Word: sitchcom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...absurd turned into the theater of cruelty, homosexuality became the matinee audience's concept of the in-joke, and Neil Simon went for meaning in the third act. The Beatles ran out of put-ons, and John Lennon took to bed. In accordance with Aubrey's Law, sitchcom has swamped or drowned television's handful of comic talents. Some Like It Hot shuddered into M*A*S*H, and the situation of cinematic comedy became a question of semantics. Debating topic: Is Catch-22 a "funny" film or a demonstration of cataplexy all by itself...