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What is slapstick comedy and when was it made?

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When was slapstick first made?

slapstick started in the middle ages maybe even before that, Shakespeare even incorporated slapstick in a midsummer nights dream slapstick in the theatre started from the middle ages, or even ancient Greece slapstick in the films started with the birth of cinema when there was no sound at all, Chaplin for example.


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