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Ealing comedy

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English

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Etymology

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From Ealing Studios, the studio which released most such films, named after the London town of Ealing.

Noun

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Ealing comedy (countable and uncountable, plural Ealing comedies)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of English comedy film, typically populist and satirical about life in post-WWII British society.
  2. (countable) A film in this genre.
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