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{{Short description|Subgenre of comedy}}
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'''Cringe comedy''' is a subgenre of [[comedy]] that derives humor from social [[Embarrassment|awkwardness]], [[guilty pleasure]], [[Idiosyncrasy|idiosyncratic humor]] and [[personal distress]].<ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/13/discomfort-zone-10-great-cringe-comedies/ |title=Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies |magazine=Time |first=Gary |last=Susman |date=12 May 2013 }}</ref> A type of a cringe comedy are pseudo-[[reality TV]] shows, sometimes with an air of a [[mockumentary]]. They revolve around a serious setting, such as a workplace, to lend the comedy a sense of reality.<ref name="Village">{{Cite web |date=21 January 2003 |first=Joy |last=Press |title=The Comedy of Cringe |website=Village Voice |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/01/21/the-comedy-of-cringe/ |quote=I’m not sure why this Comedy of Cringe is so pleasurable to watch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915202916/https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/01/21/the-comedy-of-cringe/ |archive-date=2018-09-15 }}</ref>
'''Cringe comedy''' is a subgenre of [[comedy]] that derives [[Humour|humor]] from [[Embarrassment|social awkwardness]], [[guilty pleasure]], [[self-deprecation]], [[Idiosyncrasy|idiosyncratic humor]], and [[personal distress]].<ref name="Time">{{Cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/13/discomfort-zone-10-great-cringe-comedies/ |title=Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies |magazine=Time |first=Gary |last=Susman |date=12 May 2013 }}</ref> A type of a cringe comedy are pseudo-[[reality TV]] shows, sometimes with an air of a [[mockumentary]]. They revolve around a serious setting, such as a workplace, to lend the comedy a sense of reality.<ref name="Village">{{Cite web |date=21 January 2003 |first=Joy |last=Press |title=The Comedy of Cringe |website=Village Voice |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/01/21/the-comedy-of-cringe/ |quote=I’m not sure why this Comedy of Cringe is so pleasurable to watch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915202916/https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/01/21/the-comedy-of-cringe/ |archive-date=2018-09-15 }}</ref>


The protagonists are typically [[Egotism|egotists]] who overstep the boundaries of [[political correctness]] and break [[social norms]]. The comedy will attack the protagonist by not letting them become aware of their self-centered view, or by making them oblivious to the ego-deflation that the comedy deals them. Sometimes an unlikable protagonist may not suffer any consequences, which violates people's moral expectations, and also makes the audience cringe.<ref name="curmudgeon">{{cite journal|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|year=2009|title=A curmudgeon's canon: random thoughts on 'Summer Heights High', 'The Office' and other nasty pleasures |url=https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/items/850506fb-bf7f-45c1-abff-b3309788b326/1/|journal=Metro Magazine|issue=160|pages=134–138}}</ref>
Typically, the protagonists are [[Egotism|egotists]] who overstep the boundaries of [[political correctness]] and break [[social norms]]. The comedy will attack the protagonist by not letting them become aware of their self-centered view, or by making them oblivious to the ego-deflation that the comedy deals them. Sometimes an unlikable protagonist may not suffer any consequences, which violates people's moral expectations, and also makes the audience cringe.<ref name="curmudgeon">{{cite journal|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|year=2009|title=A curmudgeon's canon: random thoughts on 'Summer Heights High', 'The Office' and other nasty pleasures |url=https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/items/850506fb-bf7f-45c1-abff-b3309788b326/1/|journal=Metro Magazine|issue=160|pages=134–138}}</ref>


