blackout gag

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rapid-fire joke in slapstick comedy.
    — In some cases, Brooks could construct an entire sequence of nothing but blackout gags, as in the prehistoric sequence of History, which depicts the first artist and first critic, the discovery of fire, the invention of music, and so forth.

词形变化

blackout gags plural

词源

In reference to burlesque and vaudeville, when the lights were quickly turned off after the punchline of a joke to accentuate it and encourage the audience to laugh.
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