Gross out

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Gross-out is described as a

toilet humor and fetishes
) that might be ill received by a mainstream audience. The content of the movement is not for the average art appreciatist.

Cinema

Features

Gross-out is a subgenre of comedy movies in which the makers employ humor that is willfully "tasteless"[2] or even downright disgusting. It usually involves gratuitous nudity,[3] unrealistic aggressiveness towards property or Schadenfreude. The movies are generally aimed at a younger audience aged between 18 and 24.[4] One boon of this genre is that it provides an inexpensive way to make a movie "edgy" and to generate media attention for it.

History

In the United States, following the abolition of the film industry's censorious

John Waters, and 1974's sketch comedy film The Groove Tube. As these films emerged from the counterculture movement and gained a measure of audience success,[5] they inspired more mainstream films to follow their example. However, long before the Production Code, early silent comedy film makers produced and attempted several 'gross-out' pictures to the disdain of early film reviewers. One such example is the lost Nell's Eugenic Wedding starring Fay Tincher and Tod Browning
.

The label "gross-out movie" was first applied by the mainstream media to

).

Theatre

Gross-out

Edinburgh Festival. However, it is also displayed in British
theatres.

The prime examples of the above are the stage version of the contemporary drama

anarchistic schlockomedy (shock horror comedy) musical about a Manchester jobcentre Restart by Komedy Kollective;[7] and performances by another United Kingdom-based act, Forced Entertainment, who devised the iconic theatrical gorefest
Bloody Mess.

Art

American cartoonist Basil Wolverton invented his trademark "spaghetti and meatballs" style of artwork.

Various artists helped create a flourishing gross-out art scene, which began mainly in the 1990s, the most famous of which were

condoms and blood-stained underwear
.

Music

Gross out themes are common in popular music genres, such as hip hop and hard rock, where shock value helps create notoriety. Bands include Gwar, Cannibal Corpse and Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

GG Allin was infamous for his transgressive music act, which included eating excrement, mutilating himself and attacking audience members.

Similar themes are also sometimes conveyed in music videos, such as Gross Out, a

.

See also

References

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  5. ^ a b c d Mitchell, Elvis (25 August 2003). "Revisiting Faber College (Toga, Toga, Toga!)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
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  7. ^ komedykollective.com

External links

  • The dictionary definition of gross out at Wiktionary