| 1 | I wonder if it was intended to be a farce. | |
| 2 | They played a shameful [despicable] role in this farce. | |
| 3 | Black humor is often associated with tragedy and is sometimes equated with tragic farce. | |
| 4 | "This kind of farce is showing signs of making a comeback", said a columnist in Panyu Daily, a newspaper in the southern province of Guangdong. | |
| 5 | At the very least he would ensure that the contest is a genuinely open one, not another farce. |