A farce is a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon the situation rather than the character
A light, funny play that usually emphasizes improbable situations rather than characters to make a point
disapproval If you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously. The elections have been reduced to a farce. Light, dramatic composition that uses highly improbable situations, stereotyped characters, violent horseplay, and broad humour. Farce is generally regarded as intellectually and aesthetically inferior to comedy in its crude characterizations and implausible plots, but it has remained popular throughout the West from ancient times to the present
A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions
Highly comic, lighthearted, gleefully contrived drama, usually involving stock situations (such as mistaken identity or discovered lovers' trysts), punctuated with broad physical stunts and pratfalls