Comedy
The comedy like we know it from television derives from the classic comedy in literature.
It is like a drama with a funny and giggly story line, which always has a positive ending.
In television and cinema, the comedy is one of the most popular genres, because it appeals to young and old people and can be associated with other genres, like for example the horror-comedy, see “Scary Movie”.
Another genre of comedy is the crime-comedy, including “Beverly Hills Cop” and “The Avengers”.
A popular kind of comedy is the tragicomedy. Here the funny and the tragic side are very close to each other. But even if you think, that the end will be tragic, it will be funny and happy. Examples are Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Catch me if you can and Riding in Cars with Boys.
A very special kind of comedy, which is more for the adult watchers, is the “Bavarian Porn”. Those are pornographic films, which take the typical clichés of “Heimatfilms” and reproduce them in a softpornographic way.