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The screwball comedy has proven to be one of the most elusive of the film genres. Very little consensus among students of film has been gathered on the [film genre conventions]? that comprise the screwball comedy genre. As a result, the description "screwball comedy" has continued to be used even when a better descriptor would be [slapstick comedy film]? or [situation comedy film]?.

However, some have suggested the genre has several characteristics:

Some characteristic examples:

Some actors most common to the screwball comedies:


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