drama (but not that kind), comedy
I'm watching an old BBC adaptation of Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party." It's my first Pinter play, and though I was already familiar with him and what he meant, it's really stark now that like 90% of my favorite comedy is descended directly from this "comedy of menace." I love dystopias and paranoid conspiracies and existential breakdowns and whatnot. Wham City stole their whole shtick from this guy -- hell, so did David Lynch -- and I wish I knew who else does so I can give them my money.
re: drama (but not that kind), comedy
Apparently these plays are deliberately loaded with internal inconsistencies and irreconcilable statements and you have to carefully compare dialogue from scene to scene to catch it all. I think I am in love.