Caustic Comedy

Caustic Comedy is a particular form or type of humour: comedy that is acerbic, cutting-edged, even cruel or insulting but always amusing, indeed, corrosive and burning as the word ‘Caustic’ itself suggests. Google one of the great names in comedy and the word ‘Caustic’ is likely to be mentioned somewhere in their description.

His caustic comedy is a brand of aggressively caustic humour that targeted everyone from unknown “hockey pucks” to big-name celebrities.