Comedy archetype

The Anarchist

No line uncrossed.

You want it loud, dark, and a little dangerous — comedy that escalates into chaos and isn't afraid to go to the bad place. Polite is boring.

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Most exemplified by

The sitcom whose joke mix matches The Anarchist most closely is 30 Rock.

By the numbers

How concentrated this archetype's signature joke types are in 30 Rock, vs the baseline share across every joke we've scored.

Dark & subversive6%·1.2× below baseline
Escalation9%·1.2× below baseline
Slapstick1%·1.8× below baseline

Share in 30 Rock Baseline across all jokes

Jokes a Anarchist loves

Well, we were expecting about 200 people. Yeah. Anyway, I've got the funeral tomorrow... but my weekend is pretty wide open...

Seinfeld

Reminds me of when my dad made me choose which of my pet calves to slaughter with my own hands for my sixth birthday. I couldn't choose, so I slaughtered both of them. And they were delicious.

Parks and Recreation

But what can you do? Medicine's not a science.

30 Rock

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