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gag2 [gag] Informal.
noun
1.
a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an ac***'s part.
2.
any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay.
verb (used without object)
3.
to tell jokes or make amusing remarks.
4.
to introduce gags in acting.
5.
to play on another's credulity, as by telling false s***ies.
verb (used with object)
6.
to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an ac***'s part, or the like) (usually followed by up ).
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То бишь, гэг = шутка. Причем если комический эффект достигается только изображением, то это будет visual gag.
В глоссариях по фильмам этот термин почему-то чаще всего отсутствует. Но вот интересное определение, у них гэг = любой киношный трюк:
http://www.gpb.org/cforty7/film-facts
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GAG – Not a joke, but any bit of film trickery or special stunt. For instance, if you're doing a war scene and you need a soldier to run by and get an arm blown off, that effect might be called an "arm gag" if you're doing the gag practically, rather than with CGI.
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И вот, определение гэг-комедии (тут гэг = шутка, смешная ремарка, забавное падение и т. д.):
http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms10.html
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gag-based comedies
these are comedy films that are often non-sensical and literally filled with multiple gags (i.e., jokes, one-liners, pratfalls, slapstick, etc.), are designed to produce laughter in any way possible, and often with comic or spoofing references to other films
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