fourth wall joke

fourth wall joke

In fiction, especially theater, film, or television, a joke that intentionally draws attention to the illusion of separation between the audience and the fiction itself. I love it when a TV show throws in a good fourth wall joke—I think it's fun being in on the humor like that.
See also: fourth, joke, wall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • 4th
  • break the fourth wall
  • fourth
  • turn the other way
  • troll
  • don't feed the troll(s)
  • elephant in the corner
  • elephant in the room
  • elephant in the room, an
  • the elephant in the room