When Something Is Farcical?

Something that's farcical is ridiculously funny — absurd, even. When you stumbled onstage, tripping over your costume and pulling down the backdrop, you brought a farcical element to the serious play.

What does farcical mean?

1 : of, relating to, or resembling farce (see farce entry 2 sense 2) : ludicrous the farcical parts of comedies. 2 : laughably inept : absurd farcical high jinks.

What is called farce?

A farce is a broad satire or comedy, though now it's used to describe something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous. ... As a type of comedy, a farce uses improbable situations, physical humor and silliness to entertain.