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Comic relief is the use of moments of comedy to interrupt tension in a dramatic narrative. The natural human tendency to break extended periods of tension by the making of jokes can ruin a dramatic effect before a mass audience by causing audience members to jeer at the production. Also, long periods of uninterrupted emotional tension can become deadening during the course of a show. To counter these effects, playwrights and scriptwriters often interject brief moments of comedy into [[tragedies]], [[drama]]s, [[melodrama]]s and [[adventure]] dramas in order to "cleanse the palate" of the audience before continuing with the main plot.

Comic relief is the use of moments of comedy to interrupt tension in a dramatic narrative. The natural human tendency to break extended periods of tension by the making of jokes can ruin a dramatic effect before a mass audience by causing audience members to jeer at the production. Also, long periods of uninterrupted emotional tension can become deadening during the course of a show. To counter these effects, playwrights and scriptwriters often interject brief moments of comedy into [[tragedies]], [[drama]]s, [[melodrama]]s and [[adventure]] dramas in order to "cleanse the palate" of the audience before continuing with the main plot.