farce
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A play or piece of writing that is meant to be funny because it involves ridiculous situations and characters.
The whole situation turned into a farce when they all started pretending to be spies.
A situation that is so badly done or unfair that it seems ridiculous.
The whole election process was a farce, with no real choice for the voters.