==Theory==
==Theory==
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* ''[[The Comeback (TV series)|The Comeback]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/a-girl-group-themed-crazy-ex-girlfriend-proves-eve.html|title=A Girl-Group Themed Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Proves Even a Fragmented Episode is Better Than Most TV|date=3 December 2016|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/a-girl-group-themed-crazy-ex-girlfriend-proves-eve.html|title=A Girl-Group Themed Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Proves Even a Fragmented Episode is Better Than Most TV|date=3 December 2016|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=4 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804171819/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/a-girl-group-themed-crazy-ex-girlfriend-proves-eve.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[Cunk on Earth]]''<ref name="i816">{{cite web | last=Shapiro | first=Tevya Turok | title=Cunk On Earth: If Monty Python made a history mockumentary | website=Daily Maverick | date=2023-03-09 | url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-09-cunk-on-earth-if-monty-python-made-a-history-mockumentary/ | access-date=2024-07-01}}</ref>
* ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''<ref name="Murray">{{Cite news |date=2020 |author=Noel Murray |author-link=Noel Murray |title=Cringe TV Comedy |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/watching/lists/cringe-comedy |access-date=September 27, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''<ref name="Murray">{{Cite news |date=2020 |author=Noel Murray |author-link=Noel Murray |title=Cringe TV Comedy |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/watching/lists/cringe-comedy |access-date=September 27, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Da Ali G Show]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Da Ali G Show]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''<ref name="Murray" />
* ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''<ref name="Murray" />
* ''[[Fleabag]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Fleabag]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Logan" />
* ''[[Flight of the Conchords (TV series)|Flight of the Conchords]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=Flight of the Conchords: Aimless, and That's O.K. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/arts/music/flight-of-the-conchords-aimless-and-thats-ok.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burnett |first1=Daynah |title=Flight of the Conchords, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/flight-of-the-conchords-2496234610.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=4 March 2024 |date=21 June 2007}}</ref>
* ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Zinoman" />
* ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Zinoman" />
* ''[[I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/i-think-you-should-leave-tim-robinson-netflix-2991265|title = 'I Think You Should Leave...' and the cult of cringe comedy|website = [[NME]]|date = 12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/make-america-cringe-again-tim-robinsons-i-think-you-should-leave|title = Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave"|magazine = [[The New Yorker]]|date = 30 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/i-think-you-should-leave-tim-robinson-netflix-2991265|title = 'I Think You Should Leave...' and the cult of cringe comedy|website = [[NME]]|date = 12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/make-america-cringe-again-tim-robinsons-i-think-you-should-leave|title = Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave" |magazine = [[The New Yorker]]|date = 30 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''
* ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ebiri on Alan Partridge: Steve Coogan's Character Is Best Digested in Small Doses |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/movie-review-alan-partridge.html |website=Vulture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407054010/https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/movie-review-alan-partridge.html |archive-date=2014-04-07 |quote=a key step in the rise of humiliation comedy — the crucial link between Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers and David Brent/Michael Scott of The Office.}}</ref>
* ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ebiri on Alan Partridge: Steve Coogan's Character Is Best Digested in Small Doses |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/movie-review-alan-partridge.html |website=Vulture |date=4 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407054010/https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/movie-review-alan-partridge.html |archive-date=2014-04-07 |quote=a key step in the rise of humiliation comedy — the crucial link between Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers and David Brent/Michael Scott of The Office.}}</ref>
* ''[[Impractical Jokers]]''<ref>{{cite news |date=21 March 2016 |author=Luke Holland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/21/comedy-central-impractical-jokers-hidden-camera-show |title='Stick your finger in their ear': a crash course in pranking from Impractical Jokers |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |quote=We join them for an afternoon of cringe comedy }}</ref>
* ''[[Impractical Jokers]]''<ref>{{cite news |date=21 March 2016 |author=Luke Holland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/21/comedy-central-impractical-jokers-hidden-camera-show |title='Stick your finger in their ear': a crash course in pranking from Impractical Jokers |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |quote=We join them for an afternoon of cringe comedy }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Inbetweeners]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inbetweeners-like-freaks-geeks-but-368671 |title='The Inbetweeners': Like 'Freaks and Geeks,' But 'Less Attractive and Less Friendly' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=7 September 2012 |quote=the cringe comedy at its core |access-date=19 November 2020 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''<ref name="Zinoman">{{cite web |date=29 September 2017 |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |title=Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips (Published 2017) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/arts/television/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-cringe-comedy.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929212353/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/arts/television/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-cringe-comedy.html |archive-date=2017-09-29 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/citizen_pop/will-forte-s-fox-show-the-last-man-on-earth/article_e665b5de-cdb1-11e4-a543-f7c39893a419.html |title=Will Forte's Fox show 'The Last Man on Earth' could use a little less cringe in its comedy |author=David Wilcox |date=3 April 2015 |access-date=19 November 2017 }}</ref>
