Dark & Edgy Comedy Region: United States, Global The boundary-pushing comedians exploring taboo topics — the debate over comedy's limits and the comics who refuse them Related Cultures Shitposting & Absurdist Humor — Deep-fried memes, surreal humor, irony-poisoned comedy, and the increasingly unh Roast Comedy Culture — Comedy Central Roasts, roast battles, and the art form of affectionate destructi Internet Meme Culture — The lingua franca of the internet — meme formats, viral templates, subreddit hum Nordic Noir — A cultural aesthetic movement of dark Scandinavian crime fiction and TV — bleak Improv & Sketch Comedy — UCB, Second City, iO — the improv training grounds that launched SNL careers and Comedy Festival Circuit — Edinburgh Fringe, Just for Laughs, Melbourne Comedy Festival — where careers are