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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by EvanAnderson on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:45AM (#14736967)
Black comedy, indeed.
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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by mtanski on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:14AM (#14743859)
I'm assuming you're ESL, ... in Polish you also call it literaly "black comedy". The proper term you're looking for is "dark comedy". In the US "black comedies" nowadays is a term referring to for/by African Americans; it's a whole sub genre.
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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by ukoki on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:21AM (#14744913)
Can't speak for American English but "black comedy" is standard in British English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy

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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by mtanski on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:38AM (#14745050)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy_(disambiguation)

At best in the US is a ambitious term and accepted colloquial term refers to comedy by/for AA audiences. At least places I live in the US (MI, CA, NY).

Anyways English is a fun, dynamic, and at the same terrible language. But I'll take your word for British flavor of the English language.

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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by popopobobobo on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @01:14PM (#14745950)
For this, shall we just stick to the English definition? They invented the language. African American Comedy sound more accurate for the other one.
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