* ''[[Louie (American TV series)|Louie]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Murray" />
* ''[[Louie (American TV series)|Louie]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Murray" />
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* ''[[The Mindy Project]]''<ref name="Time"/><ref>{{cite magazine |date=12 May 2013 |last=Susman |first=Gary |title=The Mindy Project |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/13/discomfort-zone-10-great-cringe-comedies/slide/the-mindy-project/ |magazine=Time }}<!-- page 11 of 12 --></ref>
* ''[[Nathan for You]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/nathan-for-you-how-cringe-comedy-doesnt-have-to-offend-to-make-us-laugh-50422/ |title='Nathan for You:' How Cringe Comedy Doesn't Have to Offend to Make Us Laugh - IndieWire |first=Ryan |last=Anielski |website=[[Indiewire]] |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=19 November 2017 }}</ref>
* ''[[Nathan for You]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/nathan-for-you-how-cringe-comedy-doesnt-have-to-offend-to-make-us-laugh-50422/ |title='Nathan for You:' How Cringe Comedy Doesn't Have to Offend to Make Us Laugh - IndieWire |first=Ryan |last=Anielski |website=[[Indiewire]] |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=19 November 2017 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Office]]''<ref name="Time" /><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan">{{cite news |date=12 November 2018 |author=Brian Logan |title=From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/12/people-just-do-nothing-nathan-for-you-this-country-why-the-cringe-com-reigns |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''<ref name="Time" />
* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''<ref name="Time" />
* ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/09/24/peep_show_best_episode_of_mitchell_and_webb_sitcom_is_on_the_pull_season.html |title=This Is the Episode of Peep Show That Will Get You Hooked |first=Chris |last=Wade |date=24 September 2013 |website=Slate.com |quote=the apex of the comedy-of-humiliation also seen on The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm. |access-date=19 November 2020 }}</ref>
* ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/09/24/peep_show_best_episode_of_mitchell_and_webb_sitcom_is_on_the_pull_season.html |title=This Is the Episode of Peep Show That Will Get You Hooked |first=Chris |last=Wade |date=24 September 2013 |website=Slate.com |quote=the apex of the comedy-of-humiliation also seen on The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm. |access-date=19 November 2020 }}</ref>
* ''[[People Just Do Nothing]]''<ref name="Logan" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/22/how-people-just-do-nothing-made-sitcoms-funny-again |title=Bare jokes: how People Just Do Nothing made sitcoms funny again |last=Aroesti |first=Rachel |date=2016-09-22 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
* ''[[People Just Do Nothing]]''<ref name="Logan" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/22/how-people-just-do-nothing-made-sitcoms-funny-again |title=Bare jokes: how People Just Do Nothing made sitcoms funny again |last=Aroesti |first=Rachel |date=2016-09-22 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
* ''[[Review (TV series)|Review]]''<ref name="Zinoman" />
* ''[[Review (TV series)|Review]]''<ref name="Zinoman" />
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* ''[[The Comeback (TV series)|The Comeback]]''<ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan" />
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* ''[[The Inbetweeners]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inbetweeners-like-freaks-geeks-but-368671 |title='The Inbetweeners': Like 'Freaks and Geeks,' But 'Less Attractive and Less Friendly' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=7 September 2012 |quote=the cringe comedy at its core |access-date=19 November 2020 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''<ref name="Zinoman">{{cite web |date=29 September 2017 |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |title=Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips (Published 2017) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/arts/television/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-cringe-comedy.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929212353/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/arts/television/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-cringe-comedy.html |archive-date=2017-09-29 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]''<ref name="Murray" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/citizen_pop/will-forte-s-fox-show-the-last-man-on-earth/article_e665b5de-cdb1-11e4-a543-f7c39893a419.html |title=Will Forte's Fox show 'The Last Man on Earth' could use a little less cringe in its comedy |author=David Wilcox |access-date=19 November 2017 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Mindy Project]]''<ref name="Time"/><ref>{{cite magazine |date=12 May 2013 |last=Susman |first=Gary |title=The Mindy Project {{!}} Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/13/discomfort-zone-10-great-cringe-comedies/slide/the-mindy-project/ |magazine=Time }}<!-- page 11 of 12 --></ref>
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* ''[[The Office]]''<ref name="Time" /><ref name="Zinoman" /><ref name="Logan">{{cite news |date=12 November 2018 |author=Brian Logan |title=From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/12/people-just-do-nothing-nathan-for-you-this-country-why-the-cringe-com-reigns |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Veep]]''<ref>{{cite web |date=August 23, 2014 |author=Erik Hayden |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/emmys-5-cringeworthy-veep-moments-727166 |title=Emmys: 5 Cringeworthy 'Veep' Moments |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref>
* ''[[Veep]]''<ref>{{cite web |date=August 23, 2014 |author=Erik Hayden |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/emmys-5-cringeworthy-veep-moments-727166 |title=Emmys: 5 Cringeworthy 'Veep' Moments |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref>
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Cringe comedy is a subgenre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness, guilty pleasure, self-deprecation, idiosyncratic humor, and personal distress.[1] A type of a cringe comedy are pseudo-reality TV shows, sometimes with an air of a mockumentary. They revolve around a serious setting, such as a workplace, to lend the comedy a sense of reality.[2]

