comic relief

noun

: a relief from the emotional tension especially of a drama that is provided by the interposition of a comic episode or element

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Meanwhile, Grace provides plenty of comic relief as the jittery prisoner who manages to make snarky wisecracks even while on the verge of dying. —

Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025 Squid Game creator lost '8 or 9' teeth from stress of season 1, but still wants to 'finish the story' With the humor (mostly) sapped out of his hero, Hwang adds compensatory comic relief through several new characters. —

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024 Unfortunately for him, points weren’t given for comic relief. —

Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025 After the splat, Emerson’s unnerving, unflappable gaze switches the atmosphere from comic relief to white-knuckle suspense. —

Dan Reilly, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for comic relief