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* '''Straight''': Alice miscarries, and it's treated as a great thing, or just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, not a tragedy.

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Alice miscarries, and it's treated as a great thing, or just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, not a tragedy.tragedy.
** A show that relies largely on RefugeInAudacity jokes for most of it's humor, relying on the sheer shock from how tasteless the joke is to catch people off guard.



* '''Deconstructed''': Most of the cast jokes about Alice's miscarriage... but Alice herself does not think they're funny at all, delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to everyone who made those jokes.

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Most of the cast jokes about Alice's miscarriage... but Alice herself does not think they're funny at all, delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to everyone who made those jokes.jokes.
** The audience ends up finding the humor [[DudeNotFunny way too dark to be funny]], which [[AudienceAlienatingPremise causes the audience]] [[EightDeadlyWords to find it hard to care about the show]].

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An inherently comedic trope is by definition always Played For Laughs and can never be Played For Drama.


* '''Deconstructed''':
** People get sick and tired of the jokes and discard them.
** Alternatively; [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome The writers are viewed as insensitive for daring to joke about serious things like abortion.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': ... But as with every type comedy, jokes get tired if played out, so the makers of the show find new horribly offensive jokes to make their audience laugh.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob InUniverse has an intensely dark sense of humor and all his jokes make the rest of the cast react in horror and disgust.
-->'''Alice:''' My mom has an aneurysm and lost half her brain.\\
'''Bob:''' Ha, I guess you could say she's only ''half'' the woman she used to be.\\
'''Alice:''' Bob, this isn't a time for jokes!
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob's dark sense of humor make people think he's psychotic and he drives everyone away.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** People get sick and tired of the jokes and discard them.
** Alternatively; [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome The writers are viewed as insensitive for daring to joke about serious things like abortion.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': ... But as with every type comedy, jokes get tired if played out, so the makers of the show find new horribly offensive jokes to make their audience laugh.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob InUniverse has an intensely dark sense of humor and all his jokes make the rest
'''Deconstructed''': Most of the cast react in horror and disgust.
-->'''Alice:''' My mom has an aneurysm and lost half her brain.\\
'''Bob:''' Ha, I guess you could say she's only ''half'' the woman she used to be.\\
'''Alice:''' Bob, this isn't a time for jokes!
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob's dark sense of humor make people
jokes about Alice's miscarriage... but Alice herself does not think he's psychotic and he drives they're funny at all, delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to everyone away.who made those jokes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Everyone apologizes for the offense and all is forgiven... but they continue to crack miscarriage jokes behind Alice's back.



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