Adjective

(en adjective)

(informal) Characterised by slapstick.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 20, author=Dave Kehr, title=New DVDs: The Cuban Masterworks Collection, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Mr. Gutiérrez Alea, who died in 1996 after enjoying a comeback with “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1994) and “Guantanamera” (1995), may have been the richest talent in Cuban films, a “serious comedian” who was able to move beyond the slapsticky farce of “The Twelve Chairs” into the far greater introspection and melancholy of “Memories of Underdevelopment.” }}