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[Loved Trope] The unexpected comedy gut punch.
When a sitcom delivers an incredibly sad or emotionally resonant moment out of the blue.
Mitchell and Webb Look (Are we the badies?) - Old Holmes - The reality of a great mind in decline. "I know, John" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp02ubGuTIU
The Fast Show - Rowley Birkin QC - The perpetually pissed QC muses on the death of his love. "And then the war came along" - https://youtu.be/BMqRtc4pi24?si=qvvSgdissFXdVUQ8&t=731
The Vicar of Dibley - Make Poverty History - A great comfy comedy suddenly shifts gears onto the suffering in other countries - https://youtu.be/A2EVEHFv1zs?si=IIofTmbJwAr_zwO0&t=448
Just noticed these are all British sitcoms or sketch shows, are there any international examples?
u/Severe_Ask5344 — 4 days ago