>>17581
I will risk offending one more author I like, but no, it is not serious torture, In fact, according to MY standards that not even torture at all
when characters start squishing each other with steamrollers, and especially when victims laugh before getting squished, that's cartoon violence. Maybe we can assume it to be a subjective judgment but that is why I like your story even more.

By the way, that scene reminds an "Austin Powers" comedy scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnCuwpnwscE

Also if you go way over the top with torture you will cross the line twice (even if you don't want to do so) and turn tragedy into comedy.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossesTheLineTwice