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Many comedy TV series aim to keep the audience lulled into a sense of ease. Problems present themselves, but they are quickly and happily resolved. Cringe-comedies, however, are a different breed.

Katrina Anderson has an avid interest in film, TV, and pop-culture. She has a MA in English Literature from Simon Fraser University. Her thesis project described the literary qualities of the ...