Typically, the protagonists are egotists who overstep the boundaries of political correctness and break social norms. The comedy will attack the protagonist by not letting them become aware of their self-centered view, or by making them oblivious to the ego-deflation that the comedy deals them. Sometimes an unlikable protagonist may not suffer any consequences, which violates people's moral expectations, and also makes the audience cringe.[3]

Theory

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Humor theorist Noël Carroll explains this kind of humor in relation to incongruity theory and annoyance:

Imagine the cutlery laid out for a formal dinner. Suppose that the salad fork is in the wrong place. If you are the sort of person who is disturbed by such deviations from the norm, you will not be capable of finding this amusing. On the other hand, if you are more easy-going about such matters and also aware of the incongruity, it may elicit a chuckle. That is, you may find the error amusing or not. But if you find it genuinely amusing, you cannot find it annoying.[4]

Examples

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Notable examples of television programs in the genre of cringe comedy include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Susman, Gary (12 May 2013). "Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies". Time.
  2. ^ Press, Joy (21 January 2003). "The Comedy of Cringe". Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. I'm not sure why this Comedy of Cringe is so pleasurable to watch
  3. ^ McFarlane, Brian (2009). "A curmudgeon's canon: random thoughts on 'Summer Heights High', 'The Office' and other nasty pleasures". Metro Magazine (160): 134–138.
  4. ^ Carroll, Noël (2014). Humour: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-19-955222-1.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Zinoman, Jason (29 September 2017). "Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips (Published 2017)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Brian Logan (12 November 2018). "From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns". The Guardian.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Noel Murray (2020). "Cringe TV Comedy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "A Girl-Group Themed Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Proves Even a Fragmented Episode is Better Than Most TV". 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Tevya Turok (2023-03-09). "Cunk On Earth: If Monty Python made a history mockumentary". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  10. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (15 July 2016). "Flight of the Conchords: Aimless, and That's O.K." The New York Times.
  11. ^ Burnett, Daynah (21 June 2007). "Flight of the Conchords, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ^ "'I Think You Should Leave...' and the cult of cringe comedy". NME. 12 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave"". The New Yorker. 30 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Ebiri on Alan Partridge: Steve Coogan's Character Is Best Digested in Small Doses". Vulture. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. a key step in the rise of humiliation comedy — the crucial link between Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers and David Brent/Michael Scott of The Office.
  15. ^ Luke Holland (21 March 2016). "'Stick your finger in their ear': a crash course in pranking from Impractical Jokers". The Guardian. We join them for an afternoon of cringe comedy
  16. ^ "'The Inbetweeners': Like 'Freaks and Geeks,' But 'Less Attractive and Less Friendly'". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2020. the cringe comedy at its core
  17. ^ David Wilcox (3 April 2015). "Will Forte's Fox show 'The Last Man on Earth' could use a little less cringe in its comedy". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  18. ^ Susman, Gary (12 May 2013). "The Mindy Project". Time.
  19. ^ Anielski, Ryan (23 November 2015). "'Nathan for You:' How Cringe Comedy Doesn't Have to Offend to Make Us Laugh - IndieWire". Indiewire. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  20. ^ Wade, Chris (24 September 2013). "This Is the Episode of Peep Show That Will Get You Hooked". Slate.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020. the apex of the comedy-of-humiliation also seen on The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
  21. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (2016-09-22). "Bare jokes: how People Just Do Nothing made sitcoms funny again". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  22. ^ Erik Hayden (August 23, 2014). "Emmys: 5 Cringeworthy 'Veep' Moments". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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