ▁viol ating ▁social ▁convent ions ▁or ▁tab o os ▁in ▁com ic ▁ways . ▁A ▁comedy ▁of ▁man ners ▁typically ▁takes ▁as ▁its ▁subject ▁a ▁particular ▁part ▁of ▁society ▁( us ually ▁upper - class ▁society ) ▁and ▁uses ▁humor ▁to ▁par ody ▁or ▁s ati ri ze ▁the ▁behavior ▁and ▁manner isms ▁of ▁its ▁members . ▁Rom antic ▁comedy ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁genre ▁that ▁dep ict s ▁bur geon ing ▁rom ance ▁in ▁hum orous ▁terms ▁and ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁fo ibles ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁falling ▁in ▁love . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁" com